Plate element for reaction modules or systems and corresponding processes
AssigneesIneratec GmbH, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
InventorsPeter PFEIFER, Sebastian SCHMIDT, Alexander PFAFF, Florian BETZNER
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Abstract
The present invention relates to plate elements for the construction of a reactor module for carrying out endothermic reactions at high temperatures, the plate elements being designed in such a way that all reactant gases are heated by flowing around heating elements and the reaction zone is heated at the same time. The present invention also relates to reactor modules and reactor systems using the plate elements according to the invention pressed against each other, as well as the corresponding methods for efficiently carrying out endothermic chemical reactions, in particular the rWGS reaction.
Claims27
A plate element for a reactor module for carrying out endothermic reactions at high temperatures, the plate element comprising at least:
- at least one first micro- or milli-structured reactant fluid channel for supplying a first reactant fluid, and
- at least one second micro- or milli-structured reactant fluid channel for supplying a second reactant fluid which is different from the first;
- and/or
- at least one micro- or milli-structured product fluid channel for discharging one or more product fluids, wherein the plate element further comprises at least one reaction zone which can be charged with a catalyst,
- wherein all fluid channels are materially connected to the at least one reaction zone,
- wherein the plate element comprises or may accommodate at least one heating element, and
- wherein the at least one heating element is in thermal connection with the reaction zone.
A reactor module for carrying out endothermic reactions at high temperatures, the reaction module comprising at least two plate elements which are pressed against one another and sealed against one another in accordance with at least one of the preceding claims, preferably at least three or four plate elements, and more preferably exactly three or four plate elements, at least two plate elements being different from one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.