IMPROVED SYSTEM FOR HYDROGEN GENERATION THROUGH STEAM REFORMING OF HYDROCARBONS AND INTEGRATED CHEMICAL REACTOR FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM HYDROCARBONS

The present invention provides a reactor, which includes: a unitary shell assembly (10) having an inlet (1) and an outlet (8); a flow path extending within the shell assembly (10) from the inlet (1) to the outlet (8), the flo w path having a steam reformer section with a first catalyst (5) and a wat...

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Hauptverfasser:	BARBOUR, JASON P, LOMAX, FRANKLIN DELANO JR, REARDON, JOHN P
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY COMPOUNDS THEREOF ELECTRICITY INORGANIC CHEMISTRY METALLURGY NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY SEPARATION THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	The present invention provides a reactor, which includes: a unitary shell assembly (10) having an inlet (1) and an outlet (8); a flow path extending within the shell assembly (10) from the inlet (1) to the outlet (8), the flo w path having a steam reformer section with a first catalyst (5) and a water g as shift reactor section with a second catalyst (50), the steam reformer sectio n being located upstream of the water gas shift reactor section; a heating section within the shell assembly (10) and configured to heat the steam reformer section; and a cooling section within the shell assembly (10) and configured to cool the water gas shift reactor section. The present inventio n also provides a simplified hydrogen production system, which includes the catalytic steam reforming and subsequent high temperature water gas shift of low-sulfur (< 100ppm by mass) hydrocarbon fuels followed by hydrogen purification through the pressure swing adsorption (PSA).