Method and apparatus for the production of chemical compounds
OwnerAndreas Döringinventor
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Abstract
The process and apparatus according to the invention allow the production of hydrocarbons and ammonia without the use of catalysts. For this purpose, waste gases containing CO2 or N2 from an upstream process are fed to compression reactors. In addition, hydrogen from an electrolyzer is fed to these reactors to enable hydrogenation of the fed substances. Methane, alcohols and ammonia, for example, can be produced by this process. In order to increase the yield of the process, it is planned to raise the reactant pressure with the aid of a compressor.
Claims19
A method for producing hydrocarbons, the method which comprises:
- obtaining at least one reactant, which includes carbon, from an apparatus in which the at least one reactant is formed;
- feeding the at least one reactant, which includes carbon, from the apparatus to at least one reactor positioned downstream from the apparatus, the at least one reactor being at least one rotary piston compression reactor or at least one reciprocating piston compression reactor;
- feeding at least one further reactant to the at least one reactor;
- controlling a residence time in a reactor chamber of the at least one reactor by controlling, with an electric machine, a rotational speed of a rotatable shaft connected to a piston of the reactor chamber, wherein the electric machine is connected to the rotatable shaft;
- wherein the at least one reactor forms aliphatic hydrocarbons or aromatic hydrocarbons or alkaloids or amino acids or fats or carbon containing heterocycles or alcohols or HCHO or C2H4 or ethers or diethyl ether, polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether or amines or amides or urea or CS2 or thiocyanates or carbamate or organic acids, and/or NH3.
A plurality of apparatuses, comprising:
- an apparatus forming at least one reactant including carbon;
- an apparatus for producing hydrocarbons, the apparatus for producing hydrocarbons located downstream from the apparatus forming the at least one reactant including carbon, the apparatus for producing hydrocarbons including at least one reactor being fed with the at least one reactant including carbon from the apparatus forming the at least one reactant including carbon, the at least one reactor including reactor chambers, and the at least one reactor being at least one rotary piston compression reactor or at least one reciprocating piston compression reactor;
- a rotatable shaft connected to the at least one reactor;
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- an electric machine configured for controlling a residence time in the reactor chambers of the at least one reactor by controlling a rotational speed of the rotatable shaft connected to a piston of the reactor chamber, wherein the electric machine is connected to the shaft;
- wherein the hydrocarbons, which are produced by the apparatus for producing hydrocarbons, are aliphatic hydrocarbons or aromatic hydrocarbons or alkaloids or amino acids or fats or carbon containing heterocycles or alcohols or HCHO or C2H4 or ethers or diethyl ether, polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether or amines or amides or urea or CS2 or thiocyanates or carbamate or organic acids, and/or NH3.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.