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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
L'air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'etude ET L'exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude, Paris, FR;
Taekyu Kang, Houston, TX (US);
Swatantra Kumar Shrivastava, Lich, DE;
Maik Lehmann, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
An improved hydrogen generation system and method for using the same are provided. The system includes an HDS unit configured to desulfurize hydrocarbons, a pre-reformer configured to convert heavy hydrocarbons within the process gas stream to methane, a reformer configured to produce a syngas stream and a flue gas, a PSA unit configured to produce a product hydrogen stream and a PSA off-gas stream, and means for cooling the flue gas against a combustion air and the PSA off-gas stream to a temperature below the dew point of sulfuric acid.