Hydrogen Manufacturing Apparatus, and Method for Manufacturing Hydrogen
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsDong Seok Ko, Jung Joo Park, Jae Myung Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed are an apparatus for manufacturing hydrogen by using a vapor-methane reforming reaction, and a hydrogen manufacturing method using the same. The apparatus may include a reformer configured to generate, through a reaction of methane and water, a first gas, wherein the first gas comprises hydrogen and carbon monoxide; a water gas shift reactor configured to generate, through a reaction of the carbon monoxide in the first gas and of water, a second gas; and a processor configured to determine, based on a temperature of the second gas measured by a first temperature sensor, a methane shift rate in the reformer.
Claims16
An apparatus for manufacturing hydrogen by using a vapor-methane reforming reaction, the apparatus comprising:
- a reformer configured to generate, through a reaction of methane and water, a first gas, wherein the first gas comprises hydrogen and carbon monoxide;
- a water gas shift reactor configured to generate, through a reaction of the carbon monoxide in the first gas and of water, a second gas;
- and
- a processor configured to determine, based on a temperature of the second gas measured by a first temperature sensor, a methane shift rate in the reformer.
A method performed by a hydrogen generator, the method comprising:
- generating, through a first reaction of methane and water, a first gas, wherein the first gas comprises hydrogen and carbon monoxide;
- generating, through a second reaction of the carbon monoxide in the first gas and of water, a second gas;
- determining, based on a temperature of the second gas measured by a first temperature sensor, a methane shift rate of the first reaction;
- and
- controlling, based on the methane shift rate, generation of hydrogen gas.
A hydrogen generator comprising:
- a reformer configured to:
- receive methane;
- and
- generate a first gas, wherein the first gas comprises hydrogen and carbon monoxide;
- a water gas shift reactor configured to:
- receive the first gas;
- and
- generate, through a reaction of the carbon monoxide in the first gas and of water, a second gas, wherein the second gas comprises hydrogen and carbon dioxide;
- a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the generated second gas;
- a temperature controller configured to adjust an internal temperature of the reformer;
- and
- a processor configured to increase, based on the measured temperature of the generated second gas, the internal temperature of the reformer.
The hydrogen generator of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to determine, based on the measured temperature of the generated second gas, a methane shift rate in the reformer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.