Patent ID: 9623393
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B01J,C01B

Claim:
1. A process for the delivery of hydrogen from an organic compound capable of reversible hydrogenation/dehydrogenation wherein the organic compound is initially in its hydrogenated form and subsequently catalytically dehydrogenated under dehydrogenation conditions in a reactor forming hydrogen and byproduct dehydrogenated organic compound, comprising: (a) introducing the organic compound capable of reversible hydrogenation/dehydrogenation in liquid form to a microchannel reactor incorporating a dehydrogenation catalyst; (b) vaporizing the organic compound in a vaporizer; (c) effecting dehydrogenation of the organic compound (d) recovering a reaction product comprised of a byproduct dehydrogenated organic compound and gaseous hydrogen; and (e) separating and recovering the reaction product comprised of the dehydrogenated organic compound and gaseous hydrogen into a gaseous hydrogen fraction and liquid phase byproduct dehydrogenated organic compound.