Actually, the more I look at it, I think this is just a parallel plate catalytic wall reactor. This is not new, the University of Minn has been playing with these since 2001, for this exact use.
In the schematic, you can see "End plate power lead" which probably means they use an electric heater instead of methane combustion. "300-degrees cooler" is because it is catalyzed and not a traditional open-flame reactor.
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Actually, the more I look at it, I think this is just a parallel plate catalytic wall reactor. This is not new, the University of Minn has been playing with these since 2001, for this exact use.
In the schematic, you can see "End plate power lead" which probably means they use an electric heater instead of methane combustion. "300-degrees cooler" is because it is catalyzed and not a traditional open-flame reactor.
Meh, nothing new to see here.