Hydrogen production and hydroforming

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF HYDROFORMING NAPHTHAS AND PRODUCING HYDROGEN WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING A NAPHTHA FRACTION AND HYDROGEN-RICH GAS WITH A DENSE, FLUIDIZED BED OF GROUP VI METAL OXIDE CATALYST MAINTAINED AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES NECESSARY TO HYDROFORM THE MAPHTHA IN A HYDROFORMING RACTION ZONE, WITHDRAWING VAPOROUS REACTION PRODUCTS FROM THE HYDROFORMING REACTION ZONE, COOLING THE REACTION PRODUCT TO SEPARATE NORMALLY LIQUID PRODUCTS FROM HYDROGEN-RICH RECYCLE GAS, CONTINUOULSY WITHDRAWING CATALYST FROM THE HYDROFORMING REACTION ZONE AND TRANSFERRING THE WEITHDRAWN CATALYST TO A SEPARATE REGENERATION ZONE, CONTACTING THE CATALYST IN THE REGENERATION ZONE WITH AN OXYGEN-CONTAINING REGENERATION GAS TO BURN CARBONACEOUS DEPOSITS THEREFROM AT TEMPERATURES SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE HYDROFORMING REACTION ZONE TEMPERATURE, WITHDRAWING HOT REGENERATED CATALYST FROM THE REGENERATION ZONE AND CONTACTING THE HOT REGENERATED CATALYST WITH THE HYDROGEN-RICH RECYCLE GAS TO CRACK LIGHT HYDROCARBONS CONTAINED THEREIN TO HIGH PURITY HYDROGENRICH PRODUCT GAS IN A SEPARATE CRACKING ZONE AT ABOVE THE HYDROFORMING TEMPERATURE, WITHDRAWING SAID HYDROGEN-RICH PRODUCT GAS FROM THE CRACKING ZONE AND CHARGING PART OF THE SAME TO THE HYDROFORMING REACTION ZONE AND RECYCLING CATALYST CONTAMINATED WITH CARBONACEOUS DEPOSITS FROM THE SAID CRACKING ZONE TO SAID REGENERATION ZONE, AND CONTINUOUSLY RECYCLING CATALYST FROM SAID REGENERATION ZONE TO SAID HYDROFORMING REACTION ZONE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF HYDROFORMING NAPHTHAS AND PRODUCING HYDROGEN WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING A NAPHTHA FRACTION AND HYDROGEN-RICH GAS WITH A DENSE, FLUIDIZED BED OF GROUP VI METAL OXIDE CATALYST MAINTAINED AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES NECESSARY TO HYDROFORM THE MAPHTHA IN A HYDROFORMING RACTION ZONE, WITHDRAWING VAPOROUS REACTION PRODUCTS FROM THE HYDROFORMING REACTION ZONE, COOLING THE REACTION PRODUCT TO SEPARATE NORMALLY LIQUID PRODUCTS FROM HYDROGEN-RICH RECYCLE GAS, CONTINUOULSY WITHDRAWING CATALYST FROM THE HYDROFORMING REACTION ZONE AND TRANSFERRING THE WEITHDRAWN CATALYST TO A SEPARATE REGENERATION ZONE, CONTACTING THE CATALYST IN THE REGENERATION ZONE WITH AN OXYGEN-CONTAINING REGENERATION GAS TO BURN CARBONACEOUS DEPOSITS THEREFROM AT TEMPERATURES SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE HYDROFORMING REACTION ZONE TEMPERATURE, WITHDRAWING HOT REGENERATED CATALYST FROM THE REGENERATION ZONE AND CONTACTING THE HOT REGENERATED CATALYST WITH THE HYDROGEN-RICH RECYCLE GAS TO CRACK LIGHT HYDROCARBONS CONTAINED THEREIN TO HIGH PURITY HYDROGENRICH PRODUCT GAS IN A SEPARATE CRACKING ZONE AT ABOVE THE HYDROFORMING TEMPERATURE, WITHDRAWING SAID HYDROGEN-RICH PRODUCT GAS FROM THE CRACKING ZONE AND CHARGING PART OF THE SAME TO THE HYDROFORMING REACTION ZONE AND RECYCLING CATALYST CONTAMINATED WITH CARBONACEOUS DEPOSITS FROM THE SAID CRACKING ZONE TO SAID REGENERATION ZONE, AND CONTINUOUSLY RECYCLING CATALYST FROM SAID REGENERATION ZONE TO SAID HYDROFORMING REACTION ZONE.