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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2009
Applicants:
Zhijun Jia, La Crosse, WI (US);
Mark Wood, Perton, GB;
Clay Thiele, La Crosse, WI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Chart Inc., Garfield Heights, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 7/00 (2006.01); C10B 1/00 (2006.01); C10J 3/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for producing hydrogen features a reactor including a reaction channel adapted to receive a reaction stream including a mixture of supercritical water and a hydrocarbon fuel. A catalyst is positioned in the reaction channel so that a product stream containing hydrogen is produced by a reaction in the reaction channel when the mixture is exposed to the catalyst; wherein the catalyst contains a catalytically active metal and a promoter in a metal format, selected from the group consisting of potassium, sodium, rubidium, lithium, cesium, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, and barium.