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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
May. 27, 2015
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Michael Andrew Sicinski, Orefield, PA (US);
Christopher H. Wood, Schnecksville, PA (US);
Bryan Clair Hoke, Jr., Bethlehem, PA (US);
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
Process for the production of a H-containing product in a hydrogen production facility comprising a catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reformer and a pressure swing adsorption unit. The process comprises a catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reformer shutdown mode, a pressure swing adsorption unit shutdown mode, a pressure swing adsorption unit maintenance state, a pressure swing adsorption unit startup mode, and a catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reformer startup mode. The pressure swing adsorption unit startup mode comprises purging the adsorption beds with N, then purging the adsorption beds with H, and then adjusting the pressure of the Hin the adsorption beds to within defined target pressure ranges.