Patent ID: 11879179
Assignee: UTILITY GLOBAL, INC.
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A method of producing hydrogen comprising:
a. Introducing a hydrocarbon into a catalytic partial oxidation (CPOX) reactor to generate a product stream; and
b. Providing an electrochemical (EC) reactor comprising an anode and a cathode separated by a mixed-conducting membrane,
c. Introducing the CPOX reactor product stream to the anode of the EC reactor and introducing steam and hydrogen to the cathode of the EC reactor, wherein the anode oxidizes the product stream in a reducing environment and generates a first product stream comprising CO and CO2, and simultaneously the cathode reduces steam in a reducing environment to hydrogen electrochemically and generates a second product stream comprising H2 and H2O.