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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
May. 28, 2020
Basf SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Thyssenkrupp Ag, Essen, DE;
Thyssenkrupp Uhde Gmbh, Dortmund, DE;
Frederik Scheiff, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Marc Leduc, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Grigorios Kolios, Ludwigshafen, DE;
William Daloz, Beachwood, OH (US);
Karsten Bueker, Dortmund, DE;
Nicolai Antweiler, Essen, DE;
Andreas Bode, Ludwigshafen, DE;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
thyssenkrupp AG, Essen, DE;
thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH, Dortmund, DE;
Abstract
An integrated process contains the following steps of: (i) pyrolysis of hydrocarbons to carbon and hydrogen, (iia) removal of at least a part of the produced carbon in step (i) and at least partly further processing of said carbon into a carbon containing electrode, and (iib) removal of the hydrogen produced in step (i) and at least partly using said hydrogen for providing energy, preferably electric energy or heat, for the electrode production in step (iia). A joint plant is also useful, which contains (a) at least one reactor for a pyrolysis process, (b) at least one reactor for the production of electrodes for an aluminum process, (c) a power plant and/or at least one gas-fired burner, and optionally, (d) at least one reactor for the electrolysis for producing aluminum.