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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2016
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Akitoshi Fujisawa, Kobe, JP;
Akira Matsuoka, Kobe, JP;
Hiroo Hangai, Kobe, JP;
Koji Noishiki, Takasago, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a hydrogen production apparatus enabling reduction of energy needed for separation and collection of COin the hydrogen production. The hydrogen production apparatus includes a reformer, a heating device heating the reformer, a transformer, a hydrogen separation device separating and taking out hydrogen from transformed gas, a COseparation device separating and taking out COfrom off-gas from which hydrogen was separated by the hydrogen separation device, a heat collecting device collecting heat of the reformed gas, heat of the transformed gas, and waste heat from the heating device, and a heat medium supply device supplying the heat medium having absorbed heat collected by the heat collecting device to the COseparation device. The absorption liquid having absorbed COin off-gas is heated by the heat medium heated with collected heat, thereby releasing CO.