Method of separating a syngas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide but also at least carbon dioxide and water vapor

US8231709B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude · FR

Inventors

• Pascal Marty · Bry-sur-Marne, FR
• Bernd Polster · Frankfurt am Main, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 3, 2007
• Grant date: Jul 31, 2012
• Expiry date: Jan 15, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/151
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for separating a gas mixture in a separation unit of the type in which the gas mixture comes from a reaction unit and comprises, as main constituents, hydrogen (H2) and/or carbon monoxide (CO).