Patent ID: 8491679
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: B01J,C01B

Abstract:
1. A steam reformer comprising: a plurality of fluid inlet connections; a plurality of fluid outlet connections; a plurality of reforming segments formed by dividing an annular space with a plurality of segmenting plates extending between an outer surface of an inner cylindrical shell and an inner surface of an outer cylindrical shell and extending longitudinally within the annular space; a plurality of reforming compartments formed by splitting each of said reforming segments with a divider plate, with fluid communication between the plurality of reforming compartments of each reforming segment provided at a first end thereof; a top end plate to seal the first end of said inner and outer shells; a bottom end plate to seal a second end of said inner and outer shells and comprising said fluid inlet and outlet connections; wherein each of said reforming segments contains one or more of each of a reforming catalyst and a carbon dioxide adsorbent in a predetermined amount and composition to reform inlet fluids into outlet fluids comprising hydrogen.