Processing a hydrocarbon using pyrolysis, method and apparatus
AssigneeMontanuniversitäT Leoben
InventorsAndreas SPRUNG, Helmut ANTREKOWITSCH, David NEUSCHITZER, David SCHEIBLEHNER, Stefan WIBNER
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Abstract
It is described a method of processing a hydrocarbon, in particular a hydrocarbon gas, the method comprising: i) preheating the hydrocarbon in a preheater device; ii) providing the preheated hydrocarbon to a liquid metal bath in a reactor device, wherein the liquid metal bath comprises at least one catalyst; and iii) performing a pyrolysis reaction with the hydrocarbon in the liquid metal bath, so that a carbon phase and hydrogenare obtained.
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A method of processing a hydrocarbon, the method comprising:
- preheating the hydrocarbon in a preheater device;
- providing the preheated hydrocarbon to a liquid metal bath in a reactor device, wherein the liquid metal bath comprises at least one catalyst;
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- performing a pyrolysis reaction with the hydrocarbon in the liquid metal bath, so that a carbon phase and a hydrogen phase are obtained.
An apparatus for processing a hydrocarbon, the apparatus comprising:
- a preheater device for preheating the hydrocarbon;
- a reactor device, coupled with the preheater device, and configured for performing a pyrolysis reaction with the preheated hydrocarbon in a liquid metal bath, so that a carbon phase and a hydrogen phase are obtained.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.