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US 8,802,052 B2Granted
Method for hydrogen production using rotating packed bed
AssigneeWei-Hsin Chen
InventorsWei-Hsin Chen, Yu-Jhih Syu
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Abstract
The method in accordance with the present invention has steps of: preparing a hydrogen producing device with a high gravitational rotating packed bed, initiating the device, adjusting the temperature of the device, inputting a reagent gas and a liquid vaporized for mixing with the reagent gas into a reagent mixture, and passing the reagent mixture through the device to obtain hydrogen.
Claims9
A method for hydrogen production comprising
- 1) preparing a hydrogen producing device comprising
- (a) an inlet comprising
- a preheater;
- (b) a reactor comprising
- a tank;
- a rotating packed bed comprising
- an inner ring;
- an outer ring;
- and
- a catalyst bed forming at least one catalytic channel communicating with the inner ring and the outer ring and comprising
- a catalyst;
- (c) an annular heating unit for heating and controlling the temperature of the tank of the reactor;
- (d) a rotation controller for controlling the rotation of the rotating packed bed and comprising
- a rotary motor;
- and
- (e) an outlet is communicated with the rotating packed bed;
- 2) using hydrogen to wash the device and to test the impermeability thereof;
- 3) initiating the preheater, the annular heating unit and the rotary motor;
- 4) adjusting the temperature of the preheater, adjusting the temperature of the tank of the reactor and adjusting the rotating speed of the rotary motor;
- 5) inputting a reagent gas, a carrier gas and a liquid to the preheater while controlling the flow rates thereof so as to allow vaporization of the liquid into a steam mixed with the reagent gas, which generates a reagent mixture;
- 6) inputting the reagent mixture through the inlet to the tank of the reactor;
- and
- 7) passing the reagent mixture through the rotating packed bed undergoing water gas shift reaction to obtain hydrogen.
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