发明授权
- 专利标题: Apparatus for producing hydrogen
- 专利标题(中): 用于生产氢的装置
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申请号: US12027587申请日: 2008-02-07
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公开(公告)号: US07763085B2公开(公告)日: 2010-07-27
- 发明人: Dean Alan Kenefake , William Spencer Wheat , Hongqiao Bruce Sun , Bhaskar Balasubramanian , Vesna Radovan Mirkovic , Daniel Glenn Casey
- 申请人: Dean Alan Kenefake , William Spencer Wheat , Hongqiao Bruce Sun , Bhaskar Balasubramanian , Vesna Radovan Mirkovic , Daniel Glenn Casey
- 申请人地址: US CA San Ramon
- 专利权人: Texaco Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Texaco Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA San Ramon
- 代理商 Melissa Patangia
- 主分类号: B01J7/00
- IPC分类号: B01J7/00 ; G05D16/00
摘要:
An apparatus and method for producing a hydrogen-enriched reformate. The apparatus includes a fuel processor for converting a fuel to a reformate having fluctuations in pressure and or flow rate, means for reducing the fluctuations, a compression unit for compressing the reformate and one or more of a purification unit and a storage unit downstream of a compression unit. Means for reducing the fluctuations in the reformate can include one or more of a buffer and a conduit for providing a controlled flow of a supplemental fluid to an inlet of the compression unit. The supplemental fluid can include the compressed reformate, a hydrogen-enriched reformate, and mixtures thereof. The apparatus can include means for regulating power to the compression unit that can incrementally increase power to the compression unit particularly during start up. The purification unit can include one or more of a hydrogen selective membrane and a pressure swing adsorption unit. Methods for producing hydrogen are also disclosed.
公开/授权文献
- US20080127554A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN 公开/授权日:2008-06-05