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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eugene S. Genkin, Emmaus, PA (US);
Nitin Madhubhai Patel, Allentown, PA (US);
Shoou-I Wang, Allentown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 1/02 ; C01B 3/120 ; C01B 3/18 ; C01B 3/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 1/02 ; C01B 3/120 ; C01B 3/18 ; C01B 3/26 ;
Abstract
A process is provided for simultaneously producing a syngas product having a H /CO ratio of less than 2.5 and a hydrogen gas product. The process includes increasing an amount of carbon dioxide being fed to a secondary reformer with carbon dioxide extracted from: (a) an effluent from a primary reformer and (b) an effluent from the secondary reformer. An apparatus for performing the process is also provided.