Patents by Inventor María Belén Güemez Bilbao

María Belén Güemez Bilbao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8075870
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for obtaining hydrogen from natural gas which comprises (a) reacting the natural gas with a mixture of air and steam in a single reactor to obtain a gas comprising H2 and CO, (b) reacting the CO produced at a high temperature with steam to obtain a gas comprising H2 and CO2, and (c) reacting the CO which has not reacted in step (b) at a low temperature with steam to obtain a gas comprising H2 and CO2, characterized in that in step (a) the natural gas, the air and the steam are fed simultaneously and react on the same catalyst and in that the pressure used in steps (a) to (c) varies between 1 and 8 atm, as well as to a H2 production plant for carrying out the mentioned process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Universidad Del Pais Vasco Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
    Inventors: José Francisco Cambra Ibañez, Pedro Luis Arias Ergueta, María Belén Güemez Bilbao, Victoria Laura Barrio Cagigal