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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2010
Takanori Tsutsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Koyama, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiro Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Fujii, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromi Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Takanori Tsutsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Koyama, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiro Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Fujii, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromi Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hydrogen production apparatus which includes: a humidifier (), which is supplied with a process fluid containing carbon monoxide and mixes the process fluid with steam; a reactor (), which reacts the humidified process fluid output from the humidifier in the presence of a catalyst, thereby converting the carbon monoxide within the process fluid into carbon dioxide; a first pipe (A) through which high-temperature process fluid flows following reaction in the reactor; a second pipe (B) that supplies makeup water; at least one first heat exchanger () disposed at one of one or more locations where the first pipe and the second pipe cross each other; and a third pipe (C) that supplies steam generated by heat exchange in the first heat exchanger to other apparatus.