ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,730, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HALDOR TOPSOE A/S (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark).
"ATR-based hydrogen process and plant" was invented by Steffen Spangsberg Christensen (Koge, Denmark) and Arunabh Sahai (Haryana, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plant and process for producing a hydrogen rich gas are provided, the process including the steps of: reforming a hydrocarbon feed in a reforming step thereby obtaining a synthesis gas including CH4, CO, CO2, H2 and H2O; shifting the synthesis gas in a shift configuration including a high temperature shift step; removal of CO2 upstream hydrogen purification unit, such as a pressure swing...