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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2009
Applicant:
Bhadra S. Grover, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventor:
Bhadra S. Grover, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Air Liquide Process & Construction, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/047 (2006.01); C01B 3/38 (2006.01); C01B 3/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for improving the thermodynamic efficiency of a hydrogen generation system is provided. This includes producing a syngas stream in a reformer, wherein the reformer has a combustion zone. This also includes introducing a syngas stream into a pressure swing adsorption unit, thereby producing a product hydrogen stream and a tail gas stream. This also includes heating the tail gas stream by indirect heat exchange with a heat source, thereby producing a heated tail gas stream; and introducing the heated tail gas stream into the combustion zone.