Patent ID: 9624105
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B01D,B01J,C01B

Claim:
1. A process for producing a hydrogen-containing product gas while impeding corrosion of piping operatively connecting a separator and a pressure swing adsorption unit, the process comprising: passing a reformate from a shift reactor to the separator via a plurality of heat exchangers, the plurality of heat exchangers operatively disposed between the shift reactor and the separator, thereby condensing water in the reformate to form a water condensate and a water-depleted reformate in the separator; withdrawing the water condensate from the separator; withdrawing the water-depleted reformate from the separator; heating the water-depleted reformate withdrawn from the separator; and passing at least a portion of the water-depleted reformate that was heated to the pressure swing adsorption unit to form the hydrogen-containing product gas and a by-product gas from the at least a portion of the water-depleted reformate.