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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2004
Sauri Gudlavalleti, Albany, NY (US);
Michael Bowman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Chellappa Balan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Shailesh Singh Bhaisora, Bangalore, IN;
Andrei Colibaba-evulet, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Narayan Ramesh, Evansville, IN (US);
Sauri Gudlavalleti, Albany, NY (US);
Michael Bowman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Chellappa Balan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Shailesh Singh Bhaisora, Bangalore, IN;
Andrei Colibaba-Evulet, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Narayan Ramesh, Evansville, IN (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method comprising combusting a feed stream to form combustion products; and reforming the combustion products to produce a gaseous composition comprising hydrogen. Disclosed herein too is a method for producing hydrogen comprising introducing a feed stream comprising natural gas and air or oxygen into a cyclical compression chamber; compressing the feed stream in the cyclical compression chamber; combusting the feed stream in the cyclical compression chamber to produce combustion products; discharging the combustion products from the cyclical compression chamber into a reforming section; and reforming the combustion products with steam in the reforming section to produce a gaseous composition comprising hydrogen.