Method and apparatus for plasma-catalytic conversion of fossil fuels into a hydrogen-rich gas

摘要

The method involves pre-heating the raw materials, fuel and water, which have been previously evaporated in corresponding evaporators (EC, EA) and the air coming from the corresponding feeder (AA) in a heat exchanger (IC). From said exchanger, the materials are fed into an input chamber (CE), then to a mixing chamber (CM) and finally to a plasma-catalytic reactor (RQ) assisted by a microwave generator (GM). The corresponding synthesis gas (GS) that is used as heat source in the heat exchanger (IC) is obtained from the plasma-catalytic reactor in which the plasma acts as catalyst accelerating the conversion of fossil fuel into synthesis gas.