Production of hydrogen
AssigneeBp P.L.C.
InventorMichael Graham Hodges
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Abstract
A method of producing hydrogen for a fuel cell from a hydrocarbon fuel composition, by providing a hydrocarbon fuel composition, which is obtained by contacting a liquid hydrocarbon feed comprising an alkylating agent with an acidic catalyst, under conditions effective to alkylate at least a portion of the hydrocarbon feed; converting the hydrocarbon fuel composition into hydrogen; and optionally, introducing the hydrogen produced into a fuel cell. In a preferred embodiment the liquid hydrocarbon feed further comprises sulphur-containing impurities, at least a portion of which are alkylated during the alkylation step.
Claims12
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A method of producing hydrogen for a fuel cell from a hydrocarbon fuel composition, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a hydrocarbon fuel composition, which is obtained by contacting a liquid hydrocarbon feed comprising an alkylating agent with an acidic catalyst, under conditions effective to alkylate at least a portion of the hydrocarbon feed;
- converting the hydrocarbon fuel composition into hydrogen;
- and
- optionally, introducing the hydrogen produced into a fuel cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.