Invention Application
- Patent Title: INCREMENTAL HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM AN EXISTING STEAM/NATURAL GAS REFORMER
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Application No.: US15155715Application Date: 2016-05-16
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Publication No.: US20170101313A1Publication Date: 2017-04-13
- Inventor: Rodney J. Allam
- Applicant: GTLpetrol, LLC
- Main IPC: C01B3/56
- IPC: C01B3/56 ; B01D53/00 ; B01D53/047

Abstract:
In some aspects, a method for incremental hydrogen production includes separating in a first Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) system an existing reformer synthesis gas product stream into a first hydrogen stream and a first waste stream. The first waste stream is compressed to at least 40 bar to produce a compressed waste stream. Water is removed from the compressed waste stream to produce a dried waste stream. Carbon dioxide is removed from the dried waste stream to produce a remaining waste stream, and the removed carbon dioxide is at least 85% of carbon dioxide in the existing reformer synthesis gas product stream. A second PSA system separates the remaining waste stream into a second hydrogen stream and a second waste stream, and the second hydrogen stream comprises at least 11% of hydrogen from the existing reformer synthesis gas product stream.
Public/Granted literature
- US09914643B2 Incremental hydrogen production from an existing steam/natural gas reformer Public/Granted day:2018-03-13
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