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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1992
Filed:
May. 26, 1989
Daniel Durand, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Adrien Orieux, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Philippe Courty, Houilles, FR;
Serge Mouratoff, Paris, FR;
Institut Francais du Petrole, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the production of hydrogen by steam reforming of methanol, in which water and methanol are reacted (4), under relatively high pressure, over a suitable catalyst. The gases emitted from the reaction are contacted (10), after condensation (7) under relatively high pressure, with an adsorption agent, such that the byproducts of the reaction are adsorbed and a hydrogen-rich gas is liberated (11). Also, byproducts which are recycled to the steam reforming reactor (4), are periodically desorbed under relatively low pressure at along with a fraction of the hydrogen present in the adsorption zone (10), after being submitted to recompression (13) and removal (14), under relatively high pressure, of at least a portion of carbon the dioxide, the desorbed gas fraction is recycled to the steam reforming reactor.