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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2007
Michael K. Neylon, Tacoma, WA (US);
David C. Lamont, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Karen M. Fleckner, Tacoma, WA (US);
Michael K. Neylon, Tacoma, WA (US);
David C. LaMont, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Karen M. Fleckner, Tacoma, WA (US);
Nu Element, Inc., Tacoma, WA (US);
Abstract
A combined desulphurization and pre-reforming processing unit converts logistic fuels such as JP-5, JP-8, gasoline, and diesel with high sulfur content levels, into a mixture of hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and water without any sulfur or higher hydrocarbons. The fuel is processed at lower temperatures with sulfur-resistant materials in order to break down all the heavy hydrocarbons into methane and carbon oxides while capturing the sulfur simultaneously. The resulting feed is passed to a methane reforming system to generate additional hydrogen with no effects of coking or sulfur poisoning on the reforming system. The unit itself operates in a cyclic manner in order to regenerate the bed.