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Title: Hydrogen separation process

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1019538

A method for separating a hydrogen-rich product stream from a feed stream comprising hydrogen and at least one carbon-containing gas, comprising feeding the feed stream, at an inlet pressure greater than atmospheric pressure and a temperature greater than 200.degree. C., to a hydrogen separation membrane system comprising a membrane that is selectively permeable to hydrogen, and producing a hydrogen-rich permeate product stream on the permeate side of the membrane and a carbon dioxide-rich product raffinate stream on the raffinate side of the membrane. A method for separating a hydrogen-rich product stream from a feed stream comprising hydrogen and at least one carbon-containing gas, comprising feeding the feed stream, at an inlet pressure greater than atmospheric pressure and a temperature greater than 200.degree. C., to an integrated water gas shift/hydrogen separation membrane system wherein the hydrogen separation membrane system comprises a membrane that is selectively permeable to hydrogen, and producing a hydrogen-rich permeate product stream on the permeate side of the membrane and a carbon dioxide-rich product raffinate stream on the raffinate side of the membrane. A method for pretreating a membrane, comprising: heating the membrane to a desired operating temperature and desired feed pressure in a flow of inert gas for a sufficient time to cause the membrane to mechanically deform; decreasing the feed pressure to approximately ambient pressure; and optionally, flowing an oxidizing agent across the membrane before, during, or after deformation of the membrane. A method of supporting a hydrogen separation membrane system comprising selecting a hydrogen separation membrane system comprising one or more catalyst outer layers deposited on a hydrogen transport membrane layer and sealing the hydrogen separation membrane system to a porous support.

Research Organization:
Eltron Research & Development, Inc. (Boulder, CO)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-00NT40762; FC26-05NT42469; FG02-04ER83934; FG02-04ER83935; FG02-05ER84199
Assignee:
Eltron Research & Development, Inc. (Boulder, CO)
Patent Number(s):
7,947,116
Application Number:
11/671,344
OSTI ID:
1019538
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Hydrogen separation by dense cermet membranes journal January 2006
Design, Scale Up and Cost Assessment of a Membrane Shift Reactor book January 2005
Dense inorganic membranes for production of hydrogen from methane and coal with carbon dioxide sequestration journal October 2006