摘要 |
<p>A hydrocarbon (2), such as, for example, methane is burned by oxidation, producing heat energy. For this purpose, the hydrocarbon is not brought directly to a combustion reaction stage (11), but to a separation reaction stage (17) and following that, as the case may be, to a catalytic reaction stage (18). In the separation reaction stage the hydrocarbon is transformed into a synthetic gas (4) together with the carbon dioxide (3) stemming from the combustion reaction stage. The synthetic gas is partly (46) burned with an oxidation medium (7) for example, air, in the combustion reaction stage. Another part (4a) of the synthetic gas is transformed in the catalytic reaction stage into an oxygen-containing carbon compound (5). For special purposes the latter is removed from the cyclic process.</p> |