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US 11,192,785 B2Granted
Process for separation of hydrogen and oxygen produced from photocatalytic water splitting by absorption
AssigneeSabic Global Technologies B.V.
InventorsNasser Ali Aldalaan, Abdulaziz M. Al-Jodai, Mubarik Ali Bashir, Ashwin Ravi Sankar
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods, processes, and systems for safely and reliably purifying hydrogen from a gas mixture containing hydrogen and oxygen.
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A process for separating hydrogen and oxygen from a gas mixture produced from photocatalytic splitting of water comprising:
- (a) compressing a feed source gas comprising oxygen and hydrogen to at least 1.0 MPa at ambient temperature;
- (b) pressurizing a solvent to at least 1.0 MPa at ambient temperature, wherein the solvent is capable of selectively adsorbing oxygen when under a pressure of at least 1.0 MPa;
- (c) separating hydrogen and oxygen present in the feed source by solvent adsorption comprising,
- (i) passing the compressed solvent through an adsorption column at a pressure of at least 1.0 MPa;
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- (ii) passing the compressed feed source gas through an adsorption column at a pressure of at least 1.0 MPa counter to the pressurized solvent, the pressurized solvent selectively adsorbing oxygen from the feed source gas producing an enriched hydrogen product gas and an oxygen enriched solvent;
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- (iii) separating the hydrogen product gas and the oxygen enriched solvent;
- (d) collecting, storing, or exhausting the hydrogen product gas;
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- (e) filtering and dehydrating the feed source gas prior to feeding the feed source gas to the adsorption column;
- wherein the solvent is dimethyl ether of polyethylene glycol.
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A process for separating hydrogen and oxygen from a gas mixture produced from photocatalytic splitting of water comprising:
- (a) compressing a feed source gas comprising oxygen and hydrogen to at least 1.0 MPa at ambient temperature;
- (b) pressurizing a solvent to at least 1.0 MPa at ambient temperature, wherein the solvent is capable of selectively adsorbing oxygen when under a pressure of at least 1.0 MPa;
- (c) separating hydrogen and oxygen present in the feed source by solvent adsorption comprising,
- (i) passing the compressed solvent through an adsorption column at a pressure of at least 1.0 MPa;
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- (ii) passing the compressed feed source gas through an adsorption column at a pressure of at least 1.0 MPa counter to the pressurized solvent, the pressurized solvent selectively adsorbing oxygen from the feed source gas producing an enriched hydrogen product gas and an oxygen enriched solvent;
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- (iii) separating the hydrogen product gas and the oxygen enriched solvent;
- (d) collecting or storing the hydrogen product gas;
- (e) filtering and dehydrating the feed source gas prior to feeding the feed source gas to the adsorption column;
- (f) depressurizing the oxygen enriched solvent and desorbing the adsorbed oxygen from the solvent, forming an oxygen off gas and regenerating the adsorption solvent;
- (g) collecting the oxygen off gas;
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- (h) obtaining the feed source gas from a photocatalytic water-splitting reaction;
- wherein the feed source gas consists of 70 mol % hydrogen, 25 mol % oxygen, and 5 mol % carbon dioxide;
- wherein the solvent is a dimethyl ether of polyethylene glycol;
- wherein ambient temperature is 15° C.;
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- wherein the adsorption process of step (c)(ii) is performed at a pressure of about 1.0° C.;
- wherein the adsorption process of step (c)(ii) is performed at a pressure of about 1.0 MPa.
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