ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,578, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Raven SR Inc. (Pinedale, Wyo.).
"Electrically heated steam reforming reactor" was invented by Terry R. Galloway (Berkeley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and design of providing high temperature heat for an endothermic gasifier without combustion includes flowing a stream of a first hydrocarbon gas sequentially through an annular plenum and a cylindrical plenum while heating the gas using electrical resistance immersion heating elements. These heating elements may be heated by three phase electrical power, minimizing the number of electrical leads emerging from the top of the he...