WO2011075845A1 - Système et procédé de production d'hydrogène à partir de gaz brut faisant appel à un catalyseur à base d'oxyde de cérium nanoparticulaire - Google Patents

Système et procédé de production d'hydrogène à partir de gaz brut faisant appel à un catalyseur à base d'oxyde de cérium nanoparticulaire Download PDF

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WO2011075845A1
WO2011075845A1 PCT/CA2010/002054 CA2010002054W WO2011075845A1 WO 2011075845 A1 WO2011075845 A1 WO 2011075845A1 CA 2010002054 W CA2010002054 W CA 2010002054W WO 2011075845 A1 WO2011075845 A1 WO 2011075845A1
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  • the present application generally relates to the process for the production of hydrogen from raw gas, as well as to a system for the production of hydrogen.
  • the high energy efficiency of PEM fuel-cells and their present cost per kilowatt makes the small, independent, local production of electricity economically attractive if high purity hydrogen can be produced locally, economically and from a renewable source.
  • the production of high purity hydrogen from locally generated waste gas or syn-gas using a process that combines raw-gas cleaning, steam reforming, water shift reaction and hydrogen separation provides a renewable source of hydrogen suitable for the local production of electricity for small communities, institutions, apartment buildings and commercial centers.
  • a nanoparticles ceria based catalyst comprising Ce0 2 , at least one metal, one metal oxide or a mixture thereof, and at least one noble metal.
  • the metal or metal oxide is selected from the group consiting of Fe, Ti and Sn, and the noble metal is Pd and/or Pt .
  • a nanoparticles ceria based catalyst having the formula Cei- x M x Pt/Pd y 0 2 -x wherein M is Fe, Ti or Sn; x varies from 0.10 to 0.33, y varies from 0.01 to 0.03.
  • a tube for a reformer comprising an outer surface coated with a catalyst as defined above; a porous pipe at a first end thereof within the tube, the pipe defining an outer surface, a length and an inner passage capped at a second end opposite the first end, and an annular passage between the pipe and the tube.
  • a reformer comprising a plurality of tubes, each of which comprises an outer surface coated with a catalyst as defined above; each of the tubes having a porous pipe at a first end thereof within the tube, the pipe defining an outer surface, a length and an inner passage capped at a second end opposite the first end; and an annular passage between the pipe and the tube; at least one inlet in communication with the reformer to introduce a raw gas to be reformed; and at least one reformed gas outlet in communication with the reformer to discharge a reformed gas to be produced.
  • a process for the production of hydrogen from a raw gas comprising the steps of a) providing a raw gas; b) introducing the raw gas into a reformer having a plurality of tubes, each of which comprises an outer surface coated with a catalyst as defined above and a flameless combustion within each of the tubes for heating the coated outer surface of each tubes; c) reforming the raw gas within the reformer by contacting the raw gas with the heated coated outer surface to promote a chemical reaction with the raw gas producing a reformed gas; d) reacting the reformed gas produced in c) in the presence of the catalyst as defined above in a single shift temperature step producing a mixture of hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide; and e) separating hydrogen from carbon dioxide produced in d) .
  • the separation of hydrogen from carbon dioxide produced above comprises the steps of a) providing a mixture of hydrogen and carbon dioxide from which hydrogen will be separated; b) introducing the mixture of hydrogen and carbon dioxide in a vessel comprising an adsorption bed for adsorbing the carbon dioxide and allowing passage of hydrogen therethrough to a hydrogen accumulator; c) flushing the carbon dioxide containing an amount of hydrogen adsorbed on the adsorption bed within the vessel with carbon dioxide and transferring the carbon dioxide containing an amount of hydrogen with the mixture in a) ; d) removing the carbon dioxide within the vessel and transferring to the flameless combustion; and e) repressurizing the vessel and repeating steps b) to d) .
  • a system for the production of hydrogen from a raw gas comprising a raw gas source; a reformer including an inlet in communication with the raw gas source for receiving the raw gas; a plurality of tubes, each of which comprises an outer surface coated with a catalyst as defined above to promote a chemical reaction with the raw gas for producing a reformed gas; and an outlet for discharging the reformed gas produced; a water-gas shift reactor including an inlet in communication with the outlet of the reformer for receiving the reformed gas; the catalyst for reacting the reformed gas into a mixture of hydrogen and carbon dioxide in one single shift temperature reaction step; and an outlet for discharging the mixture hydrogen and carbon dioxide; and a separation system for the separation of the hydrogen from the carbon dioxide including an inlet in communication with the water shift reactor outlet for receiving the mixture of hydrogen and carbon dioxide; an outlet for discharging the hydrogen; and an outlet for discharging the carbon dioxide.
  • a water-gas shift reactor comprising: a vessel having at least one inlet and at least one outlet; a packed bed within the vessel; a catalyst as defined above located within the packed bed suitable for reacting in a single shift temperature reaction step a reformed gas into a mixture of hydrogen and carbon dioxide; the at least one inlet is in communication with the vessel for receiving the reformed gas; and the at least one outlet in communication with the vessel for discharging the mixture of hydrogen and carbon dioxide .
  • FIG. 1 is flow diagram of a system for cleaning a raw gas in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a detailed flow diagram of a system for the production of hydrogen from raw gas in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a detailed flow diagram of a hydrogen purification system of the system of Fig. 2 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 is a is detailed view of a reformer of the system of Fig.2 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 5 represents the rate of conversion of CO to hydrogen as a function of temperature (°C) in a water-gas shift reaction in presence of a catalyst in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 6a represents the oxidation of CO in presence of hydrogen as a function of temperature (°C) with a catalyst in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 6b represents a preferential oxidation reaction (PROX reaction) of CO as a function of temperature (°C) with a catalyst in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 7 represents a ceramic honeycomb (a) without coating and (b) coated with a water-gas shift catalyst .
  • the present disclosure relates to a process and a system for the production of hydrogen from raw gas. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a process and a system for reforming a raw gas into a reformed gas or syn-gas, converting the reformed gas into hydrogen and carbon dioxide by water-gas shift reaction and separating/purifying the hydrogen produced into high purity hydrogen suitable for use in, but not limited to, PEM fuel-cells.
  • the raw gas may also be cleaned prior to be reformed.
  • raw gas when used herein will be understood to refer to any waste gases from various sources such as landfills, anaerobic digesters, industrial, chemical and petrochemical process waste gas and solid waste gasifier syn-gas containing methane and hydrocarbons . It may also comprise raw gases that have been cleaned by any processes known in the art.
  • the raw gas cleaning system (10) in accordance with the invention is shown.
  • the raw gas cleaning system (10) is designed to accept any kind of raw gas as long as that gas contains methane and/or hydrocarbons. However, the raw gas may also contain several impurities that is detrimental to the continuous performance of the catalyst and must be removed from the raw gas prior to the conversion thereof into reformed gas or syn-gas and eventually in hydrogen.
  • the main impurities that must be removed from the raw gas include but not limited to water, sulfur, chlorinated compounds, siloxanes, halogens or combinations thereof.
  • the raw gas cleaning system (10) which may eventually constitute a first part of the system in accordance with the invention is configured to substantially remove impurities from the raw gas .
  • the cleaning system (10) includes the following components as illustrated on figure 1: a raw gas cooling stage, a sulfur removal stage, a thermal swing adsorption stage, and a final gas filtration stage.
  • the raw gas is drawn from a raw gas source and fed by a rotary centrifugal gas blower (32) , into a knock-out vessel (12) containing a mist arrestor (14) then into a gas cooling unit (16) which brings the temperature of the raw gas to 5°C.
  • Two methods which are known in the art, may be used to achieve the cooling of the raw gas: indirect cooling by using a chilled water heat exchanger/condenser or direct cooling by using a chilled water scrubber wherein the raw waste gas is contacted with a cold water spray and cooled to 5°C. In both cases the amount of water contained in the raw gas is reduced to the water content of the saturated gas at 5°C, the excess water is condensed out. As water is condensed, a certain amount of condensable hydrocarbons, siloxanes and hydrogen sulfide is condensed and removed from the raw gas with the water condensate .
  • the cooling vessel (16) is cylindrical, up-flow and has a diameter calculated to provide with a gas velocity of approximately 1.5 to 2 meters per second.
  • the vessel bottom part acts as a reservoir for the cooling water and his level is controlled by a level control valve which feeds de- mineralized water as make-up water.
  • a high exchange surface packing bed (20) is installed above the gas entry port. The height of this packing is for example 1 to 2 meters allowing for a 1 to 2 seconds contact time.
  • a cold water header and spray nozzle (22) provide for full flooding of the packing to achieve the required thermal exchange between the gas and the water in order to cool the gas to the required temperature of 5°C.
  • the cooling water circuit is composed of a water pump (28) an air cooled chiller (30) , a liquid to liquid heat exchanger (26) and connection piping (24) .
  • the cold (5°C) raw gas is passed through a hydrogen sulfide removal vessel (36) containing a bed of activated carbon (38) .
  • the diameter of the hydrogen sulfide removal vessel is calculated to obtain a gas velocity through an activated carbon bed of for example between 0.5 meter/second and 1.0 meter per second.
  • the height of the bed is for example between 1.0 meter and 2.0 meters, depending on the raw gas contamination level, to provide a minimum of 3 to 6 months activated carbon bed life.
  • two vessels are installed in parallel to provide uninterrupted cleaning of the raw gas.
  • the activated carbon used is washable and a carbon bed wash system is implemented including water piping (50) , a on/off solenoid valve (48) to activate and stop the carbon bed washing, a water header (46) and a water spray nozzle (44) .
  • the percolate from the carbon bed washing operation is trickled to the bottom of the vessel and is discharged to the drain system through drain nozzle (42) connected to the drainage piping (34) .
  • TSA Thermal Swing Adsorption
  • the TSA unit consist of two vessels (52) and (54) , each containing a mixture of absorbent materials (56) and (58) .
  • the mixture of absorbent materials contains for example 10% of silica gel coated alumina and 90% of reactive activated carbon.
  • the gas is passed through both vessels arranged in a parallel configuration, valve (60) , (68) , (64) and valve (72) are opened and all other valves (62), (66), (70) and (74) are closed. After an extended period of time of about five days but before the saturation of the mixture of absorbent materials, one of the two vessels is isolated by closing valves (60) and (64) then readied for thermal regeneration by opening valves (62) and (66) .
  • the absorbent bed is regenerated by heating the bed to a temperature of about 350°C and venting the desorbed vapors to a reformer heater/combustor where these desorbed gases are combusted along with supplementary fuel .
  • the heating and desorption of the vessel under desorption mode is provided by air pressurized by a centrifugal blower (78) then heated by an electric heater (76) .
  • valves (62) and (66) are open and valves (60) and (64) are closed.
  • the desorption of one vessel occurs while the other vessel is in the adsorption mode, allowing for continuous production of clean gas.
  • the electric heater (76) is turned off and vessel and absorbent bed is cooled by fresh air. Once the temperature of the absorbent bed in vessel (56) is back to ambient temperature the vessel and the absorbent bed is purged by nitrogen stored under pressure in cylinders (40) .
  • valves (62) and (66) and the opening, 5 seconds later, of valves (64) and (60) in that order are brought back on line by the closing of valves (62) and (66) and the opening, 5 seconds later, of valves (64) and (60) in that order.
  • vessel (54) is brought to the regeneration mode by following the exact same procedure as previously followed by vessel (52) .
  • Valves (68) and (72) are closed then valves (70) and (74) are opened, electric heater (76) switched on and the full thermal desorption, venting, cooling, and nitrogen purging sequence is performed after which valves (70) and (74) are closed and valves (72) and (68) are opened in that sequence .
  • the raw gas is cleaned to acceptable feedstock quality for catalytic reforming and contains for example less than 2 ppm of hydrogen sulfide, less than 1 ppm of chlorinated hydrocarbons and less than 50 to 100 ppb of halogens.
  • the clean raw gas is filtered, to remove any airborne particulate, by passing through cartridge filter (80) then pumped to the reformer through piping (84) using the gas blower (82) .
  • the system (85) comprises a raw gas source (84) ; a reformer (116) including an inlet in communication with the raw gas source (84) for receiving the raw gas; a plurality of tubes, each of which comprises an outer surface coated with a ceria based catalyst to promote a chemical reaction with the raw gas for producing a reformed gas; and an outlet for discharging the reformed gas produced; a water-gas shift reactor (100) including an inlet in communication with the outlet of the reformer (116) for receiving the reformed gas; the catalyst for reacting the reformed gas into a mixture of hydrogen and carbon dioxide in one single shift temperature reaction step; and an outlet for discharging the mixture hydrogen and carbon dioxide; and a separation system (106) for the separation of the hydrogen from the carbon dioxide including an inlet in communication with the water shift reactor outlet for receiving the mixture of hydrogen and carbon dioxide; an outlet for discharging the hydrogen; and an outlet for discharging the
  • reforming consists in breaking bonds between carbon and hydrogen atoms of methane and hydrocarbon molecules contained in a raw gas and recombines in the presence of a catalyst with dissociated water molecules to produce carbon monoxide and hydrogen commonly defined as reformed gas or syngas.
  • the steam reforming reactions are generally as follows :
  • large conventional steam reformers consist essentially of externally heated tubes containing a nickel catalyst coated on a honeycomb ceramic substrate within the tube.
  • the tubes are vertically mounted and the burners, installed at the top tube sheet of the reformer are projecting their flame downward between the reforming tubes.
  • the reformer tubes are long, with nominal length in the 10 to 13 meter range .
  • Reformers known in the art can process gas flows in the range of 40,000 kg/hr to 200,000 kg/hr.
  • the reformers in accordance with the present application are, for example, in the range of 20 kg/hr to 5,000 kg/hr.
  • the raw gas to be reformed is outside the tubes rather than inside the tubes and the catalyst is coated on an external surface of the tubes and the required heat input to keep the temperature of the raw gas to be reformed constant, is provided by a flameless combustion of combustion gas inside the tubes.
  • the flameless combustion derives from a combustion gas comprising a mixture of fuel gas and combustion air in presence of the catalyst. Since the reform reaction is endothermic and occurs only in a narrow temperature range of between about 750 °C and about 850 °C, the temperature of the surface of reforming tubes must be kept constant along the whole length of the tubes .
  • the catalyst in accordance wit the invention comprises a nanoparticles ceria based catalyst comprising Ce0 2 , at least one metal, metal oxide or a mixture thereof, and at least one noble metal.
  • the metal or metal oxide is selected from the group consiting of Fe, Ti and Sn and the noble metal is Pd and/or Pt .
  • the nanoparticles ceria based catalyst has the formula Cei-. x M x Pt/Pd y 0 2 - x wherein M is Fe, Ti or Sn; x varies from 0.10 to 0.33, y varies from 0.01 to 0.03.
  • the catalyst has the formula Cei- x Sn x Pt y 0 2 -x, wherein x and y are as defined above.
  • the structure of the Ce0 2 is preferably a fluorite .
  • the catalyst may be in the form of a solid solution of titanium oxide and cerium oxide where platinum ions for example have been substituted in the +2 state.
  • the catalyst has the formula Tio.99Pto.01O1.99 ⁇ It was observed that Tio.99Pto.01O1.99 exhibits a higher activity than the cerium oxide based or the mixture of titanium and cerium oxide catalyst. The platinum boosted titanium oxide catalyst was selected and tested for deactivation. There was no sintering of platinum nor any carbonate formation which indicates that the catalyst would not deactivate even after prolonged reaction.
  • a reformer (116) in accordance with the invention is shown in Fig.2 and more specifically in Fig. 4.
  • the reformer (116) consists in a flanged tube bundle (118) connected to one dish head at each end.
  • One dish head (120) receives the fuel gas and combustion air and the dish head (122) at the other end of the tube bundle receives the combusted gases exiting from the discharge end of the tubes.
  • Each of the reformer tubes (126) is for example welded at each end to the reformer tube bundle flanges (128) and (130) and has an inner tube or pipe (132) having for example pores to part of its length at a first end thereof within the tube (126) , the pipe (132) defining an inner passage capped at a second end opposite the first end, and an annular passage between the pipe (132) and the tube (126) . It is contemplated that each of the reformer tubes may be secured at each end to the reformer tube bundle flanges (128) and (130) by any suitable means known in the art.
  • a tube (126) for a reformer comprises an outer surface coated with a catalyst; a porous pipe at a first end thereof within the tube (126) , the pipe (132) defining an outer surface, a length and an inner passage capped at a second end opposite the first end, and an annular passage between the pipe and the tube.
  • the annular passage may be filled with the catalyst along the length of the tube (126) or alternatively, the porous pipe outer surface is coated with the catalyst (not shown) .
  • a reformer (116) comprises a plurality of tubes (126) , each of which comprises an outer surface coated with a catalyst in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; each of the tubes (126) having a porous pipe (132) at a first end thereof within the tube (126) , the pipe (132) defining an outer surface, a length and an inner passage capped at a second end opposite the first end; and an annular passage between the pipe (132) and the tube (126) ; at least one inlet in communication with the reformer (116) to introduce a raw gas to be reformed; and at least one reformed gas outlet in communication with the reformer to discharge a reformed gas to be produced.
  • a space within the reformer between the outer surface of the plurality of tubes may be filled with the catalyst.
  • porous when used herein will be understood to refer to pores, perforations, holes, meshes, channel, or apertures. Their size, number and location along the length of the pipe are designed to provide a regular injection of combustion gas along the whole length of the reforming tubes to avoid hot and or cold points.
  • the reformer (116) has at least one inlet in communication with a raw gas source for introducing a raw gas; and at least one reformed gas outlet in communication with the reformer (116) for discharging a reformed gas to be produced.
  • the tube bundle (118) is placed inside a cylindrical outer shell (124) which is secured, for example welded, at each end to the flange of the tube bundle.
  • the outer shell (124) may be subjected to lower temperatures than the reformer tubes, the outer shell and reformer tubes may expand at different rates, to mitigate these different expansions and avoid undue stress on the reformer inner components, the outer shell may be fitted with welded bellows type expansion coils. This type of expansion compensation devices are common practice when processes operate at low pressure as is the case here.
  • Each reformer tube has an outside diameter between about 25 mm and about 100 mm
  • the inner tubes have an outside diameter between about 10 mm and about 70 mm
  • the wall thickness of the reformer tubes is, but not limited to 6 mm
  • the wall thickness of the inner tube is, but not limited to 2 to 3 mm.
  • the tube may be of alloy steel or any other suitable material.
  • the pipes (132) are supported at the inlet end by and welded to a tube sheet (136) at the other end they are supported by a star type spacer (138) which allow for the lateral movement of the tube during thermal expansion and contraction as well as allow for the passage of the combustion gases. It is contemplated that the pipes (132) may be secured by any other suitable means known in the art without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • the reformer vessel and the internal parts may be manufactured from grade 310 stainless steel and higher alloys and are externally insulated (144) and cladded (146) to allow for the minimum heat loss and also for operator protection.
  • the design of the reforming system is such that no exposed surface shall reach a temperature superior to 60 °C.
  • the reformer (116) may be built from any adequate material known in the art. Those skilled in the art producing hydrogen will be able to select and built a reformer having the preferred characteristics herein described.
  • This gas mixture is heated to a temperature of for example 250°C by passing through heat exchanger (96) and is introduced as fuel gas with the required combustion air into the gas mixer (140) then into the reformer inlet dish head (120) and then passed through the reformer pipes (132) .
  • Atmospheric air is pressurized by a centrifugal blower (108) and is heated to approximately 250°C by passing through heat exchanger (102) and is mixed with the fuel gas in an inline kinetic gas mixer (140) installed upstream of the reformer inlet dish head inlet nozzle (142) .
  • An air/fuel mix is controlled by modulating the flow of air through the inline kinetic gas mixer (140) . This is done by adjusting the discharge pressure of the centrifugal blower (108) by modulating a pressure reducing valve (110). This adjustment of the air/fuel ratio is needed to achieve complete combustion of the fuel gas and the required wall temperature all along the reformer tubes length.
  • De-mineralized water is pumped by pump (88) and brought under pressure into a heat exchanger/boiler super-heater (90) where steam is generated at a temperature of about 200°C and a pressure of about 2.5 bars.
  • Raw gas or clean raw gas is introduced into the steam piping through piping (84) and the mixture of raw gas and steam is directed through piping to heat exchanger (92) where the temperature of the gas mixture is raised to about 600°C.
  • the hot gas mixture is introduced in the reformer (116) where it follows a five pass path from one end of the reformer (116) to the other end of the reformer (116) and is in contact with the heated catalyst coated external surface of the reformer tubes (126) .
  • the gas at the inlet of the reformer is but not limited to a mixture of methane, volatile hydrocarbons, and water with some carbon dioxide and nitrogen.
  • the reformed gas at the outlet of the reformer is but not limited to a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen with some water, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and traces of methane and volatile hydrocarbons.
  • the temperature of the reformed gas at the discharge of the reformer is about 750 °C. That temperature is reduced by passing the reformed gas through heat exchanger (92) where thermal energy is recovered and transferred to the raw-gas/steam mixture entering the reformer. At the outlet of heat exchanger (92) the reformed gas temperature is about 350°C.
  • the reformed gas is further cooled to a temperature of about 275 °C by passing through heat exchanger (96) .
  • the reformed gas is cooled to about 250 °C by passing through an air cooled heat exchanger (98) prior to its introduction into the water-gas shift reactor (100) .
  • the water-gas shift reaction generally occurs first at high temperature (about 300°C to about 380°C) in a high temperature shift reactor then after some cooling of the gas is completed at a lower temperature
  • the catalyst used in the high temperature shift reactor is generally Fe 2 0 3 /Cr 2 03 and the catalyst used in the low temperature shift reactor is generally Cu/ZnO/Al 2 0 3 .
  • the water-gas shift reaction in presence of catalyst is as follows:
  • the catalyst in accordance with the invention is used for water-gas shift reaction.
  • the catalyst which does not follow the Gibbs equilibrium curve, permits the water-gas reaction to be completed in a single shift temperature step rather than a high temperature followed by a low temperature step as usually seen in the art. Pilot testing of the catalyst in water-gas shift reaction conditions has demonstrated that a carbon monoxide concentration of less than about 0.9% is achieved in one single shift reaction step.
  • the method for coating the nano-crystalline material directly on the honeycomb is using the solution combustion method.
  • the method involves dip-dry combustion process of the ceramic honeycomb.
  • the catalyst mentioned above is coated to the extent of 2 to 3% of the weight of the honeycomb.
  • the method is a batch process .
  • the catalyst may also be used in preferential oxidation (PROX reaction) of CO to remove residual CO.
  • PROX reaction preferential oxidation
  • CO oxidation in presence of excess hydrogen is shown. CO oxidation occurs at room temperature in the presence of the catalyst .
  • a water-gas shift reactor (100) in accordance with the invention is shown in Fig. 2.
  • the shift reactor vessel (100) may be cylindrical with a diameter calculated to provide for a gas space velocity of for example 15,000 h "1 .
  • the height of the shift reactor is calculated to provide the required catalyst surface area and residence time to complete the shift reaction of carbon monoxide and water into hydrogen and carbon dioxide. It is contemplated that the water-gas shift reactor (100) may be built from any adequate material known in the art.
  • the water-gas shift (100) reactor comprises a vessel having at least one inlet and at lest one outlet; a packed bed into the vessel; the catalyst as defined above located within the packed bed suitable for reacting in a single shift temperature reaction step a reformed gas into a mixture of hydrogen and carbon dioxide; the at least one inlet is in communication with the vessel for receiving the reformed gas; and the at least one outlet in communication with the vessel for discharging the mixture of hydrogen and carbon dioxide .
  • the catalyst used in the water-gas shift reaction is coated and baked on a support coat (wash coat) itself coated on a ceramic honeycomb monolith. It is also contemplated that any suitable support known in the art may be used.
  • the ceramic monolith substrate is a standard commercial product, available in blocks of various dimensions to accommodate cylindrical or rectangular section designs. The number of channels per square inch is usually 400. Each layer of monolith blocks is spaced to ensure that the gas can pass from one row of blocks to the next without undue pressure drop.
  • the water-gas shift reactor (100) vessel is constructed of 304 stainless steel and is externally insulated and cladded to allow for the minimum heat loss and also for operator protection.
  • the design of the shift reaction system is such that no exposed surface shall reach a temperature superior to 60°C.
  • the gas exiting from the water-gas shift reactor (100) is at a temperature of about 285 °C which is not suitable for the separation stage of the process where hydrogen is purified to about 99.999%.
  • an air to gas heat exchanger is implemented.
  • the hot gas from the shift reactor is cooled in heat exchanger (102) to a temperature of about 125°C by air coming from the combustion air blower (108) on its way to the combustion side of the reformer .
  • Electricity production using PEM fuel cells for example however can be implemented anywhere and require volume flows of hydrogen that are compatible with the hydrogen production capacities of the invention. PEM fuel cells however require very pure hydrogen usually quantified as 99.999%.
  • a hydrogen purification system (106) in accordance with the invention is shown in Fig.2 and detailed in Fig. 3.
  • a Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption (VPSA) system (106) comprising a multi- adsorbent bed composed of silica gel coated activated alumina, activated carbon, lithium and 5A molecular sieve is shown in details.
  • the VPSA (106) is composed of four vessels (148) , (150) , (152) , (154) , each vessel has, connected to the top dome of the vessel, one gas feed valve, respectively (168), (184), (198), (214), one hydrogen recovery mode valve, respectively (170) , (186) , (200) , (216) and one pressure equalization valve, respectively (172) , (188) , (202) , (218) .
  • Each vessel also has, connected to the bottom dome of the vessel, a pure hydrogen discharge valve, respectively (180), (194), (210), (224), an hydrogen recovery valve, respectively (174) , (190) , (204) , (220) , a blow-down & vacuum valve, respectively (182) , (196) , (212) , (226) , and a re-pressurizing valve, respectively (178) , (192) , (206) , (222) .
  • a pure hydrogen discharge valve respectively (180), (194), (210), (224)
  • an hydrogen recovery valve respectively (174) , (190) , (204) , (220)
  • a blow-down & vacuum valve respectively (182) , (196) , (212) , (226)
  • a re-pressurizing valve respectively (178) , (192) , (206) , (222) .
  • the hydrogen purification system (106) is composed of four vertical cylindrical vessels with raw gas top entry and bottom pure gas discharge.
  • the purification system (106) operation cycle is in four steps as follows: step one adsorption, during which gas feed valve (168) is open and feed gas containing for example a mixture of hydrogen and carbon dioxide from which hydrogen will be separated, flows at a pressure of 2 atmospheres from the top of vessel number (148) , through the adsorption bed which retains the carbon dioxide and other gaseous impurities, letting only pure hydrogen flow through.
  • the gas in the adsorption bed has a hydrogen concentration gradient from top to bottom going from feed gas hydrogen concentration to pure hydrogen at the bottom of the adsorption bed.
  • the gas in the space below the adsorption bed is pure hydrogen.
  • the produced hydrogen is directed through hydrogen discharge valve (180) which is opened at this time to the hydrogen buffer accumulator (164) then to the hydrogen compressor for storage .
  • vessel number (148) While vessel number (148) is in the adsorption mode, the next vessel (150) is in the hydrogen recovery mode. During that mode, the content of vessel (152) which is in initial blow down mode, is passed through vessel (150) which is in hydrogen recovery mode. During that stage the content of the vessel in blow down mode which is composed of carbon dioxide and other gaseous impurities but contain practically no hydrogen, displaces the gas in the vessel in the hydrogen recovery mode. At the end of the hydrogen recovery mode, the gas in the vessel having completed the hydrogen recovery mode, is substantially carbon dioxide and gaseous impurities and the gas pressure in the vessel is approximately 1.95 atmospheres.
  • valve (184) and (188) are closed and valve (186) is opened. All bottom valves of vessel (150) are closed except for valve (190) which directs the gas vented from vessel (150) to the feed gas header mixer box (166) .
  • the gas in vessel (152) which is in the blow down mode at that time is carbon dioxide and the extraction of the gas from that vessel in the blow-down mode proceeds by suction from the vacuum pump.
  • the vacuum pump (156) removes the free carbon dioxide gas from vessel (152) and moves it to vessel (150) which is in the hydrogen recovery mode.
  • valve (158) which connects the vacuum pump to the piping connected to the flameless combustion opens and valve (160) which connect the vacuum pump discharge to the blow-down header is close. Now the vacuum pump brings the pressure in the vessel (152) under blow-down mode to -0.05 atmosphere and vents that carbon dioxide to the flameless combustion.
  • the final stage in the hydrogen purification process is the re-pressurization of the vessel after blow-down and extraction of the carbon dioxide from the vessel.
  • all valves on the top side of the vessel (214), (216), (218) are closed, all valves at the bottom side of the vessel (220) , (222) , (224) , (226) are closed and the vessel is under vacuum, then valve (222) is opened to allow pure hydrogen from the pure hydrogen accumulator
  • the vessel (154) may also be re-pressurized with the mixture of hydrogen and carbon dioxide from which hydrogen will be separated.
  • valve (222) is closed and the vessel is ready to be pressure equalized then placed into adsorption mode by the opening of its valve (218) .
  • valve (172) of vessel (148) and valve (218) of vessel (154) are opened for 5 seconds then close again.
  • the complete sequence starts again with vessel (154) passing to adsorption mode, vessel (148) passing to hydrogen recovery mode, vessel (150) passing to blow down mode and vessel (152) passing to pressurization mode.
  • the cycle time can be adjusted to provide the desired hydrogen purity.

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La présente demande de brevet concerne un catalyseur à base d'oxyde de cérium nanoparticulaire contenant du CeO2, au moins un métal ou un oxyde métallique et au moins un métal noble, ledit catalyseur étant destiné à être utilisé dans un procédé et un système de production d'hydrogène à partir de gaz brut. Ladite demande de brevet concerne également un tube de reformeur, un reformeur, une unité de conversion du CO, un système et un procédé impliquant un reformeur, une unité de conversion du CO et une étape de séparation.
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