Fuel processors utilizing heat pipe cooling

Details for Australian Patent Application No. 2002326570 (hide)

Owner Texaco Development Corporation

Inventors Leimbach, Wendell B.; Stevens, James F.; Nagle, Dennis C.; Childress, Robert A.; Marshall, James W.; Fafaul, Michael; Farrel, John R.; Krause, Curtis L.; Wallace, Rick; Bunk, Kenneth J.

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2002326570

PCT Number PCT/US02/25195

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/015908

Priority 60/311,459 11.08.01 US

Filing date 12 August 2002

Wipo publication date 3 March 2003

Acceptance publication date 11 September 2008

International Classifications

C01B 3/38 (2006.01) Hydrogen

B01B 1/00 (2006.01) Boiling

B01J 8/02 (2006.01) Chemical or physical processes in general, conducted in the presence of fluids and solid particles - with stationary particles, e.g. in fixed beds

B01J 8/04 (2006.01) Chemical or physical processes in general, conducted in the presence of fluids and solid particles - the fluid passing successively through two or more beds

B01J 12/00 (2006.01) Chemical processes in general for reacting gaseous media with gaseous media

B01J 15/00 (2006.01) Chemical processes in general for reacting gaseous media with non-particulate solids, e.g. sheet material

B01J 19/24 (2006.01) Chemical, physical, or physico-chemical processes in general - Stationary reactors without moving elements inside

C01B 3/32 (2006.01) Hydrogen

C01B 3/48 (2006.01) Hydrogen

C01B 3/58 (2006.01) Hydrogen

C10L 3/00 (2006.01) Gaseous fuels

F28D 15/02 (2006.01) Heat-exchange apparatus employing intermediate heat-transfer media or bodies - in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat-pipes

F28D 15/04 (2006.01) Heat-exchange apparatus employing intermediate heat-transfer media or bodies - with tubes having a capillary structure

F28D 15/06 (2006.01) Heat-exchange apparatus employing intermediate heat-transfer media or bodies - Control arrangements therefor

H01M 8/06 (2006.01) Fuel cells - Combination of fuel cell with means for production of reactants or for treatment of residues

Event Publications

23 January 2003 Complete Application Filed

  Priority application(s): 60/311,459 11.08.01 US

29 May 2003 Application Open to Public Inspection

  Published as AU-B-2002326570

11 September 2008 Application Accepted

  Published as AU-B-2002326570

22 January 2009 Standard Patent Sealed

8 March 2012 Application Lapsed, Refused Or Withdrawn, Patent Ceased or Expired

  This patent ceased under section 143(a), or Expired. Note that applications or patents shown as lapsed or ceased may be restored at a later date.

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