Plant for the production of hydrogen from any hydrocarbon gases

A method for producing hydrogen (H2) from hydrocarbon material, comprising:

• mixing the hydrocarbon material with an oxidant to form a mixture of the hydrocarbon material and the oxidant;
• flowing of the mixture through a porous material, wherein the porous material comprises an inflow surface through which the mixture enters the porous material and an outflow surface through which combustion products and non-combusted portions of the mixture exit the porous material to a downstream space located in front of the outflow surface;
• and
• initiating a first combustion of the mixture in a combustion zone, wherein the combustion zone is located within the porous material or in front of and adjacent to the outflow surface or both,
• thereby producing syngas that comprises combustion products of the mixture;
• wherein heat generated by the first combustion raises a first temperature of the combustion zone to a combustion temperature sufficiently high to trigger a second combustion of the mixture,
• wherein a second temperature in an upstream space behind the inflow surface relative to a direction of flow of the mixture remains below the combustion temperature, and
• wherein the combustion zone does not extend outside of the porous material more than 1 mm beyond the outflow surface, and does not extend within the porous material more than a depth of 3 mm from the outflow surface, and the combustion occurs only downstream of the porous material relative to a direction of flow of the mixture.