The Boc Group, Inc.

California Institute of Technology

Linde Aktiengesellschaft

Linde North America, Inc.

Satish S Tamhankar

Ramakrishnan Ramachandran

Divyanshu R Acharya

Yongxian Zeng

Narayanan Ramprasad

Frank R Fitch

Donald L MacLean

Ravi Kumar Jain

Kirk Walton Limbach

Mark J Kirschner

Weibin Jiang

Mark S Tomczak

YuDong Chen

William R Weltmer, Jr

Sekharipuram V Krishnan

Adeola Florence Ojo

Ramachandran Krish Krishnamurthy

Donald P Satchell, Jr

Ron C Lee

Alberto I LaCava

Martin Bulow

Neeraj Saxena

Akhilesh Kapoor

David G Wardle

Sudhakar R Jale

Rustam H Sethna

Sidney S Stern

Paul Alfred Sweeney

George R Gavalas

Kelly R Leitch

Nikhiles Bandyopadhyay

Theodore R Galica

Richard Henry Clarke

Martin Bülow

Jerry Y S Lin

Robert Walter Boyd

Rudolph J Wolf

Bruce Walter Uhlman

Seungdoo Park

Maria Flytani-Stephanopoulos

Gary Peter Lomas

Natarajan Narasimhan

Subodh Ganguly

Michael H Leison

A method for producing carbon dioxide by the steps of feeding a CO-rich feed stream containing fuel gas to an oxygenated oxygen-selective ceramic bed to produce a product stream of carbon dioxide, water, and residual oxygen; adding oxygen to this product stream and feeding to an oxygen-depleted oxygen-selective ceramic bed and recovering carbon dioxide substantially free of oxygen and fuel gas. In an additional embodiment, nitrogen oxides are also removed from the fuel gas.

Carbon dioxide production for enhanced oil recovery

A hydrogen storage system for storing hydrogen gas at elevated pressures and cryogenic temperatures is disclosed. The hydrogen gas is fed to a storage container which contains a physisorption type material and a volatile liquid container for liquid nitrogen. Cryogenic conditions are maintained within the storage container during the periods of storage and the periods where the hydrogen gas is removed from the storage system.

Methods for hydrogen storage and refrigeration

Multi compressor systems and apparatuses for the manufacture, storage and dispensing of manufactured hydrogen fuel to hydrogen vehicle tanks or remote mobile refuelers are disclosed.

Intelligent compressor strategy to support hydrogen fueling

The present invention provides a process for producing hydrogen by passing a hydrocarbon-containing gas over a ceramic monolith at a temperature sufficient to produce hydrogen; and passing an oxygen-containing gas over the ceramic monolith at a temperature sufficient to react with the carbon on the ceramic monolith and to produce carbon monoxide. The process is performed cyclically using one or more beds in a manner such that hydrogen is produced followed by carbon monoxide production.

Hydrogen production process

Production of oxygen-enriched gas streams is disclosed herein. Air streams contact an oxygen-selective mixed conductor particularly a perovskite material whereby oxygen is retained or adsorbed on the perovskite and can be employed in a variety of processes such as in combusting a fuel gas, heat recovery and boiler related operations.

Oxy-fuel combustion process

An improved process for the catalytic partial oxidation of hydrocarbons to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide is disclosed. The process also utilizes a novel catalyst configuration containing at least two serially aligned layers containing a noble metal or transition metal catalyst supported on a support. Alternatively the process employs only the first layer of a catalytically active metal dispersed on an inert carrier support to partially oxidize hydrocarbons.

Catalyst configuration and methods for syngas production

An improved process for the catalytic partial oxidation of hydrocarbons to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide and less than &#x2dc;2% carbon dioxide is disclosed. The process further permits the reaction to be initiated at room temperature, and utilizes a metal catalyst deposited on a ceria-coated zirconia monolith support, which exhibits high conversions of hydrocarbons to synthesis gas (hydrogen and carbon monoxide).

Monolith based catalytic partial oxidation process for syngas production

Supported perovskite-type oxides are described. The perovskite-type oxides have the general formula of AA'BB&#x2032;O, wherein A is an ion of a metal of Group IIIa or IIIb of the periodic table of elements or mixtures thereof; A&#x2032; is an ion of a metal of Groups Ia or IIa of the periodic table or mixtures thereof; B and B&#x2032; are ions of a d-block transition metal of the periodic table or mixtures thereof; x, x&#x2032;, y and y&#x2032; vary from 0 to 1; 0.95&#x3c;x+x&#x2032;&#x3c;1.05; 0.95&#x3c;y+y&#x2032;&#x3c;1.05; &#x3b4; is the deviation from ideal oxygen stoichiometry. This invention also provides for the selection of support materials and the shapes of supported perovskite-type oxides as well as the methods for making them.

Supported perovskite-type oxides and methods for preparation thereof

Improved method for recovering hydrogen and carbon monoxide from hydrocarbon conversion processes are disclosed. A monolith catalyst reactor means is utilized in treating the waste gas stream from the hydrocarbon conversion process to assist in recovering hydrogen and carbon monoxide from the waste gas stream. The present invention also provides a method for improving the yield of hydrogen and carbon monoxide from a hydrocarbon conversion process utilizing a monolith catalyst reactor means.

Gas recovery process

Partial oxidation of hydrocarbons to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide is carried out by a cyclical process, which includes (a) contacting an oxygen ion conducting ceramic with air at a pressure between about 1 and 50 bara in a reactor, wherein oxygen from the air reacts with the ceramic, thereby producing an oxygen-enriched ceramic, and (b) contacting the hot, oxygen-enriched ceramic with hydrocarbon gas and optionally steam in the reactor. During the partial oxidation reaction phase of the process, the oxygen-enriched ceramic reacts with the hydrocarbon, thereby producing the desired gas products and regenerating the oxygen ion conducting ceramic for the next cycle of the process.

Cyclic autothermal hydrocarbon reforming process

A process for regenerating a spent catalyst having coke deposits thereon in a catalyst regeneration vessel having a dense phase and a dilute phase, wherein the process comprises the steps of: (a) contacting the spent catalyst with a primary oxygen-containing gas in the dense phase, thereby combusting the coke, resulting in the formation of a combustion gas comprising nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide which further reacts, thus reducing a majority of the nitrogen oxides to form elemental nitrogen; and (b) contacting the combustion gas with a secondary oxygen-containing gas, and typically a shield gas, at a location just above the interface between the dense phase and the dilute phase and also in the dilute phase, thereby oxidizing the remaining CO to CO without significant temperature rise in the dilute phase due to the after burn.

Reactor modifications for NOx reduction from a fluid catalytic cracking regeneration vessel

A process and a metal catalyst are provided for the partial oxidation of hydrocarbons to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide. The process is conducted by contacting a mixture of a hydrocarbon-containing gas and an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a metal catalyst. The metal catalyst is a transition or noble metal supported on a ceria monolith substrate. Partial oxidation of hydrocarbons can be carried out at low initiation temperatures with high product yields.

Catalytic monolith substrate made of ceria and titania

Partial oxidation of hydrocarbons to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide is carried out by a fixed bed or a fluidized bed process which includes the steps of passing steam and/or carbon dioxide through a perovskite-type ceramic mixed conductor in an adsorption zone at an elevated temperature, thereby at least partially saturating the mixed conductor with oxygen and producing hydrogen and/or carbon monoxide, and subsequently contacting the hot, at least partially oxygen-saturated mixed conductor with a hydrocarbon in a partial oxidation reaction zone. During the partial oxidation reaction phase of the process, the sorbed oxygen reacts with the hydrocarbon, thereby producing hydrogen and carbon monoxide.

Production of hydrogen and carbon monoxide

A process for the partial oxidation of hydrocarbons, such as methane, to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide is provided. The process is conducted by contacting a mixture of a hydrocarbon-containing gas and an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a metal catalyst at high gas velocities and low reaction initiation temperatures. The metal catalyst is a transition metal selected from the group of nickel, cobalt, iron, platinum, palladium, iridium, rhenium, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium and combinations thereof supported on a ceria monolith. Less than 3% by volume of carbon dioxide is present in the product gas.

Catalytic partial oxidation of hydrocarbons

Partial oxidation of hydrocarbons to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide is carried out by a cyclical process which includes passing air through a perovskite ceramic substance at elevated temperature, thereby adsorbing oxygen from the air, and subsequently contacting the hot oxygen-containing ceramic substance with a hydrocarbon. During the partial oxidation reaction phase of the process, the sorbed oxygen reacts with the hydrocarbon, thereby producing the desired gas products and regenerating the adsorbent for the next cycle of the process.

Hydrocarbon partial oxidation process

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