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An examination of the state of the refinery hydrogen network in terms of production, recovery and purifications technologies is covered in this issue of the Review. The primary focus is on hydrogen market developments and commercial and emerging technologies available to refiners to meet expanding hydrogen demands. Additionally, hydrogen supply methods (onsite production vs. over-the-fence supply) are analyzed

In this issue, significant discussions focus on hydrogen production, purification, and recovery. The Market/Technology Trends & Opportunities section begins with an up-to-date look at the hydrogen market developments with respect to increasing fuel demands and impending GHG emissions regulations. Also it analyses refinery hydrogen supply methods (onsite production vs. over-the-fence supply).

The State-of-the-Art Technology section provides the latest developments in Caloric's three hydrogen production processes, Davy Process Technology's Compact Reformer (developed with BP), JGC's Methane Rich Gas process for prereforming, Gas Heated Reforming from Linde, Toyo Engineering's proprietary steam reforming process utilizing ISOP catalyst, Uhde's alternative CO shift configurations, and others. For hydrogen production catalysts, the recent products marketed by BASF, CRI, Haldor Topsøe, Johnson Matthey, and Sud-Chemie are identified. Hydrogen recovery is considered an integral part of the production scheme as demonstrated by AET's absorption-based Hydrogen Recovery Unit, Rapid Cycle PSA technology offered by ExxonMobil, Membrane Technology and Research's VaporSep-H₂ membranes, Pall Corp.'s SepraSol liquid/gas coalescer for improved operations, as well as the latest improved commercial offerings from Air Products and Chemicals, Air Liquide, KBR, Lurgi, and UOP. Companies such as Air Liquide, Axens, Foster Wheeler and UOP provide hydrogen management solutions. The section concludes with a discussion of advanced process controls and monitoring systems available for hydrogen production units.

The Plant Operations and Practices examines various day-to-day plant-related issues (e.g. feed flexibility and efficiency improvements) as well as experiences in trouble-shooting (e.g. metal dusting corrosion.) To find out the trends of refinery hydrogen production around the world, unit installed capacity and recent construction activity information are summarized.

Finally, the R&D Alert! section uncovers work in published literature and patents relating to steam reforming, partial oxidation, autothermal reforming, and PSA and membrane separation technologies.

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