Method and device for production of acetylene using plasma technology
OwnerRalf Spitzlinventor
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Abstract
Method and device for the production of acetylene using plasma technology, wherein a gas containing at least one type of hydrocarbon is fed into a non-thermal plasma of a plasma source.
Claims22
A process for producing acetylene using plasma technology, wherein a gas containing at least a hydrocarbon and further comprising hydrogen gas is introduced continuously via an inlet into a non-thermal plasma which is present in a reaction chamber of a microwave plasma source, said gas being renewed continuously by a feed line;
- and said hydrocarbon is at least partially converted to acetylene in said reaction chamber;
- wherein said acetylene, which is present in a product gas stream flowing from the reaction chamber, is separated from hydrogen which is also present in the product gas stream;
- and wherein said plasma is excited by microwaves with a microwave power of at least 3 kW.
A process for producing acetylene from hydrocarbon gas by using plasma technology in a reaction chamber, wherein only the hydrocarbon gas is introduced into the reaction chamber which contains a plasma excited by microwaves at a microwave power of at least 3 kW, the hydrocarbon gas being introduced with a flow rate which is adjusted such that it exceeds a flow rate which is maximally, theoretically converted to acetylene by the microwave power coupled in at least by a factor 2;
- and a proportion of hydrocarbon gas that has not been converted to acetylene is separated from the product gas stream and reintroduced, in whole or in part, into the reaction chamber.
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