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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2012
Applicant:
L'air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'etude ET L'expoitation Des Procedes Georges Claude, Paris, FR;
Inventor:
Bhadra S. Grover, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 31/20 (2006.01); C01B 3/24 (2006.01); C01B 13/02 (2006.01); C01B 21/04 (2006.01); C01B 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for the coproduction of oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen using an ion transport membrane is provided. This method includes separating a compressed, hot air stream in an ion transport membrane, thereby producing a product oxygen stream and a hot nitrogen rich stream; utilizing at least a portion of the hot nitrogen rich stream as a heat source for reforming a hydrocarbons stream, thereby producing a syngas stream and a warm product nitrogen stream; and separating the syngas stream into a product hydrogen stream and a carbon dioxide rich stream.