Process for the production of hydrogen

US6875411B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SNAMPROGETTI S.p.A. · IT

Inventors

• Domenico Sanfilippo · Paullo, IT
• Alberto Paggini · Paullo, IT
• Valerio Piccoli · Monza, IT
• Roberta Miglio · Novara, IT
• Stefano Rossini · Milano, IT

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 19, 2001
• Grant date: Apr 5, 2005
• Expiry date: Aug 3, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/36
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Process for the production of hydrogen consisting in subjecting a solid to oxidation and treating, in a different zone, the oxidized form thus produced with a reducing stream, preferably a hydrocarbon.