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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187568 | Method and plant for the production of synthesis gas from biogas A method and system produce a synthesis gas from a biogas. The method provides a more economic process control and a higher yield. For this purpose hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide of the biogas are nearly completely separated in separate cleaning steps before a ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8124049 | Zero steam export with CO2 recovery in a high thermal efficiency hydrogen plant 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 stre... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8110174 | Reactive working material for use in hydrogen production by decomposition of water Disclosed is a reactive working material for use in a process of producing hydrogen by splitting water based on a two-step thermochemical water-splitting cycle through the utilization of solar heat, industrial waste heat or the like, which comprises a ferrite fine p... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8092778 | Method for producing a hydrogen enriched fuel and carbon nanotubes using microwave assisted methane decomposition on catalyst A method for producing a hydrogen enriched fuel and carbon nanotubes includes the steps of providing a flow of methane gas, and providing a catalyst mixture comprising a Fe based catalyst and carbon. The method also includes the steps of pretreating the catalyst mix... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8080232 | Process for recovering carbon dioxide In a process for obtaining CO2, desulfurized natural gas or gas which accompanies mineral oil is reformed autothermally with addition of oxygenous gas at a temperature of from 900 to 1200° C. and a pressure of from 40 to 100 bar (a) by partial catalytic ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075869 | Method and system for producing a hydrogen enriched fuel using microwave assisted methane decomposition on catalyst A method for producing a hydrogen enriched fuel includes the steps of providing a flow of methane gas, and providing a catalyst. The method also includes the steps of heating the catalyst instead of the reactor walls and the methane gas using microwave irradiation a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075870 | Process for obtaining hydrogen from natural gas The invention relates to a process for obtaining hydrogen from natural gas which comprises (a) reacting the natural gas with a mixture of air and steam in a single reactor to obtain a gas comprising H2 and CO, (b) reacting the CO produced at a high temper... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8043600 | Hydrotreatment process A process for the hydrotreating of fuels with co-production of hydrogen during operation of the process, which enables i.e. reduced need of make-up hydrogen in the hydrotreating stage. The hydrocarbon fuel introduced to the hydrotreatment stage is a fuel containing ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038981 | Hydrogen production using complex metal oxide pellets Complex metal oxide-containing pellets and their use for producing hydrogen. The complex metal oxide-containing pellets are suitable for use in a fixed bed reactor due to sufficient crush strength. The complex metal oxide-containing pellets comprise one or more comp... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7981397 | Partial oxidation of hydrocarbons A process of catalytic partial oxidation of hydrocarbons, particularly methane and/or natural gas to form a product containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide where the first catalyst at the inlet has a higher thermal conductivity than that of a second catalyst closer ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7931888 | Hydrogen production method A method of producing a hydrogen product stream in which a steam stream is reacted with a hydrocarbon containing stream within a steam methane reformer. The resulting product stream is subjected to a water gas shift reaction and then to pressure swing adsorption to ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931889 | Method for producing hydrogen A method for producing hydrogen from a light hydrocarbon gas with the hydrocarbon gas being converted to particulate carbon and hydrogen and thereafter quenched with liquid sulfur with the purified hydrogen being recovered as a product. ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7927578 | Hydrogen separation process using mixed oxide ion/electronic/hydrogen atom conducting membranes A method for separation of molecular hydrogen from a gaseous mixture containing the molecular hydrogen, which method employs a dense mixed oxide ion/electronic/hydrogen atom conducting membrane or separator having a feed side and a permeate side that enables two mec... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7914764 | Hydrogen manufacture using pressure swing reforming The invention provides a method for generating high pressure hydrogen at improved thermal efficiencies. First a synthesis gas stream at a first pressure is produced in a pressure swing reformer. Next the synthesis gas stream is subjected to a high temperature water ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7901663 | Process for converting biomass to produce synthesis gas The process of the invention concerns a series of steps for preparing a solid lignocellulosic biomass type feed to supply a unit for gasification of that feed. The process employs at least one step for maturing the feed in the presence of a liquid hydrocarbon... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901662 | Steam generation apparatus and method Provided herein is a process for generating steam comprising supplying a first stream to a steam reformer to produce a second stream comprising essentially 100% steam such that the molecular composition of the first stream is identical to the molecular composition o... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7850944 | Steam-hydrocarbon reforming method with limited steam export A method for generating hydrogen and/or synthesis gas in a production facility where little or no export steam is produced. Most or all of the high pressure steam produced from the waste heat from the process is used in the steam-hydrocarbon reformer with little or ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7846417 | Maximum reaction rate converter process for exothermic reactions An ammonia converter and method are disclosed. The reactor can alter the conversion of ammonia by controlling the reaction temperature of the exothermic reaction along the length of the reactor to parallel the equilibrium curve for the desired product. The reactor | 12/07/2010 |
| 7837974 | Method for heating and partial oxidation of a steam/natural gas mixture after a primary reformer By means of a method and a system for heating and partial oxidation of not separately pre-heated, pre-reformed steam/natural gas mixture for an NH3 synthesis gas, whereby energy is supplied to the gas stream (raw synthesis gas), in the direction of flow, ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7837973 | Hydrogen production method A hydrogen production method that integrates a catalytic steam reformer and a gasifier. Hydrogen is generated in a catalytic steam reformer at a high production rate or design capacity. The catalytic steam reformer is then turned down to a fraction of design capacit... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7833512 | Production of synthesis gas from biomass and any organic matter by reactive contact with superheated steam Organic matter, i.e., biomass, fibrous plant matter, organic chemicals or organic waste, or other carbon-based matter is converted to synthesis fuel gas by reactive contact with superheated steam at a temperature of about 200 to 2000 degrees C., typically 500 to 170... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7824655 | Regeneration of complex metal oxides for the production of hydrogen In a process for producing a hydrogen-containing gas, a hydrocarbon feed gas and steam are introduced into a reaction vessel containing a complex metal oxide and steam-hydrocarbon reforming catalyst thereby forming a combustible gas mixture comprising hydrogen. A re... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7799314 | Hydrogen production and use in an internal combustion engine system A method for producing a hydrogen containing gas for use in an internal combustion engine system is provided. The method includes cyclically operating at least two pressure swing reformer reactors such that one is reforming while another is regenerating, thereby pro... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7794689 | Method for steam reforming carbonaceous material A method for steam reforming carbonaceous material into a synthesis gas by using a single stage process of heating the carbonaceous material in a rotary kiln at an elevated reforming temperature so that the carbonaceous material undergoes substantially complete conv... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7780944 | Multi-stream microchannel device The invention is a process and device for exchanging heat energy between three or more streams in a microchannel heat exchanger which can be integrated with a microchannel reactor to form an integrated microchannel processing unit. The invention enables the combinin... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7740829 | Synthesis gas production and use Synthesis gas is produced according to this invention using a combination of steam reforming and oxidation chemistry. The process incorporates the use of solids to heat the hydrocarbon feed, and to cool the gas product. According to the invention, heat can be conser... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7727509 | Metal passivation in a heat exchange reformer A method for reducing the interaction between carbon monoxide present in a heat exchange medium and metals on the shell side of heat exchange reformer apparatus used for reforming of hydrocarbons by treatment of the shell-side of said apparatus with an effective amo... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7718159 | Process for co-production of electricity and hydrogen-rich gas steam reforming of a hydrocarbon fraction with input of calories by combustion with hydrogen in situ The invention describes a process for co-production of electricity and a hydrogen-rich gas by steam reforming of a hydrocarbon fraction with input of calories by combustion with the hydrogen that is produced inside the steam reforming reactor-exchanger. ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7700070 | Process and apparatus for catalytic conversion of hydrocarbons for generating a gas rich in hydrogen The present invention relates to the catalytic conversion of hydrocarbons for generating a gas that is rich in hydrogen, to the use of said apparatus and to a process for generating hydrogen. The apparatus comprises a reforming catalyst (5), as well as a mean... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7687050 | Process for producing synthesis gas by steam reforming and partial oxidation For producing synthesis gas, SG, from a hydrocarbon feed and optionally from recycled compounds, F, a first feed F1 supplemented with steam undergoes steam reforming in a multi-tube reactor-exchanger R comprising a plurality of reaction tubes (38) cont... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7670586 | Process and apparatus for the production of synthesis gas Reactive diluent fluid (22) is introduced into a stream of synthesis gas (or “syngas”) produced in a heat-generating unit such as a partial oxidation (“POX”) reactor (12) to cool the syngas and form a mixture of cooled syngas and reactive dilue... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7666386 | Solid chemical hydride dispenser for generating hydrogen gas A device for generating hydrogen gas is provided. The device (101) comprises a first hydrogen-containing composition (107) that reacts with a second composition to evolve hydrogen gas; a dispenser (105) adapted to apply the first composition to ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7658908 | Method of removing carbon monoxide and operating a fuel cell system A carbon monoxide removing catalyst such as a ruthenium supporting catalyst is provided for removing, through oxidation thereof, carbon monoxide from an alcohol reformed gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide to be supplied to a fuel cell. For its activation, t... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7655215 | Method and apparatus for producing synthesis gas from waste materials An apparatus designed to form syn gas from carbonaceous materials such as coal includes a devolatilization reactor in combination with a reformer reactor which subsequently forms syn gas. The reformer reactor, in turn, is in communication with a particulate separato... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7591992 | Hydrogen production process with regenerant recycle The present invention relates to a process for producing a hydrogen-containing gas. The process comprises introducing a regeneration gas into a hydrogen reaction vessel containing solid packing material thereby at least partially regenerating the solid packing mater... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7572432 | Method and article for producing hydrogen gas Disclosed herein is a method comprising combusting a feed stream to form combustion products; and reforming the combustion products to produce a gaseous composition comprising hydrogen. Disclosed herein too is a method for producing hydrogen comprising introducing a... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7544346 | Compact fuel processor for producing a hydrogen rich gas A multi-step process of converting hydrocarbon fuel to a substantially pure hydrogen gas feed includes a plurality of modules stacked end-to-end along a common axis. Each module includes a shell having an interior space defining a passageway for the flow of gas from... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7527781 | Process for the preparation of a hydrogen-rich stream A process for the preparation of a hydrogen-rich stream comprising contacting a carbon monoxide-containing gas, methanol and water in at least one shift step in the presence of a catalyst comprising copper, zinc and aluminium and/or chromium at a shift inlet tempera... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7498016 | Preparation of syngas for acetic acid synthesis by partial oxidation of methanol feedstock A method for the production of syngas from methanol feedstock is disclosed. The methanol feed (110) is supplied to a partial oxidation reactor (112) with oxygen (114) and optionally steam (116) to yield a mixed stream (118) of hydr... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7442364 | Plasma-induced hydrogen production from water A process for producing hydrogen for direct use as a fuel or for input to a fuel cell from dissociating H2O in a plasma reformer with hydrocarbon fuel acting as an initiator. The molar ratio of water to hydrocarbon fuel in the input mixture for reactions,... | 10/28/2008 |
