Autothermal hydrodesulfurizing reforming method and catalyst
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C01B-003/26
H01M-008/04
출원번호
US-0860851
(2001-05-18)
발명자
/ 주소
Krumpelt, Michael
Kopasz, John P.
Ahmed, Shabbir
Kao, Richard Li-chih
Randhava, Sarabjit Singh
출원인 / 주소
The University of Chicago
대리인 / 주소
Welsh, Katz, Ltd.
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초록▼
A method for reforming a sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel in which the sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel is mixed with H2O and an oxidant, forming a fuel/H2O/oxidant mixture. The fuel H2O/oxidant mixture is brought into contact with a catalyst composition comprising a dehydrogenation portion, a
A method for reforming a sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel in which the sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel is mixed with H2O and an oxidant, forming a fuel/H2O/oxidant mixture. The fuel H2O/oxidant mixture is brought into contact with a catalyst composition comprising a dehydrogenation portion, an oxidation portion and a hydrodesulfurization portion, resulting in formation of a hydrogen-containing gas stream.
대표청구항▼
1. A method for reforming a sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel comprising, the steps of:providing a sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel; adding sulfer to said sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel, in an amount sufficient to maintain an equilibrium sulfer level on a surface of the catalyst compositio
1. A method for reforming a sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel comprising, the steps of:providing a sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel; adding sulfer to said sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel, in an amount sufficient to maintain an equilibrium sulfer level on a surface of the catalyst composition, as hereafter defined; maintaining the concentration of sulfur in said sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel to less than 1% by weight; then mixing said sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel with steam and a gas selected from the group consisting of air and oxygen, to form a fuel/steam/oxidant mixture; and autothermal reforming said fuel/steam/oxidant mixture by contacting said fuel/steam/oxidant mixture in an autothermal reformer with catalyst composition comprising a three-part catalyst with a dehydrogenation portion, an oxidation portion and a hydrodesulfurization portion, resulting in formation of a hydrogen-containing gas stream; said hydrodesulfurization portion of said catalyst composition comprising a material selected from the group consisting of sulfates of rare earth metals, sulfides of rare earth metal, their substoichiometric metals, and mixtures thereof. 2. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein said catalyst composition is suitable for reforming said sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel at a temperature of less than about 900° C.3. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein said hydrogen-containing gas stream further comprises steam, H2S, CO, CO2, CH4, unconverted fuel, and N2 if air is used as an oxidant.4. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein said fuel/H2O/oxidant mixture is preheated prior to said autothermal reforming.5. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein:said autothermal reforming comprises autothermal hydrodesulfurizing reforming; and said autothermal reformer comprises an autothermal hydrodesulfurizing reformer. 6. A method in accordance with claim 3, wherein said CO is removed by a high-temperature membrane reactor.7. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein said carbonaceous fuel is selected from the group consisting of: gasoline, natural gas, alcohols, liquefied petroleum gas, diesel fuel, heating oil, naphtha, kerosene, jet fuel, alkanes, aromatics, alkenes and mixtures thereof.8. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein said contacting of said fuel/steam/oxidant mixture with said catalyst composition is carried out in said autothermal reformer at a pressure less than about 10 atmospheres.9. A method in accordance with claim 1 including using said catalyst composition for a water-gas shift reaction.10. A method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel is maintained so that the concentration of the sulfur in said sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel is about 1000 wppm.11. A method for processing sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel, comprising the steps of:providing a sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel; adding sulfur to said sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel, in an amount sufficient to maintain an equilibrium sulfer level on a surface of the catalyst composition, as hereafter defined. maintaining the concentration of said sulfur in said sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel to less than 1% by weight; then mixing said sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel with steam and a gas selected from the group consisting of air and oxygen to form a fuel/steam/oxidant mixture; autothermal reforming said fuel/steam/oxidant mixture in an autothermal reformer by contacting said fuel/steam/oxidant mixture with a three-part catalyst in an autothermal reformer to produce a hydrogen-rich gas containing a substantial amount of hydrogen; said three part catalyst comprising a dehydrogenation portion, an oxidation portion and a hydrodesulfurization portion; said hydrodesulfurization portion of said catalyst comprising a material selected from the group consisting of sulfates of rare earth metals, sulfides of rare earth metals, their substoichiometric metals, and mixtures thereof; said autothermal reforming including substantially desulfurizing the sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel to produce a hydrogen-rich gas; and passing said hydrogen-rich gas through a high-temperature membrane reactor which converts CO to additional H2 and removes substantially all the CO2 and H2S in the hydrogen-rich gas. 12. A method in accordance with claim 11 including feeding the hydrogen-rich gas into a fuel cell.13. A method in accordance with claim 11 including combusting the hydrogen-rich gas in a power generating system.14. A method in accordance with claim 11 including processing the hydrogen-rich gas in processing equipment.15. A method in accordance with claim 11 including a preheating step selected from the group consisting of: preheating the sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel, preheating the air, preheating the oxygen, preheating the water/steam, and preheating the fuel/steam/oxidant mixture.16. A method in accordance with claim 11 including converting the sulfur impurities to H2S, CO2 and H2.17. A method in accordance with claim 11 including converting a substantial amount of CO to hydrogen and carbon dioxide by a water-gas shift reaction.18. A method in accordance with claim 11 wherein:said autothermnal reforming comprises autothermal hydrodesulfurizing reforming; and said autothermal reformer comprises an autothermal hydrodesulfurizing reformer. 19. A method in accordance with claim 11 including sulfating the three-part catalyst.20. A method in accordance with claim 19 wherein the three-part catalyst is sulfated with said sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel.21. A method in accordance with claim 11 wherein the three-part catalyst comprises a sulfur tolerant catalyst.22. A method in accordance with claim 11 wherein the three-part catalyst is resistant to coking.23. A method in accordance with claim 11 wherein the a sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel is selected from the group consisting of: gasoline, a methane-containing gas, diesel fuel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), heating oil, naphtha, alcohols, kerosene, jet fuel, alkanes, aromatics, alkenes, solutions derived from any of the preceding, one or more fractions from processing of petroleum, and one or more fractions from processing of chemicals.24. A method in accordance with claim 18 including avoiding sulfur removal after autothermal hydrodesulfurizing reforming said sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel in said autothermal hydrodesulfurizing reformer.25. A method in accordance with claim 18 including removing sulfur compounds and CO2 from said hydrogen-rich gas in said high temperature membrane reactor after autothermal hydrodesulfurizing reforming the fuel/steam/oxidant mixture in said autothermal hydrodesulfurizing reformer to produce a higher concentration of H2 in the hydrogen-rich gas.26. A method in accordance with claim 11 wherein said maintaining comprises maintaining the concentration of the sulfur in said sulfur-containing carbonaceous fuel to about 1000 wpm.
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