Volatile organic compound abatement with fuel cell power plant
US8227120B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/10
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Absorbent material in a regenerable volatile organic compound (VOC) apparatus (15) is regenerated by a flow (92) of desorption gas heated (90) by exhaust (87) of a burner (58) of a reformer (57), which reforms hydrocarbon fuel (55) to generate hydrogen-rich reformate gas that is provided (46, 48, 61) to anodes of a fuel cell (64), steam (83) from fuel cell coolant (73, 79) being provided (62, 56) to said reformer. The fuel may be desulfurized (53) using the reformate gas (44, 45). The reformate may be enriched by a shift reactor (48).
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