Abstract: Provided are devices and related methods for enhanced gasification of carbonaceous material in which supplemental carbon dioxide is introduced to the gasifier. The gasified carbonaceous material can then be used as a syngas or further processed into hydrocarbon form. The hydrocarbon can then be used in a fuel cell to produce electrical power or used in a traditional combustion process.

Abstract: The invention disclosed herein is a flow baffle for providing a generally uniform flow to a fluid within a catalytic reactor, which is characterized by a single flow channel. The invention, however, has general application to any single flow channel device. The flow baffle is inserted within the reactor in the single flow channel to cause the fluid flowing in the single flow channel to have a generally uniform flow field, instead of preferentially flowing down a periphery of the channel. The uniform flow field promotes the design optimization of the catalytic reactor.

Abstract: A catalytic firebox reactor employing an exothermic catalytic reaction channel and multiple cooling conduits for creating a partially reacted fuel/oxidant mixture. An oxidation catalyst is deposited within an exothermic catalytic reaction channel. The catalyst is backside cooled. The heat of reaction is added to both the fluid in the exothermic catalytic reaction channel and the fluid passing through the cooling conduits. After discharge of the fluids from the exothermic catalytic reaction channel, the fluids mix to create a single combined flow.