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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2004
KE Liu, East Longmeadow, MA (US);
Eric A. Rohrbach, Lebanon, CT (US);
Ke Liu, East Longmeadow, MA (US);
Eric A. Rohrbach, Lebanon, CT (US);
UTC Power Corporation, South Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
Substantially pure oxygen is provided to an up flow reformer (a) from a separator () downwardly impelled water droplets () mix with the outflow () of a CPO (), flowing upwardly through high temperature () and low temperature () water gas shift reactors. The reformer output flows through a mixer () to a down-flow PrOx containing two beds () of preferential CO oxidation catalyst therein. A series of compressors (-) compress water and carbon dioxide out of the gaseous flow to provide pure, pressurized hydrogen. Oxygen () is separated () from nitrogen ().