Method and Apparatus for Generating Process Heat and/or Electrical Energy
AssigneeVoith Paper Patent GmbH
InventorFabian Doling
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating process heat and/or electrical energy for a machine used in the production and/or finishing of a web of fibrous material are provided. The fibrous material can be a paper web or paperboard web, and gas having a highest possible proportion of hydrogen is generated from the waste products resulting during the production and/or finishing of the web of fibrous material. This hydrogen-rich gas is used for generating the necessary process heat and/or the necessary electrical energy.
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A method for generating at least one of process heat and electrical energy for a machine for at least one of production and finishing of a fibrous web, comprising:
- generating from waste products resulting during the at least one of production and finishing of a fibrous web a hydrogen-rich gas having a highest possible proportion of hydrogen;
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- utilizing the hydrogen-rich gas for generating the at least one of process heat and electrical energy.
An apparatus for generating at least one of process heat and electrical energy for a machine for at least one of production and finishing of a fibrous web, wherein the apparatus is configured to provide a hydrogen-rich gas having a highest possible proportion of hydrogen generated from waste products resulting during at least one of the production and finishing of the fibrous web, and the apparatus is configured to utilize the hydrogen-rich gas for generating at least one of the process heat and electrical energy.
A method for generating at least one of process heat and electrical energy for a machine for at least one of production and finishing of a fibrous web, comprising:
- generating a hydrogen-rich gas having a highest possible proportion of hydrogen from waste products resulting during the at least one of production and finishing of a fibrous web, the hydrogen-rich gas being utilized for generating at least one of a necessary process heat and a necessary electrical energy, and hydrogen carbons of the waste products utilized being transformed into a hydrogen-rich and a carbon monoxide-rich gas by a reformer through at least one of autothermic reforming, partial oxidation, and vapor reforming.
An apparatus for generating at least one of process heat and electrical energy for a machine for at least one of production and finishing of a fibrous web, wherein
- the apparatus is configured to provide a hydrogen-rich gas having a highest possible proportion of hydrogen generated from waste products resulting during the at least one of production and finishing of a fibrous web,
- the apparatus is configured to utilize the hydrogen-rich gas for generating at least one of a necessary process heat and a necessary electrical energy,
- the apparatus comprises a reformer and the reformer is configured to be first fed with the waste products, and
- the reformer is configured to transform hydrogen carbons of the waste products into a hydrogen-rich and a carbon monoxide-rich gas through at least one of autothermic reforming, partial oxidation, and vapor reforming.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.