Michael S Bowman

US Patent:

7572432, Aug 11, 2009

Filed:

Apr 13, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/823954

Inventors:

Sauri Gudlavalleti - Albany NY, US
Michael Bowman - Niskayuna NY, US
Chellappa Balan - Niskayuna NY, US
Shailesh Singh Bhaisora - Bangalore, IN
Andrei Colibaba-Evulet - Clifton Park NY, US
Narayan Ramesh - Evansville IN, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

International Classification:

C01B 3/22
C01B 3/24
C01B 3/26
B01J 7/00

US Classification:

423650, 48 61, 252373, 423651, 423652, 423653, 423654

Abstract:

Disclosed herein is a method comprising combusting a feed stream to form combustion products; and reforming the combustion products to produce a gaseous composition comprising hydrogen. Disclosed herein too is a method for producing hydrogen comprising introducing a feed stream comprising natural gas and air or oxygen into a cyclical compression chamber; compressing the feed stream in the cyclical compression chamber; combusting the feed stream in the cyclical compression chamber to produce combustion products; discharging the combustion products from the cyclical compression chamber into a reforming section; and reforming the combustion products with steam in the reforming section to produce a gaseous composition comprising hydrogen.

US Patent:

8043418, Oct 25, 2011

Filed:

Dec 8, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/608292

Inventors:

James Anthony Ruud - Delmar NY, US
Michael John Bowman - Niskayuna NY, US
Kalya Vijaya Sarathy - Bangalore, IN
Mohan Manoharan - Niskayuna NY, US
Anthony Yu-Chung Ku - Rexford NY, US
Vidya Ramaswamy - Niskayuna NY, US
Patrick Roland Lucien Malenfant - Clifton Park NY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

International Classification:

B01D 53/22

US Classification:

96 4, 95 43, 96 14, 454237

Abstract:

An apparatus for separating at least one component from a mixture of a plurality of chemical species is provided. The apparatus comprises a membrane structure comprising a plurality of pores disposed within a matrix material to allow mass transport from a first surface of the membrane structure to a second surface of the membrane structure. The matrix material has a thermal conductivity of at least about 10 W/m/K; and a functional material disposed within at least a portion of the plurality of pores. The functional material has the property of promoting selective transport of at least one species through the membrane structure from the first surface to the second surface.