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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2012
Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Peter Edward James Abbott, Eaglescliffe, GB;
Richard James Beavis, Wokingham, GB;
Philip Charles Southerden, Haslemere, GB;
JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, London, GB;
Abstract
Process for increasing the hydrogen content of a synthesis gas containing one or more sulphur compounds, the synthesis gas including hydrogen, carbon oxides and steam, and having a ratio defined as R=(H−CO)/(CO+CO)≦0.6 and a steam to carbon monoxide ratio ≦1.8, including the steps of (i) heating the synthesis gas; (iii) subjecting at least a portion of the heated synthesis gas to a first stage of water-gas shift in a first shift vessel containing a first sulphur-tolerant water-gas shift catalyst that is cooled in heat exchange with boiling water, to form a pre-shifted gas stream; and (iii) forming a shifted gas stream by subjecting at least a portion of the pre-shifted gas stream to a second stage of water-gas shift in a second shift vessel containing a second sulphur-tolerant water-gas shift catalyst that is cooled in heat exchange with a gas stream including the synthesis gas.