Method for operating a reactor, which comprises a catalyst material, for catalytically storing or releasing hydrogen gas, and system comprising such a reactor
AssigneeHydrogenious Lohc Technologies GmbH
InventorsAlexander WEIß, Alexander SEIDEL, Alexander PFLÜGER, Caspar PAETZ
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method for operating a reactor comprising a catalyst material having catalytically hydrogenating or catalytically dehydrogenating hydrogen carrier medium by contacting the catalyst material with the hydrogen carrier medium in the reactor, and flushing the catalyst material with a flushing medium into the reactor thereby removing catalyst-deactivating substances. The flushing medium comprises a hydrogen carrier medium.
Claims21
A method for operating a reactor comprising a catalyst material, the method comprising the method steps of:
- catalytically hydrogenating or catalytically dehydrogenating hydrogen carrier medium by contacting the catalyst material with the hydrogen carrier medium in the reactor, and
- flushing the catalyst material with a flushing medium in the reactor and thereby removing catalyst-deactivating substances, wherein the flushing medium comprises a hydrogen carrier medium, wherein the flushing comprises an increase in pressure, a decrease in temperature and/or an increase in the mass flow of the flushing medium.
A system for catalytically storing or releasing hydrogen gas from a hydrogen carrier medium, the system comprising:
- a reactor for catalytically hydrogenating or for catalytically dehydrogenating the hydrogen carrier medium by contacting it with catalyst material,
- a flushing medium feed for feeding a flushing medium into the reactor, and
- a control/regulating unit for performing the flushing in a regulated manner according to a method comprising the steps of:
- catalytically hydrogenating or catalytically dehydrogenating hydrogen carrier medium by contacting the catalyst material with the hydrogen carrier medium in the reactor, wherein
- flushing the catalyst material with a flushing medium in the reactor and thereby removing catalyst-deactivating substances, wherein the flushing medium comprises a hydrogen carrier medium, wherein the flushing comprises an increase in pressure, a decrease in temperature and/or an increase in the mass flow of the flushing medium.
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.