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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Inventors:
Eugene S. Genkin, Allentown, PA (US);
Kelly Ann Forester, Harleysville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/50 (2006.01); C01B 3/48 (2006.01); C01B 3/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/506 (2013.01); C01B 3/48 (2013.01); C01B 3/56 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0283 (2013.01); C01B 2203/042 (2013.01); C01B 2203/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
Process and apparatus for producing a H-containing product and a CO-containing product with CO-containing product turndown capability. The H-containing product is produced in a process train with a shift reactor and pressure swing adsorption unit. The CO-containing product is produced in a process train with a COremoval unit and a cryogenic separation unit. During the CO-containing product turndown mode, a portion or all of the CO-containing product is passed to the shift reactor in the H-containing product train to form additional H.