Method and device for producing synthesis gas from gaseous hydrocarbons
OwnerKarl-Heinz Tetzlaffinventor
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Abstract
A method for the production of synthesis gas from gaseous hydrocarbons includes the use of allothermal steam reforming with catalysts. In order to produce the synthesis gas efficiently without exhaust gas in a compact apparatus, energy is at least partly supplied by electrical energy, that the energy is supplied by electrically heated contact surfaces and that the energy is supplied by contact surfaces within a fixed bed of catalyst pellets and/or within a fluidized bed at least partly consisting of catalyst particles.
Claims16
A method for the production of synthesis gas from gaseous hydrocarbons having a means of allothermal steam reforming with catalysts, the method comprising:
- supplying energy at least partly supplied by electrical energy, wherein
- the energy is supplied by electrically heated contact surfaces,
- the contact surfaces are within a fluidised bed, wherein the fluidized bed at least partly consists of catalyst particles,
- wherein the contact surfaces are formed by an electric resistance heater that forms a heating device that produces heat independent of the catalyst particles and fluidised bed.
An apparatus for the production of synthesis gas from gaseous hydrocarbons having a means of allothermal steam reforming, the apparatus comprising:
- with catalysts,
- a means for supplying energy at least partly by electrical energy, wherein
- the means for supplying energy comprise electrically heated contact surfaces, and
- the contact surfaces are arranged in a fluidised bed, wherein the fluidized bed at least partly consists of catalyst particles,
- wherein the contact surfaces are formed by an electric resistance heater that forms a heating device that produces heat independent of the catalyst particles and fluidised bed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.