Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Energy Global Gmbh & Co. Kg

Linde Gmbh

Siemens Mobility Gmbh

Marc Hanebuth

Günter Schmid

Thomas Hammer

Ralf D Krause

Manfred Baldauf

Sylvio Kosse

Gerhard Zimmermann

Uwe Lenk

Carsten Graeber

Dan Taroata

Andreas Peschel

Harald Landes

Alexander Tremel

Peter Utz

Clara Delhomme-Neudecker

Norbert Sürken

Katharina Stark

Nicole Schödel

Hagen Hertsch

Stefan Blendinger

Benjamin Hentschel

Andreas Reiner

Stephan Rückert

Thomas Purucker

Knut Siegert

Michael Sawinsky

Katharina Meltzer

Elvira María Fernández Sanchis

Markus Ungerer

Peter Gronbach

Michel Suermann

Simon Kiesslich

Elvira María FERNÁNDEZ Sanchis

An electrolysis system and an electrolysis method wherein the electrolysis system includes a pressure-electrolytic cell and a throttle in the catholyte line, by which the catholyte flow can be divided into a gas and liquid phase. In this way, (by-)products of the electrolysis can be recycled, while the electrolytic cell can be operated effectively at a high pressure.

Electrochemical production of carbon monoxide and/or syngas

Various embodiments may include an electrolyzer for electrochemical utilization of carbon dioxide comprising: electrolysis cell defining an anode space and a cathode space; an anode in the anode space; a cathode in the cathode space; a first cation-permeable membrane disposed between the anode space and the cathode space; and a second anion-selective membrane disposed between the first cation-permeable membrane and the cathode. The anode directly adjoins the first cation-permeable membrane. The second anion-selective membrane directly adjoins the first cation-permeable membrane and the second anion-selective membrane directly adjoins the cathode.

Device and method for the electrochemical utilisation of carbon dioxide

A device for the electrochemical production of a product containing CO, and a method for the electrochemical production of a product containing CO, in which a return of a material stream containing the educt and CO is carried out after the electrochemical production.

Method for the electrochemical production of a gas product containing CO

A method for cooling a fluid from an electrolysis unit and extracting water from ambient air comprising: conducting moist air having a first molar amount of water and raw water into an evaporator unit in a counterflow at a temperature at or below the boiling temperature of the water; evaporating pure water from the raw water into the moist air and cooling the raw water; conducting the cooled raw water into a heat exchanger thereby cooling the fluid stream of the electrolysis unit; conducting the moist air and the pure water into a water extraction unit; separating a second molar amount of the pure water off from the moist air in the water extraction unit, wherein a third molar amount of water remaining in the air is less than the first; conducting the preheated raw water back to the evaporator; and conducting the cooled fluid back into the electrolysis unit.

Method and device for cooling a fluid stream of an electrolysis unit and for obtaining water

Various embodiments may include a method of electrochemical production of synthesis gas comprising: reducing carbon dioxide to a first product gas including carbon monoxide in a carbon dioxide electrolysis cell; splitting water to generate a second product gas including hydrogen in a water electrolysis cell; delivering at least one catholyte from the group consisting of: a first catholyte from the carbon dioxide electrolysis cell and a second catholyte from the water electrolysis cell, into a gas scrubbing apparatus; and removing non-reduced carbon dioxide from the first product gas in the gas scrubbing apparatus using the at least one catholyte as an absorbent.

Electrochemical production of synthesis gas

The present disclosure relates to membranes for use in electrolysis systems. The teachings thereof may be embodied in a method for checking a membrane of an electrolyzer comprises two volumes separated by the membrane and produces two product gases from a starting liquid. The method may include: detecting an electrolysis current strength during electrolysis, measuring a liquid flow rate of the starting liquid between the two electrolyzer volumes, calculating a ratio of the measured liquid flow rate and the detected electrolysis current strength, and using the calculated ratio as an indication of membrane leaktightness.

Electrolysis membrane systems and methods

A power plant system is provided having a high temperature battery, supplied with fluid via at least one supply line, for storing and releasing electrical energy, a gas turbine for generating electrical energy, and a heat exchanger which is designed to extract thermal energy from the exhaust stream of the gas turbine and transfer said thermal energy to the fluid, which fluid can be supplied after heat transfer to the high temperature battery via the at least one supply line.

Gas turbine-heated high-temperature battery

An energy store is provided having a first electrode, a second electrode, an electrolyte in between, a first redox pair having a first oxidation reactant and a first oxidation product, and a housing, wherein a fluidic redox pair is present in the housing and comprises a fluidic oxidation reactant and a fluidic oxidation product, wherein during the discharge of the energy store, the fluidic oxidation product is reduced, and wherein during the charging of the energy store, the fluidic oxidation reactant is oxidized, wherein the fluidic redox pair in the housing is gaseous, and a pump or a compressor is adapted such that the fluidic redox pair within the housing is held at a pressure which is above the ambient pressure outside the housing. A method for charging or discharging an energy store is also provided.

Energy store and method of charging or discharging an energy store

At least one heat pipe for removing heat is led into a reactor housing of a fluidized bed reactor, so that the temperature in the reactor housing can be controlled.

Fluidized bed reactor

An apparatus for carrying out a carbon monoxide shift reaction, which includes converting carbon monoxide and water into carbon dioxide and hydrogen, the converting proceeding in a liquid phase with removal of a product gas including carbon dioxide and hydrogen, is provided. The apparatus includes dry methanol, as a first solvent in a first region for an absorption of carbon monoxide with simultaneous formation of methyl formate, and water, as a second solvent in a second region for a liberation of the product gas in order to avoid losses of hydrogen in a carbon dioxide region.

Apparatus for converting carbon monoxide and water into carbon dioxide and hydrogen with the removal of at least one product gas

An electric energy store having a thermally insulated chamber that has a process gas inlet and a process gas outlet is provided. The thermally insulated chamber is equipped with at least two stacks, each of which has at least one electrochemical storing cell, and each stack has a process gas inlet and a process gas outlet. The at least two stacks are serially connected with respect to the process gas flow.

Electric energy store

A method for converting carbon monoxide and water into carbon dioxide and hydrogen, with simultaneous removal of one or more products, is described. The method includes the following steps: in a first reactor, carbon monoxide from the gas phase is bound in a first solvent and converted into formate, in a third reactor, formate is decomposed and resultant hydrogen His removed, and in a second reactor a solid which is a hydrogen-carbonate salt or a carbonate salt is removed. The thermal decomposition of the solid and the expulsion of the carbon dioxide are carried out in an additional fourth reactor, optionally in a second solvent. Further presented is an apparatus for converting carbon monoxide and water into carbon dioxide and hydrogen, including a fourth reactor which thermally decomposes solids formed in the course of the reaction, and gives off carbon dioxide.

Method and apparatus for converting carbon monoxide and water into carbon dioxide and hydrogen, with removal of one or more products

A process for carrying out a carbon monoxide shift reaction is provided. In the implementation of the carbon monoxide shift reaction, including the conversion of carbon monoxide and water into carbon dioxide and hydrogen, this conversion takes place in the liquid phase and involves separation of the product gases carbon dioxide and/or hydrogen, where as a first solvent dry methanol is used, for the absorption of carbon monoxide with simultaneous formation of a methyl formate, as a second solvent, in the area of release of the product gases, water is used, for avoiding hydrogen losses in a carbon dioxide area.

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