Zero steam export with CO2 recovery in a high thermal efficiency hydrogen plant
    32.
    发明授权
    Zero steam export with CO2 recovery in a high thermal efficiency hydrogen plant 有权
    零蒸汽出口与二氧化碳回收在高热效率氢厂

    公开(公告)号:US08124049B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-28

    申请号:US12608573

    申请日:2009-10-29

    申请人: Bhadra S. Grover

    发明人: Bhadra S. Grover

    IPC分类号: C01B3/24 C01B3/38

    摘要: A high thermal efficiency process for hydrogen recovery is provided. The present invention includes combusting a first fuel stream to a reforming furnace, producing reforming heat and a hot exhaust stream. Then exchanging heat indirectly between the hot exhaust stream and a first feed water stream, producing a first steam stream. Then providing a hydrocarbon containing stream and a feed steam stream to the reforming furnace, utilizing the reforming heat and producing a hot raw syngas stream. Then exchanging heat indirectly between the hot raw syngas stream and second feedwater stream, producing a second steam stream and a cooled, raw syngas stream. Then introducing the cooled, raw syngas stream to a CO shift converter, producing a shifted syngas stream. Then introducing the shifted syngas stream into a pressure swing adsorption unit, producing a hydrogen product stream and a tail gas stream. Then introducing the tail gas stream to a CO2 removal unit, producing a CO2 stream and a recycle stream; compressing the recycle stream, producing a compressed recycle stream. Then combining the compressed recycle stream with at least one stream selected from the group consisting of the hydrocarbon containing stream, the cooled raw syngas stream, the shifted syngas stream, and the tail gas stream. Then combining the first steam stream and the second steam stream, producing the feed steam stream.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于氢回收的高热效率方法。 本发明包括将第一燃料流燃烧到重整炉,产生重整热和热排气流。 然后间接地在热排气流和第一给水流之间进行热交换,产生第一蒸汽流。 然后向重整炉提供含烃流和进料蒸汽流,利用重整热并产生热原始合成气流。 然后间接地在热原料合成气流和第二给水流之间进行热交换,产生第二蒸汽流和冷却的原始合成气流。 然后将冷却的原始合成气流引入CO移位转换器,产生位移合成气流。 然后将转换的合成气流引入变压吸附单元,产生氢产物流和尾气流。 然后将尾气流引入CO 2去除单元,产生CO 2流和再循环流; 压缩循环流,产生压缩的再循环流。 然后将压缩的再循环料流与选自含烃的料流,冷却的原料合成气物流,转换的合成气物流和尾气流中的至少一种物流组合。 然后组合第一蒸汽流和第二蒸汽流,产生进料蒸汽流。

    Zero Steam Export With CO2 Recovery In A High Thermal Efficiency Hydrogen Plant
    33.
    发明申请
    Zero Steam Export With CO2 Recovery In A High Thermal Efficiency Hydrogen Plant 有权
    零蒸汽出口在高热效率氢厂的二氧化碳回收

    公开(公告)号:US20100104499A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-29

    申请号:US12608573

    申请日:2009-10-29

    申请人: Bhadra S. Grover

    发明人: Bhadra S. Grover

    IPC分类号: C01B3/26 C01B3/24

    摘要: A high thermal efficiency process for hydrogen recovery is provided. The present invention includes combusting a first fuel stream to a reforming furnace, producing reforming heat and a hot exhaust stream. Then exchanging heat indirectly between the hot exhaust stream and a first feed water stream, producing a first steam stream. Then providing a hydrocarbon containing stream and a feed steam stream to the reforming furnace, utilizing the reforming heat and producing a hot raw syngas stream. Then exchanging heat indirectly between the hot raw syngas stream and second feedwater stream, producing a second steam stream and a cooled, raw syngas stream. Then introducing the cooled, raw syngas stream to a CO shift converter, producing a shifted syngas stream. Then introducing the shifted syngas stream into a pressure swing adsorption unit, producing a hydrogen product stream and a tail gas stream. Then introducing the tail gas stream to a CO2 removal unit, producing a CO2 stream and a recycle stream; compressing the recycle stream, producing a compressed recycle stream. Then combining the compressed recycle stream with at least one stream selected from the group consisting of the hydrocarbon containing stream, the cooled raw syngas stream, the shifted syngas stream, and the tail gas stream. Then combining the first steam stream and the second steam stream, producing the feed steam stream.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于氢回收的高热效率方法。 本发明包括将第一燃料流燃烧到重整炉,产生重整热和热排气流。 然后间接地在热排气流和第一给水流之间进行热交换,产生第一蒸汽流。 然后向重整炉提供含烃流和进料蒸汽流,利用重整热并产生热原始合成气流。 然后间接地在热原料合成气流和第二给水流之间进行热交换,产生第二蒸汽流和冷却的原始合成气流。 然后将冷却的原始合成气流引入CO移位转换器,产生位移合成气流。 然后将转换的合成气流引入变压吸附单元,产生氢产物流和尾气流。 然后将尾气流引入CO 2去除单元,产生CO 2流和再循环流; 压缩循环流,产生压缩的再循环流。 然后将压缩的再循环料流与选自含烃的料流,冷却的原料合成气物流,转换的合成气物流和尾气流中的至少一种物流组合。 然后组合第一蒸汽流和第二蒸汽流,产生进料蒸汽流。

    Hydrogen Recovery From A Mixture Of Hydrogen and Hydrocarbons At Low Pressure And Of Low Hydrogen Content
    35.
    发明申请
    Hydrogen Recovery From A Mixture Of Hydrogen and Hydrocarbons At Low Pressure And Of Low Hydrogen Content 审中-公开
    氢和碳氢化合物在低压和低氢含量下的氢回收

    公开(公告)号:US20100037655A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-02-18

    申请号:US12330544

    申请日:2008-12-09

    申请人: Bhadra S. Grover

    发明人: Bhadra S. Grover

    IPC分类号: C01B3/50 C01B3/52 F25J3/00

    摘要: A method for recovering hydrogen from a gas stream is presented. This method includes introducing a feed gas stream comprising hydrogen and methane to a first cold box, thereby producing a first hydrogen-enriched stream, and a first methane-enriched stream; then introducing the first hydrogen-enriched stream to a first feed compressor, thereby producing a compressed first hydrogen-enriched stream. The method includes introducing the compressed first hydrogen-enriched stream to a second cold box, thereby producing a second hydrogen-enriched stream, and a second methane-enriched stream; then introducing the second hydrogen-enriched stream to a second feed compressor, thereby producing a compressed second hydrogen-enriched stream. The method includes introducing the compressed second hydrogen-enriched stream to a third cold box, thereby producing a third hydrogen-enriched stream, and a third methane-enriched stream. This method includes introducing the third hydrogen-enriched stream to a third feed compressor, thereby producing a compressed third hydrogen-enriched stream; then introducing the compressed third hydrogen-enriched stream to a PSA, thereby producing a high pressure, high purity hydrogen stream, and a tail gas stream. This method includes introducing a first part of the tail gas stream to a tail gas compressor, and recycling the compressed tail gas back to the feed gas stream; then combining the first methane-enriched stream, the second methane-enriched stream, the third methane-enriched stream, and a second part of the tail gas stream into a fuel stream. And this method includes introducing the fuel stream to a methane compressor.

    摘要翻译: 提出了一种从气流中回收氢气的方法。 该方法包括将包含氢气和甲烷的进料气流引入第一冷箱中,从而产生第一富氢流和第一富甲烷流; 然后将第一富氢流引入第一进料压缩机,从而产生压缩的第一富氢流。 该方法包括将压缩的第一富氢流引入第二冷箱,从而产生第二富氢物流和第二甲烷富集物流; 然后将第二富氢流引入第二进料压缩机,从而产生压缩的第二富氢流。 该方法包括将压缩的第二富氢流引入第三冷箱,从而产生第三富氢流和第三富甲烷流。 该方法包括将第三富氢流引入第三进料压缩机,从而产生压缩的第三富氢流; 然后将压缩的第三富氢流引入PSA,从而产生高压,高纯度氢气流和尾气流。 该方法包括将尾气流的第一部分引入尾气压缩机,并将压缩的尾气再循环回原料气流; 然后将第一富甲烷流,第二甲烷富集流,第三甲烷富集流和尾气流的第二部分组合成燃料流。 并且该方法包括将燃料流引入甲烷压缩机。

    Process For The Production Of Hydrogen/Carbon Monoxide
    37.
    发明申请
    Process For The Production Of Hydrogen/Carbon Monoxide 审中-公开
    氢/一氧化碳生产工艺

    公开(公告)号:US20130009099A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-10

    申请号:US13176439

    申请日:2011-07-05

    申请人: Bhadra S. Grover

    发明人: Bhadra S. Grover

    IPC分类号: C01B3/50

    摘要: The present invention provides for an energy efficient process of producing hydrogen/carbon monoxide gas mixtures from one or more hydrocarbon gas streams treated in a syngas producing unit by utilizing a carbon dioxide removal unit that contains sorbent beds in which a magnesium based sorbent is transported and cycled between different beds for sorption and desorption of carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide recovered during the process is recovered at high temperature and high pressure therefore allowing for at least a portion of the carbon dioxide stream to be recycled for further treatment with little or no compression of the stream.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种从合成气生产单元中处理的一种或多种烃气流产生氢气/一氧化碳气体混合物的能量效率方法,该二氧化碳除去装置含有其中运输镁基吸附剂的吸附剂床, 在不同的床之间循环,用于吸附和解吸二氧化碳。 在该过程中回收的二氧化碳在高温和高压下回收,因此允许至少一部分二氧化碳流被再循环用于进一步处理,而很少或不压缩流。

    Multistage Prereforming
    38.
    发明申请
    Multistage Prereforming 审中-公开
    多级预处理

    公开(公告)号:US20120157731A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-21

    申请号:US12970041

    申请日:2010-12-16

    申请人: Bhadra S. Grover

    发明人: Bhadra S. Grover

    IPC分类号: C07C4/06

    摘要: A pre-reforming process is provided. This process includes heating a first stream containing heavy hydrocarbons to a first temperature, then introducing the heated first stream into a first pre-reforming chamber, thereby producing a first pre-reformed stream. This process also includes heating the first pre-reformed stream to a second temperature, then introducing the heated first pre-reformed stream into a second pre-reforming chamber, thereby producing a second pre-reformed stream. This process also includes heating the second pre-reformed stream to a third temperature, then introducing the heated second pre-reformed stream into a third pre-reforming chamber, thereby producing a third pre-reformed stream.

    摘要翻译: 提供了预重整过程。 该方法包括将含有重质烃的第一物流加热至第一温度,然后将经加热的第一流引入第一预重整室,从而产生第一预重整流。 该方法还包括将第一预重整流加热至第二温度,然后将经加热的第一预重整流引入第二预重整室,从而产生第二预重整流。 该方法还包括将第二预重整流加热到第三温度,然后将加热的第二预重整流引入第三预重整室,从而产生第三预重整流。

    PSA Tail Gas Preheating
    39.
    发明申请
    PSA Tail Gas Preheating 有权
    PSA尾气预热

    公开(公告)号:US20110100214A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-05

    申请号:US12613068

    申请日:2009-11-05

    申请人: Bhadra S. Grover

    发明人: Bhadra S. Grover

    IPC分类号: B01D53/047

    摘要: A process for improving the thermodynamic efficiency of a hydrogen generation system is provided. This includes producing a syngas stream in a reformer, wherein the reformer has a combustion zone. This also includes introducing a syngas stream into a pressure swing adsorption unit, thereby producing a product hydrogen stream and a tail gas stream. This also includes heating the tail gas stream by indirect heat exchange with a heat source, thereby producing a heated tail gas stream; and introducing the heated tail gas stream into the combustion zone.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于提高氢气发生系统的热力学效率的方法。 这包括在重整器中产生合成气流,其中重整器具有燃烧区。 这还包括将合成气流引入变压吸附单元,从而产生产物氢气流和尾气流。 这还包括通过与热源的间接热交换来加热尾气流,从而产生加热的尾气流; 并将加热的尾气流引入燃烧区。

    Process For The Purification Of A Carbon Dioxide Stream With Heating Value And Use Of This Process In Hydrogen Producing Processes
    40.
    发明申请
    Process For The Purification Of A Carbon Dioxide Stream With Heating Value And Use Of This Process In Hydrogen Producing Processes 审中-公开
    一种具有加热值的二氧化碳流的纯化方法和在氢生产过程中使用该方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100284892A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-11-11

    申请号:US12570468

    申请日:2009-09-30

    IPC分类号: C01B31/20

    摘要: The present invention relates to a process for purifying a CO2 rich gas stream in a catalytic oxidizer. In this process, flammable contaminants that are present in the CO2 rich gas stream are oxidized when the CO2 rich gas stream is injected along with a precisely measured amount of substantially pure oxygen into the catalytic oxidizer. As a result, a purified CO2 rich gas stream is produced which depending upon the amount of oxygen injected contains only minor traces of residual oxygen or minor traces of the flammable contaminants. This process is useful for purifying high-pressure residue streams from membrane water-gas shift reactors, membrane reformers, or sorbent enhanced reformers, where the pressurized CO2 rich gas stream also contains amounts of hydrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide. The process is also suitable for purifying CO2 permeate streams from reverse selectivity polymeric membranes that are used to separate CO2 from gas mixtures that contain CO2, H2 and CH4. In a further embodiment of the present invention, the inlet and outlet temperature of the catalytic oxidizer can be controlled by recycling part of the purified CO2 rich gas stream to the catalytic oxidizer inlet and/or injecting additional fuel into the catalytic oxidizer. Thereby, a useful amount of heat can be extracted and returned for use anywhere in the CO2 generating process. The heat obtained via the present process may also be utilized in other processes.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种在催化氧化剂中纯化富CO 2气流的方法。 在这个过程中,当富含CO 2的气流与精确测量的基本上纯的氧气一起注入到催化氧化器中时,存在于富CO 2气流中的易燃污染物被氧化。 结果,产生纯化的富含CO 2的气流,这取决于注入的氧气的量仅含有微量的残余氧气或微量的易燃污染物。 该方法可用于从膜式水煤气变换反应器,膜重整器或吸附剂增强重整器中净化高压残留物流,其中加压的富CO 2气流也含有氢,甲烷和一氧化碳。 该方法也适用于从用于从含有CO 2,H 2和CH 4的气体混合物分离CO 2的反向选择性聚合物膜中净化CO 2渗透物流。 在本发明的另一个实施方案中,催化氧化剂的入口和出口温度可以通过将部分纯化的富CO 2气流再循环到催化氧化剂入口和/或将额外的燃料注入到催化氧化器中来控制。 因此,可以提取有用量的热量并将其返回以用于二氧化碳生成过程中的任何地方。 通过本方法获得的热量也可用于其它工艺。