PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR REACTING ORGANIC MATERIALS TO GIVE HYDROGEN GAS

摘要

A device for reacting an organic starting material to yield a gas that includes hydrogen has a feed device, a tubular furnace with an entry zone, an interior space, an axis of rotation and an exit side, and a water feed arranged by the feed device or entry zone and controllable as a function of the content of hydrogen in the gas mixture. The feed device feeds the starting material in the region of the entry zone into the interior space of the tubular furnace, from which a solid material and a gas mixture is discharged. The tubular furnace has a compensator for different thermal expansions of a first zone and a second zone. A gas-conducting system includes a gas monitor for the content of hydrogen in the gas mixture.

主权项

1. An apparatus for reacting an organic starting material to yield a gas rich in hydrogen, with the device comprising:
a feed device, a tubular furnace defining an interior space about an axis of rotation and an exit side disposed downstream along the axis of rotation from an entry zone, a water feed which is arranged in the region of at least one of the feed device and entry zone and configured to permit the addition of water to the starting material, wherein the feed device and the tubular furnace are arranged and designed in such a way that via the feed device it is possible to feed the starting material in the region of the entry zone into the interior space of the tubular furnace, and a solid material as well as gas mixture can be discharged at the exit side of the tubular furnace,wherein:
the tubular furnace defines a first zone and a second zone, the first zone being in a region between the entry zone and the second zone and the second zone being in a region between the first zone and the exit side, the tubular furnace includes a compensator which is designed for the compensation of different thermally-induced expansions of the first zone and the second zone, a gas-conducting system designed for conducing the gas mixture onward is arranged at the exit side of the tubular furnace, a gas monitor is arranged in the region of the gas-conducting system, wherein the gas monitor is designed to monitor the content of hydrogen in the gas mixture, andwherein the water feed and the gas monitor are configured so that the water feed is regulated as a function of the content of hydrogen in the gas mixture.