Process and reactor for producing synthesis gas

US9561483B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude · FR
• Lurgi GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Matthias Mueller-Hagedorn · Karlsruhe, DE
• Katja Bartels · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Frederic Judas · Le Plessis-Robinson, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: May 7, 2012
• Grant date: Feb 7, 2017
• Expiry date: May 7, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C10J2200/152
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

For producing synthesis gas by autothermal reformation of gaseous, liquid and/or solid fuels, the fuel is reacted with an oxidizing agent in a reaction space at a pressure of 10 to 120 bar and a reaction space temperature of 800 to 2,000° C. to obtain synthesis gas, wherein the oxidizing agent is introduced centrally in the upper region of the reaction space and wherein a flame is formed in the reaction space. The oxidizing agent is introduced into the reaction space separate from the fuel.