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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 1988
Filed:
May. 30, 1986
Alwyn Pinto, Middlesbrough, GB;
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, London, GB;
Abstract
A PSA based process for the production of technical hydrogen wherein the feed to the PSA contains nitrogen and carbon monoxide with a hydrogen/(carbon monoxide+nitrogen) volume ratio in the range 1.2 to 4 and a nitrogen/carbon monoxide volume ratio of at least 10. The adsorption step in the PSA stage is stopped when the integrated nitrogen content of the unadsorbed product is 1 to 10% volume. The raw gas fed to the PSA is preferably made by primary reforming a hydrocarbon feedstock with steam followed by secondary reforming followed by shift and water removal: the heat required for primary reforming is preferably supplied by the secondary reformer outlet gas. The PSA waste gas is preferably combusted in a gas turbine driving the secondary reformer air compressor.