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Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2018
Applicant:

Uop Llc, Des Plaines, IL (US);

Inventors:

Bradley P. Russell, Wheaton, IL (US);

Margaret A. Stine, Mount Prospect, IL (US);

David A. Wegerer, Lisle, IL (US);

Gautam Pandey, Gurgaon, IN;

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/047 (2006.01); C10G 35/22 (2006.01); C10G 35/04 (2006.01); B01D 53/04 (2006.01); C01B 3/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/047 (2013.01); B01D 53/0462 (2013.01); C01B 3/56 (2013.01); C10G 35/04 (2013.01); C10G 35/22 (2013.01); B01D 2256/16 (2013.01); B01D 2259/4145 (2013.01); C10G 2400/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

A process is disclosed for producing hydrogen for a hydrogen consuming process comprising obtaining a gas stream containing hydrogen from a steam reforming hydrogen plant, sending the gas stream to a pressure swing adsorption unit to be separated into a hydrogen stream and a fuel gas stream; purging the pressure swing adsorption unit with an external purge gas stream from a hydroprocessing unit off gas; treating the off gas with a thermal swing adsorption unit to remove water and other impurities prior to purging the pressure swing adsorption unit; and using a protective adsorbent layer in the pressure swing adsorption unit at the product-hydrogen end of the bed to adsorb impurities from the external purge gas.


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