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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2003
Alfred Hagemeyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Raymond E. Carhart, Cupertino, CA (US);
Karin Yaccato, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael Herrmann, Aglasterhausen-Michelbach, DE;
Andreas Lesik, Heilbronn, DE;
Christopher James Brooks, Dublin, OH (US);
Cory Bernard Phillips, Detroit, MI (US);
Alfred Hagemeyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Raymond E. Carhart, Cupertino, CA (US);
Karin Yaccato, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael Herrmann, Aglasterhausen-Michelbach, DE;
Andreas Lesik, Heilbronn, DE;
Christopher James Brooks, Dublin, OH (US);
Cory Bernard Phillips, Detroit, MI (US);
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Symyx Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and catalysts and fuel processing apparatus for producing a hydrogen-rich gas, such as a hydrogen-rich syngas are disclosed. According to the method, a CO-containing gas, such as a syngas, contacts a platinum-free ruthenium-cobalt water gas shift ('WGS') catalyst, in the presence of water and preferably at a temperature of less than about 450° C., to produce a hydrogen-rich gas, such as a hydrogen-rich syngas. Also disclosed is a platinum-free ruthenium-cobalt water gas shift catalyst formulated from: