REFORMING OF HYDROCARBON GAS WITH SOLAR ENERGY

摘要

A method and system for reforming hydrocarbon gas, which includes stripping from the hydrocarbon gas at least most of gaseous impurities of a type and/or quantity which would normally interfere with efficient catalytic reforming in order to provide stripped hydrocarbon gas including carbon dioxide optionally compressing the stripped hydrocarbon gas to provide compressed stripped hydrocarbon gas, and reacting the stripped hydrocarbon gas in a solar radiation receiving reactor having a catalyst that is heated by concentrated solar radiation impinging thereon, thereby providing an output gas mixture comprising hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide. The invention also includes a method and system for reforming hydrocarbons in a solar radiation receiver reactor, and such a system that also includes a certification system for certifying the amount and composition of the output gas mixture.