Basf Se Corporation

Linde Aktiengesellschaft

Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions Ag

Linde Gmbh

Matthias Kern

Grigorios Kolios

Dirk Klingler

Andreas Bode

Jens Bernnat

Otto Machhammer

Christian Schneider

Rene Koenig

Wolfgang Alois Hormuth

Marcus Guzmann

Maximilian Vicari

Michael Russ

Volker Goeke

Hans-Juergen Maass

Peter Renze

Philipp Brueggemann

Stephan Andreas Schunk

Gerhard Olbert

Heinrich Laib

Bernd Zoels

Friedrich Glenk

Achim Wechsung

Christian Weichert

Guido Wasserschaff

Frederik Scheiff

Volker Göke

Dieter Flick

Karsten Büker

Rene Konig

Karsten Bueker

Christopher Alec Anderlohr

Sabine Schmidt

Susanne Britzius

Hagen Appel

Lilian Kara-Hippen

Hans-Jurgen Mass

Philipp Brüggemann

Hans-Jurgen Maas

Philipp Bruggemann

Rene KÖNIG

Hans-Jürgen Mass

Hans-Jürgen Maa

The present invention relates to an electrically heatable packed pressure-bearing apparatus for conducting endothermic reactions having an upper (), middle () and lower () apparatus section, where at least one pair of electrodes () in a vertical arrangement is installed in the middle section () and all electrodes are disposed in an electrically conductive solid-state packing (), the upper and lower apparatus sections have a specific conductivity of 105 S/m to 108 S/m, and the middle apparatus section is electrically insulated against the solid-state packing, wherein the upper and lower apparatus sections are electrically insulated from the middle apparatus section, the upper electrode is connected via the upper apparatus section and the lower electrodes via the lower apparatus section or the electrodes are each connected via one or more connecting elements () that are in electrical contact with these sections and the ratio of the cross-sectional areas of the upper and lower electrode to the cross-sectional area of the respective current-conducting connecting element or, without use of a connecting element, the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the upper and lower electrode to the cross-sectional area of the respective current-conducting apparatus section is 0.1 to 10.

Solids-packed apparatus for performance of endothermic reactions with direct electrical heating

The present invention relates to a process for conducting endothermic gas phase or gas-solid reactions, wherein the endothermic reaction is conducted in a production phase in a first reactor zone, the production zone, which is at least partly filled with solid particles, where the solid particles are in the form of a fixed bed, of a moving bed and in sections/or in the form of a fluidized bed, and the product-containing gas stream is drawn off from the production zone in the region of the highest temperature level plus/minus 200 K and the product-containing gas stream is guided through a second reactor zone, the heat recycling zone, which at least partly comprises a fixed bed, where the heat from the product-containing gas stream is stored in the fixed bed, and, in the subsequent purge step, a purge gas is guided through the production zone and the heat recycling zone in the same flow direction, and, in a heating zone disposed between the production zone and the heat recycling zone, the heat required for the endothermic reaction is introduced into the product-containing gas stream and into the purge stream or into the purge stream, and then, in a regeneration phase, a gas is passed through the two reactor zones in the reverse flow direction and the production zone is heated up; the present invention further relates to a structured reactor comprising three zones, a production zone containing solid particles, a heating zone and a heat recycling zone containing a fixed bed, wherein the solid particles and the fixed bed consist of different materials.

Method and device for carrying out endothermic gas phase-solid or gas-solid reactions

An apparatus () for preparing acetylene and synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen is proposed, comprising a mixing unit (), a mixing section and a mixing diffuser (). The mixing unit () has a feed orifice () for supply of a hydrocarbonaceous stream, a feed orifice () for supply of an oxygenous stream, a swirl register and a distributor plate (). The distributor plate () is disposed between the mixing section () and the feed orifice () for supply of a hydrocarbonaceous stream. The distributor plate () has orifices (). The swirl register () is disposed between the feed orifice () for supply of an oxygenous stream and the mixing section (). The mixing diffuser () is connected to the mixing section (). There is a further proposal of a process for preparing acetylene and synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen.

Apparatus and process for preparing acetylene and synthesis gas

The invention relates to a method of carrying out heat-consuming processes, wherein the total energy required averaged over a year for the heat-consuming process originates from at least two different energy sources, where one of the energy sources is an electric energy source whose power varies in the range from 0 to 100% of the total power required, and three different energy modes can individually provide the total power required for the heat-consuming process: (i) exclusively electric energy, (ii) a mixture of electric energy and at least one further nonelectric energy source or (iii) exclusively nonelectric energy, where the changeover time in which the change from one energy mode to another energy mode is completed is not more than 30 minutes.

Method for performing endothermic processes

The invention relates to a process for utilizing a hydrocarbon-comprising and/or carbon dioxide-comprising coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas, wherein hydrocarbon-comprising and/or carbon dioxide-comprising coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas is introduced into a reaction space and the multicomponent mixture comprised in the coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas is converted in a high-temperature zone at temperatures of more than 1000&#xb0; C. and in the presence of a carrier into a product gas mixture which comprises more than 95% by volume of CO, CO, H, HO, CHand Nand optionally into a carbon-comprising solid which is deposited to an extent of at least 75% by weight, based on the total mass of the carbon-comprising solid, on the carrier where the flow velocity of the gas mixture of coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas in the reaction zone is less than 20 m/s.

Process for utilizing blast furnace gases, associated gases and/or biogases

An apparatus () for the preparation of acetylene and synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen is proposed. The apparatus () comprises a reactor (), wherein the reactor () comprises a burner block () with a furnace chamber for the preparation of a composition C1 comprising at least acetylene and substituted acetylene, a first scrubber () which is constructed for adding a solvent to the composition C1 to obtain a composition C2, a second scrubber () which is constructed for adding the solvent to the composition C2 to obtain a composition C3, a first stripper () which is constructed for stripping the composition C3 to obtain a composition C4 comprising the substituted acetylene, acetylene and the solvent and for separating off the acetylene, a first column () which is constructed for partial degassing of the composition C4 under a pressure of from 1.0 bar to 1.5 bar to obtain a composition C5 and a first amount A1 of the solvent, a second stripper () to which the composition C5 can be fed for stripping a composition C9 to obtain a second amount A2 of the solvent and a composition C6, a third stripper () which is constructed for stripping the solvent from the first scrubber () to obtain a composition C9, wherein the third striper () is connected to the second stripper () for feeding the composition C9 to the second stripper (), an apparatus () for adding a diluting gas to the composition C5, which is arranged between the first column () and the second stripper (), a second column () which is constructed for adding water to the composition C6 to obtain a composition C7 comprising a third amount A3 of the solvent and water and to obtain a composition C8 comprising the substituted acetylene, and a mixing condenser () which is constructed for adding water to the composition C8 to obtain a composition C11 comprising the substituted acetylene. A process for the preparation of acetylene and synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen is further proposed.

Apparatus and process for the preparation of acetylene and synthesis gas

The invention relates to a process for the parallel preparation of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and a carbon-comprising product, wherein one or more hydrocarbons are thermally decomposed and at least part of the pyrolysis gas formed is taken off from the reaction zone of the decomposition reactor at a temperature of from 800 to 1400&#xb0; C. and reacted with carbon dioxide to form a gas mixture comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen (synthesis gas).

Parallel preparation of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and a carbon-comprising product

An apparatus () for preparation of acetylene and synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen is proposed, comprising a reactor (). The reactor () has a burner block () with a firing space for acetylene preparation, a secondary space () formed within the burner block (), and an annular space () surrounding the secondary space (). The burner block () has holes () for supply of a stream of a mixture of hydrocarbons and oxygen to the firing space and holes () for supply of a stream of auxiliary oxygen to the firing space. The holes () for supply of a stream of auxiliary oxygen to the firing space are connected to the secondary space (). The secondary space () is connected to the annular space (). There is a further proposal of a process for preparing acetylene and synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen.

The invention relates to a process for parallel preparation of hydrogen and one or more carbonaceous products, in which hydrocarbons are introduced into a reaction space (R) and decomposed thermally to carbon and hydrogen in the presence of carbon-rich pellets (W). It is a feature of the invention that at least a portion of the thermal energy required for the hydrocarbon decomposition is introduced into the reaction space (R) by means of a gaseous heat carrier.

Method for the parallel production of hydrogen and carbon-containing products

Process for the production of synthesis gas (), in which methane and carbon dioxide () are introduced into a reaction space (R) and reacted in the presence of a solid (W) at elevated temperatures to give hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Methane and carbon dioxide are passed through a carbon-containing granular material (W) and reacted in a high-temperature zone (H).

Process for production of synthesis gas

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