Method/apparatus for making a treating gas for the thermal treatment of a metallic product

摘要

Production of CO- and H2- rich treating gas for treating metallic material comprises: liberating a waste gas from water originating form hydrocarbon gas combustion; mixing a hydrocarbon gas with this gas; and reacting the CO2 obtained with the hydrocarbon gas catalytically under heat supply to a CO- and H2- rich treating-/reaction gas. The hydrocarbon gas combustion is carried out with pure O2 or O2- rich air. Also claimed is a heat treatment apparatus comprising a heater (H,A) operating with pure O2 or O2- rich air, whose waste gas outlet is connected with a steam separator (W) whose product gas outlet is connected to a catalyst. Further claimed is a catalyst retort comprising: (a) a central heating burner (A); (b) a surrounding waste gas recycling channel (2); (c) a catalyst layer (3) surrounding the channel; and (d) a channel (4) surrounding the catalyst layer with opening(s) (D) to remove treating gas, and an O2- gas supply (20 in the channel to treat treating gas in channel (4).