Title (en)

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

Title (de)

VERBESSERTES SYSTEM UND INTEGRIERTER REAKTOR ZUR WASSERSTOFFPRODUKTION DURCH DAMPFREFORMIERUNG VON KOHLENWASSERSTOFFEN

Title (fr)

SYSTEME AMELIORE ET REACTEUR CHIMIQUE INTEGRE PERMETTANT DE PRODUIRE DE L'HYDROGENE PAR REFORMAGE DE VAPEUR D'HYDROCARBURES

Publication

EP 1294477 A1 20030326 (EN)

Application

EP 01950242 A 20010629

Priority

• US 0116513 W 20010629
• US 21473700 P 20000629
• US 64200800 A 20000821

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0202220A1] 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 flow path having a steam reformer section with a first catalyst (5) and a water gas shift reactor section with a second catalyst (50), the steam reformer section 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 invention 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).

IPC 1-7

B01J 8/06; C01B 3/16; C01B 3/24

IPC 8 full level

B01D 53/04 (2006.01); B01J 8/00 (2006.01); B01J 8/04 (2006.01); B01J 8/06 (2006.01); C01B 3/32 (2006.01); C01B 3/38 (2006.01); C01B 3/48 (2006.01); C01B 3/50 (2006.01); H01M 8/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B01J 8/0005 (2013.01); B01J 8/008 (2013.01); B01J 8/062 (2013.01); B01J 8/067 (2013.01); C01B 3/323 (2013.01); C01B 3/384 (2013.01); C01B 3/48 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00221 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00256 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00495 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00504 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00522 (2013.01); B01J 2208/025 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00777 (2013.01); B01J 2219/185 (2013.01); B01J 2219/1943 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0233 (2013.01); C01B 2203/025 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0283 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0288 (2013.01); C01B 2203/043 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0495 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0811 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0844 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0866 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0877 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0883 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1011 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1023 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1035 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1041 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1047 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1064 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1082 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1094 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1217 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1241 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1247 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1258 (2013.01); C01B 2203/127 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1288 (2013.01); C01B 2203/142 (2013.01); C01B 2203/146 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1604 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1609 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1619 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1652 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1661 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1676 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1685 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1695 (2013.01); C01B 2203/82 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0202220 A1 20020110; CA 2413388 A1 20020110; CA 2413388 C 20091222; EP 1294477 A1 20030326; EP 1294477 A4 20060607; JP 2004501759 A 20040122

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0116513 W 20010629; CA 2413388 A 20010629; EP 01950242 A 20010629; JP 2002506839 A 20010629