Hydrogen generation systems
AssigneeBayotech, Inc.
InventorsHerbert Lee Nigg, Robert Charles Moore, Millicent Capstaff, Ranko P. Bontchev, Viswanath Krishnamoorthy
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Abstract
A water gas shift (WGS) reactor system includes a housing; a reaction tube disposed in the housing, wherein a reaction channel is defined within the reaction tube and a cooling fluid channel is defined between the housing and the reaction tube; a catalyst disposed in the reaction channel, the catalyst configured to catalyze a hydrogen generation reaction; and a heat transfer material disposed in the reaction channel.
Claims29
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A water gas shift (WGS) reactor system comprising:
- a housing;
- a reaction tube disposed in the housing, wherein a reaction channel is defined within the reaction tube and a cooling fluid channel is defined between the housing and the reaction tube;
- a catalyst disposed in the reaction channel, the catalyst configured to catalyze a hydrogen generation reaction;
- and
- a heat transfer material disposed in the reaction channel, in which the heat transfer material comprises a foam.
A method for producing hydrogen in a water gas shift (WGS) reactor, the method comprising:
- providing a cooling fluid in a cooling fluid channel defined between a housing of a WGS reactor and a reaction tube disposed in the housing;
- and
- flowing a gas comprising carbon monoxide and steam through a reaction channel defined the reaction tube;
- in which flowing the gas through the reaction channel comprises:
- flowing the gas across a heat transfer material disposed in the reaction channel to cool the gas;
- and
- flowing the cooled gas across a catalyst disposed in the reaction channel, the catalyst configured to catalyze a hydrogen generation reaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.