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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2010
Manfred Baldauf, Erlangen, DE;
Carsten Graeber, Erlangen, DE;
Marc Hanebuth, Hamburg, DE;
Gerhard Zimmermann, Höchstadt/Aisch, DE;
Manfred Baldauf, Erlangen, DE;
Carsten Graeber, Erlangen, DE;
Marc Hanebuth, Hamburg, DE;
Gerhard Zimmermann, Höchstadt/Aisch, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Abstract
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.