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| 20090104109 | Method of reforming hydrocarbon by oxyhydrogen flame using three-tube burner - In order to produce hydrogen continuously without generating CO | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090148381 | METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF DRAIN IN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM - A method for treating drain in hydrogen production includes steps of gasifying in a gasifier ( | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090220412 | ELECTRIC REACTION TECHNOLOGY FOR FUELS PROCESSING - A method and apparatus for producing hydrogen is disclosed wherein a hydrocarbon gas is fed into an electric reaction technology system to decompose the hydrocarbon gas to hydrogen gas and carbon solids. The electric reaction technology system comprises one or more heating zones, wherein each heating zone comprises one or more heating stations and each heating station comprises one or more heating screens followed by a final near-equilibrium attainment zone without additional heat input. After passing the hydrogen gas through the electric reaction technology system the hydrogen gas and any remaining carbon solids and hydrocarbon gas are cooled. The hydrogen gas and any remaining carbon solids and hydrocarbon gas flow through a scrubber, filter, drier or other phase separation system to remove substantially all of the carbon, leaving hydrogen product. The electric reaction technology system can also be used to pyrolyze hydrocarbons. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090246118 | HYDROGEN PRODUCTION METHOD AND FACILITY - A hydrogen production method and facility in which a synthesis gas stream produced by the gasification of a carbonaceous substance is processed within a synthesis gas processing unit in which the carbon monoxide content is reacted with steam to produce additional hydrogen that is removed by a pressure swing adsorption unit. The tail gas from the pressure swing adsorption unit is further reformed with the addition of a hydrocarbon containing stream in a steam methane reforming system, further shifted to produce further additional hydrogen. The further hydrogen is then separated in another pressure swing adsorption unit. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090246119 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN WITH A THERMALLY-INTEGRATED DESULFURIZATION UNIT - The invention relates to a process for the production of thermally-integrated hydrogen from a liquid hydrocarbon feedstock that contains sulfur-containing compounds that comprise at least one stage for heating the liquid hydrocarbon feedstock by indirect heat exchange with a hot stream, a stage for desulfurizing the heated hydrocarbon feedstock, a stage for evaporating the desulfurized hydrocarbon feedstock by indirect heat exchange with the hot stream that exits from the autothermal reformer, a stage for autothermal reforming of the hydrocarbon feedstock, and a stage wherein the carbon monoxide content in the hydrogen-rich gas that is produced is reduced in a reactor for converting carbon monoxide with water. The invention also relates to the hydrogen production installation that corresponds to this process. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100068133 | TWO-STAGE REFORMER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A REFORMER - The invention relates to a reformer for converting fuel and oxidising agent into a reformate, the reformer comprising an oxidising zone to which a mixture of fuel and oxidising agent is supplyable via a first fuel supply and a first oxidising agent supply and an injection and mixture formation zone disposed downstream of the oxidising zone to which further fuel is supplyable via a second fuel supply, a second oxidising agent supply being provided via which further oxidising agent is supplyable to the injection and mixture formation zone. According to the invention it is contemplated that the second oxidising agent supply is, relative to the second fuel supply, arranged so that it generates a barrier oxidising agent cushion in the area in front of the second fuel supply to prevent a heat transfer from the mixture from the oxidising zone to the second fuel supply. The invention further relates to a method for operating such a reformer. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100080754 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN WITH COMPLETE CAPTURE OF CO2 AND RECYCLING UNCONVERTED METHANE - The present invention concerns a process for producing hydrogen from a hydrocarbon feed and steam, comprising:
| 04-01-2010 |
| 20100086478 | HYDROGEN-PRODUCING FUEL PROCESSING ASSEMBLIES, HEATING ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME - Combustion-based heating assemblies and hydrogen-producing fuel processing assemblies that include at least a reforming region adapted to be heated by the heating assemblies. The heating assembly may include at least one fuel chamber and at least one heating and ignition source. The at least one fuel chamber may be adapted to receive at least one fuel stream at a first temperature. The fuel stream may include a liquid, combustible, carbon-containing fuel having an ignition temperature greater than the first temperature at which the fuel stream is delivered to the fuel chamber. The at least one heating and ignition source may be adapted to heat at least a portion of the fuel chamber to raise the temperature of at least a portion of the carbon-containing fuel to a second temperature at least as great as the ignition temperature and to ignite the carbon-containing fuel. Methods of use are also disclosed. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100092382 | GAS GENERATOR AND METHOD THEREFOR - A gas generator includes a high pressure gas-generation system that is capable of generating a product gas stream at a non-ambient, elevated nominal pressure. A thermal swing absorber has a first configuration and a second configuration relative to being connected with the product gas stream. In the first configuration, the thermal swing absorber is connected with the high pressure gas-generation system to receive the product gas stream and remove a constituent gas from the stream. In the second configuration, the thermal swing absorber is disconnected from the product gas stream and releases the constituent gas at a pressure that is substantially equal to the elevated nominal pressure. In the second configuration, the thermal swing absorber is an input source to provide the released constituent gas into the high pressure gas-generation system, which permits more efficient use of materials within the system. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100111824 | HYDROGEN PRODUCTION METHOD - In a process for producing hydrocarbonaceous educts, the starting material is autothermally gasified by non-catalytic partial oxidation by adding oxygen-containing gas and hydrogen at temperatures of 1200 to 1500° C. and pressures of 15 to 100 bar | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100119440 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PRODUCT GAS RICH IN HYDROGEN - The invention relates to a method for producing a product gas rich in hydrogen, wherein a starting material comprising carbon is split by means of pyrolysis, and the resulting pyrolysis gas, which is mixed with water vapor to increase the hydrogen content, is heated. The method obtains the heat necessary for the process from the combustion of the pyrolysis coke that is produced. To this end, the heat necessary for the individual process steps is fed to the process by means of a heat transfer medium circuit, which is heated in a heating zone ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100158792 | GASIFICATION AND STEAM METHANE REFORMING INTEGRATED POLYGENERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - This invention is a process and system for providing hydrogen at a high level of reliability from a gasification system by integrating it with SMR. Carbonaceous feedstock such as petroleum coke or coal or biomass is gasified to co-produce SNG, fuel gas, hydrogen, power and steam in conjunction with hydrogen production through steam methane reforming. Carbon dioxide may also be recovered in this process. The integrated schemes are designed in a way that maximizes the reliability of production of high value products such as hydrogen through gasification and minimizes the impact of high natural gas prices on hydrogen production by SMR. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100158793 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN WITH TOTAL RECOVERY OF CO2 AND RECYCLING OF UNCONVERTED METHANE - This invention relates to a process for the production of hydrogen from a hydrocarbon feedstock and steam comprising:
| 06-24-2010 |
| 20100189638 | COMPACT EXCHANGER-REACTOR USING A PLURALITY OF POROUS BURNERS - The present invention describes a novel exchanger-reactor intended to implement highly endothermic reactions such as natural gas or naphtha steam reforming, using in situ porous burners. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100221174 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYDROGEN AND ELECTRICITY GENERATION - This disclosure related to systems and methods that produce hydrogen and electricity from hydrocarbon fuels. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110171117 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASING HYDROGEN YIELD/PRODUCTION IN A REFINERY - A method and system for capturing hydrogen gas in a refinery is disclosed. The system comprises a first membrane and pre-reformer. The membrane is suitable for separating a refinery fuel gas feed, which includes hydrogen gas and hydrocarbon gases, into a hydrogen gas depleted retentate stream and a hydrogen gas enriched permeate stream. The pre-reformer receives the retentate stream from the first membrane and catalytically converts the retentate stream into an outlet stream of hydrogen and methane gases. The system may further include a reformer which receives at least a portion of the outlet stream and catalytically converts the methane gas into hydrogen and carbon oxides. A second membrane may be used for separating the outlet stream into a second hydrogen depleted retentate stream and second hydrogen enriched permeate stream. The reformer, in this case, receives the second hydrogen depleted retentate stream to provide methane for steam reforming. Because hydrogen is removed from the original refinery fuel gas feed fed to the pre-reformer and/or the outlet stream fed to the reformer, additional hydrocarbons can be fed to the pre-reformer and/or reformer, in place of the removed hydrogen gas, to increase the overall hydrogen gas production from the system. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20120107227 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN BY STEAM REFORMING AN OIL CUT WITH OPTIMIZED STEAM PRODUCTION - The present invention describes a process for the production of hydrogen by steam reforming an oil cut using a hot vector gas, in which the steam produced by the process is used in its entirety in said process, a first portion of the steam being introduced as a mixture with the feed, and the second portion supplying the steam turbine driving the compressor for pressurizing the hot vector gas. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120128578 | System and Method for Extracting and Collecting Substances From a Molecular Combination - A system and process are provided for extracting a substance from a molecular combination. The process comprises heating the molecular combination to dissociate the molecular combination into cations and anions, moving the cations and anions through a magnetic field to separate cations and anions, and isolating cations from anions with a barrier. The system comprises a non-conductive conduit for guiding an ionized particle stream, a magnetic field source for creating a magnetic field through which the ionized particle stream moves, and a barrier located in the conduit. The ionized particle stream has a velocity relative to the conduit, and the magnetic field source is oriented relative to the velocity of the ionized particle stream so that cations are separated from anions as the ionized particle stream moves through the magnetic field. The barrier is oriented in the conduit so that cations are isolated from anions after separation. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120141366 | FUEL PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN RICH GAS - A fuel processor for generating hydrogen rich gas or cleaned hydrogen rich gas from hydrocarbon fuel includes an inner housing and an outer housing defining a mantel space between them, wherein at least one fuel reformer unit for reforming hydrocarbon fuel to a hydrogen rich gas and optionally a gas-cleaning unit for cleaning the hydrogen rich gas from unwanted by-products are arranged in the inner housing. The fuel processor further includes a processor inlet for introducing hydrocarbon fuel into the inner housing and a processor outlet for releasing cleaned hydrogen rich gas from the inner housing. The outer housing further includes a fluid inlet for introducing a heat transporting fluid into the mantel space. The inner housing includes at least one opening for providing a fluid-connection between the inner housing and the mantel space. A method for operating such a fuel processor is also provided. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120148485 | STEAM METHANE REFORMING PROCESS - The present invention provides a steam methane reforming process and system utilizing an integrated steam system having both high pressure and low pressure steam circuits. According to this invention, substantially the entire stream of treated boiler feed water leaving the deaerator is pressurized and sent to the boiler feed water heater at elevated pressures. The resulting high pressure heated boiler feed water is split with a portion used as the feed to make low pressure steam and the balance is sent to the high pressure steam circuit. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120164064 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THERMALLY-INTEGRATED HYDROGEN BY REFORMING A HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCK - The invention relates to a process for producing thermally-integrated hydrogen by reforming a hydrocarbon feedstock, in a reforming reactor, comprising a stage for maintaining the temperature of the effluent that is obtained from the reforming reactor by co-current heat exchange, in a co-current heat exchanger, between the effluent that is obtained from the reforming reactor and the hydrocarbon feedstock that it is desired to reform. The temperature of the synthetic gas exiting the feedstock-effluent exchanger is between 250° C. and 400° C. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20130017146 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN WITH REDUCED CO2 EMISSIONSAANM Darde; ArthurAACI ParisAACO FRAAGP Darde; Arthur Paris FRAANM Valentin; SoleneAACI MeudonAACO FRAAGP Valentin; Solene Meudon FRAANM Court; PhilippeAACI VincennesAACO FRAAGP Court; Philippe Vincennes FRAANM Tranier; Jean-PierreAACI L'Hay-Les-RosesAACO FRAAGP Tranier; Jean-Pierre L'Hay-Les-Roses FRAANM Traversac; XavierAACI ParisAACO FRAAGP Traversac; Xavier Paris FRAANM Terrien; PaulAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Terrien; Paul Baltimore MD US - The present invention relates to a method for producing hydrogen, with reduced carbon dioxide emissions, from a hydrocarbon mixture. In said method, the hydrocarbon mixture is reformed so as to produce a synthetic gas that is cooled, then treated in a shift reactor so as to be enriched with H2 and CO2. Optionally dried, said mixture is treated in a PSA hydrogen purification unit in order to produce hydrogen. The residue is treated by means of partial condensation with a view to capturing CO4 before said residue is sent as fuel to reforming. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130022537 | HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM AN OXYFUEL COMBUSTOR - A method is provided for hydrogen production from a hydrogen and carbon containing fuel combusted within an oxyfuel combustor. The oxyfuel combustor combusts hydrogen and carbon containing fuel with oxygen at a non-stoichiometric ratio, typically fuel rich. In such an operating mode, products of combustion include steam, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and hydrogen. These products of combustion are then passed through a hydrogen separator. Remaining products of combustion can be optionally combusted at a stoichiometric ratio with oxygen in a second oxyfuel combustor discharging substantially only steam and carbon dioxide. A turbine or other expander can be provided downstream from the gas generator to produce power and eliminate carbon monoxide from the system. The system can be operated in a second mode where the gas generator combusts the fuel with oxygen at a stoichiometric ratio to maximize electric power generation without hydrogen production at periods of peak power demand. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130230449 | HYDROGEN GENERATION PROCESS USING PARTIAL OXIDATION/STEAM REFORMING - Partial oxidation/steam reformers ( | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130309163 | Water Purification Using Energy from a Steam-Hydrocarbon Reforming Process - A process for producing a H | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140112863 | FUEL PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN RICH GAS - A fuel processor for generating hydrogen rich gas or cleaned hydrogen rich gas from hydrocarbon fuel includes an inner housing and an outer housing defining a mantel space between them, wherein at least one fuel reformer unit for reforming hydrocarbon fuel to a hydrogel rich gas and optionally a gas-cleaning unit for cleaning the hydrogen rich gas from unwanted by-products are arranged in the inner housing. The fuel processor further includes a processor inlet for introducing hydrocarbon fuel into the inner housing and a processor outlet for releasing cleaned hydrogen rich gas from the inner housing. The outer housing further includes a fluid inlet for introducing a heat transporting fluid into the mantel space. The inner housing includes at least one opening for providing a fluid-connection between the inner housing and the mantel space. A method for operating such a fuel processor is also provided. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140154169 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN GAS - Systems and methods for thermally decomposing hydrocarbon feedstock may comprise a hydrocarbon feedstock, a non-oxidizing carrier gas, one or more heat exchangers, and a reaction chamber. The carrier gas may be used to transfer heat to the hydrocarbon feedstock. The heat exchanger(s) may be configured to heat the carrier gas. And the reaction chamber may be configured to receive hydrocarbon feedstock and heated carrier gas. Inside the reaction chamber, the hydrocarbon feedstock and the heated carrier gas may mix with one another causing the thermal decomposition reaction. The thermal decomposition reaction occurs in a substantially oxidant-free environment thereby eliminating or greatly reducing the production of carbon oxide byproducts. Hydrogen gas may be separated from a gaseous product stream that is thereafter collected from the reaction chamber. A portion of the gaseous product stream may be thermally coupled to the carrier gas and may thereafter be recycled through the system. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140154170 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN GAS - Systems and methods for thermally decomposing hydrocarbon feedstock may comprise a hydrocarbon feedstock, a non-oxidizing carrier gas, one or more heat exchangers, and a reaction chamber. The carrier gas may be used to transfer heat to the hydrocarbon feedstock. The heat exchanger(s) may be configured to heat the carrier gas. And the reaction chamber may be configured to receive hydrocarbon feedstock and heated carrier gas. Inside the reaction chamber, the hydrocarbon feedstock and the heated carrier gas may mix with one another causing the thermal decomposition reaction. The thermal decomposition reaction occurs in a substantially oxidant-free environment thereby eliminating or greatly reducing the production of carbon oxide byproducts. Hydrogen gas may be separated from a gaseous product stream that is thereafter collected from the reaction chamber. A portion of the gaseous product stream may be thermally coupled to the carrier gas and may thereafter be recycled through the system. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140186257 | Capture of CO2 From Hydrogen Plants - The invention includes a process which eliminates or reduces the CO | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140186258 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN FROM BIOGAS - The present invention relates to a method for producing hydrogen by steam-reforming biomethane and producing hydrogen by purifying the shifted syngas by PSA, including at least one step of purifying a first portion of the biogas supplied for producing biomethane, which is reformed, the resulting syngas being shifted and purified by PSA. The waste gas from the PSA is used as secondary fuel for the reforming furnace, raw or partially purified biogas being used as primary fuel for the furnace. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20150071850 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTION OF A FEEDSTOCK - The present invention relates to a method and system for recovering aromatics from a naphtha feedstock obtained from a crude petroleum, natural gas condensate, or petrochemical feedstock. The method and system comprise the steps of recovering an aromatics fraction from the feedstock prior to reforming. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150093326 | INTEGRATION OF A CLOSED LOOP SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE POWER CYCLE IN A STEAM METHANE REFORMER - An integrated reforming and power generation process is provided. This process employs a steam methane reformer to provide a hot process gas stream and a flue gas stream, utilizes the hot process gas stream to provide heat to produce a total steam stream comprising a process steam stream and an excess steam stream, and utilizes the flue gas stream to provide heat to at least a pre-reformer mixture stream, a reformer feed stream, the process steam stream and a pre-reformer steam stream The flue gas stream also provides heat to an integrated power generation process, and the excess steam stream is less than 15% of the total steam stream. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150139895 | PROCESS FOR CONVERTING POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS TO MONOCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS - A process for converting polycyclic aromatic compounds to monocyclic aromatic compounds includes pyrolyzing a coal feed to produce a coke stream and a coal tar stream. The coal tar stream is cracked, and the cracked coal tar stream is fractionated to produce an aromatic fraction comprising the polycyclic aromatic compounds. The process further includes hydrocracking the aromatic fraction to partially hydrogenate at least a first portion of the aromatic fraction, and to open at least one ring of a second portion of the aromatic fraction to form the monocyclic aromatic compounds from the polycyclic compounds, and recycling the first portion of the aromatic fraction. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150321912 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING ENDOTHERMIC PROCESSES - The invention relates to a method of carrying out heat-consuming processes, wherein the total energy required averaged over a year for the heat-consuming process originates from at least two different energy sources, where one of the energy sources is an electric energy source whose power varies in the range from 0 to 100% of the total power required, and three different energy modes can individually provide the total power required for the heat-consuming process: (i) exclusively electric energy, (ii) a mixture of electric energy and at least one further nonelectric energy source or (iii) exclusively nonelectric energy, where the changeover time in which the change from one energy mode to another energy mode is completed is not more than 30 minutes. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20160136608 | PLANT AND PROCESS FOR THE EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF EXCESS ELECTRIC ENERGY - In a plant comprising a first apparatus for the electrochemical or electrothermal production of hydrogen, which produces a first hydrogen stream; a second apparatus for producing hydrogen from a hydrocarbon by steam reforming, partial oxidation or dehydrogenation, which produces a second hydrogen stream; a hydrogen conduit or a hydrogen consumer to which both the first hydrogen stream and the second hydrogen stream are fed; and a control device which matches the production of hydrogen in the first apparatus and in the second apparatus in such a way that the total amount of first hydrogen stream and second hydrogen stream corresponds to a predetermined value, excess electric energy can be efficiently utilized by operating the apparatus for the electrochemical or electrothermal production of hydrogen with excess electric energy. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160251217 | HYDROGEN PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION METHOD | 09-01-2016 |
