ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,400, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Raven SR Inc. (Pinedale, Wyo.).
"Electrically heated reactor for endothermic processes" was invented by Michael A. Fatigati (Massillon, Ohio) and Terry J. Mazanec (Solon, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Designs for electrically heated reactors are disclosed. In one embodiment, a cylindrical reactor design to provide high temperature heat for an endothermic steam methane reformer without combustion includes: a cylindrical shell, one or more parallel internal cylindrical return tubes, baffles perpendicular to the axis of the shell, electrical heating elements disposed parallel to the shell ax...