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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2006
José Francisco Cambra Ibañez, Vizcaya, ES;
Pedro Luis Arias Ergueta, Vizcaya, ES;
María Belén Güemez Bilbao, Vizcaya, ES;
Victoria Laura Barrio Cagigal, Vizcaya, ES;
José Francisco Cambra Ibañez, Vizcaya, ES;
Pedro Luis Arias Ergueta, Vizcaya, ES;
María Belén Güemez Bilbao, Vizcaya, ES;
Victoria Laura Barrio Cagigal, Vizcaya, ES;
Universidad Del Pais Vasco Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Vizcaya, ES;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for obtaining hydrogen from natural gas which comprises (a) reacting the natural gas with a mixture of air and steam in a single reactor to obtain a gas comprising Hand CO, (b) reacting the CO produced at a high temperature with steam to obtain a gas comprising Hand CO, and (c) reacting the CO which has not reacted in step (b) at a low temperature with steam to obtain a gas comprising Hand CO, characterized in that in step (a) the natural gas, the air and the steam are fed simultaneously and react on the same catalyst and in that the pressure used in steps (a) to (c) varies between 1 and 8 atm, as well as to a Hproduction plant for carrying out the mentioned process.