Patent ID: 6129861
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: B01J,C01B,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
A reactor for the conversion of methanol to hydrogen comprising: a reactor housing, a membrane disposed in said reactor housing and dividing said reactor housing into first and second chambers, said membrane being permeable for hydrogen and CO but not for CO.sub.2, means for supplying methanol to said first chamber, means disposed in said first chamber for converting in an endothermic reaction, said methanol to hydrogen-containing gases which pass together with CO through said membrane to said second chamber, and means disposed in said second chamber for converting CO to methane in an exothermic reaction, said exothermic reaction in said second chamber and said endothermic reaction in said first chamber being heat-coupled through said membrane through which heat is conducted from said second chamber to said first chamber to support the endothermic conversion reaction therein.