System for the water vapor reforming of a hydrocarbon

US6447736B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• XCELLSiS GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Autenrieth
• Stefan Boneberg · Neuffen, DE
• Andreas Christen · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Dietmar Heil · Deggenhausertal, DE
• Barbara Strobel · Blaustein, DE
• Steffen Wieland · Stuttgart, DE
• Detlef Zur Megede · Kirchheim unter Teck, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 7, 1998
• Grant date: Sep 10, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 7, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/50
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A system for the water vapor reforming of a hydrocarbon includes a modular reactor unit of the plate stack and/or tube bundle type that, in an integrated manner, contains an evaporator, a prereforming unit, a main reformer, a CO removal unit and a catalytic burner unit. The evaporator and the main reformer are in a thermal contact with the catalytic burner unit and, the prereforming unit is in a thermal contact with the CO removal unit.