Abrégé

The current invention relates to a reactor module for converting chemical compounds into materials, gases or energy, wherein the reactor module is suitable for axial stacking, comprising: one or more reaction chambers, one or more exhaust channels, and one or more flow channels for conducting a flow of reactant gas comprising chemical compounds, wherein, said flow channel is connected to one or more reaction chambers by a tangential channel, wherein said tangential channel is connected to the reaction chamber tangentially to its circular cross-section, and wherein said tangential channel is suitable for directing the flow of reactant gas or part of the flow of reactant gas into the reaction chamber. The invention also relates to a reactor stack comprising two or more aforementioned reactor modules axially stacked. The invention also relates to the use of aforementioned module or a stack of modules for gas conversion.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01J 19/08 - Procédés utilisant l'application directe de l'énergie ondulatoire ou électrique, ou un rayonnement particulaireAppareils à cet usage
• B01J 19/24 - Réacteurs fixes sans élément interne mobile

Abrégé

The current invention relates to a reactor module for converting chemical compounds into materials, gases or energy, wherein the reactor module is suitable for contiguous radial stacking, comprising: a reaction chamber and at least one inlet pressure chamber, wherein at least one tangential flow channel, connected to said inlet pressure chamber, wherein said tangential flow channel is further connected to the reaction chamber tangentially to its circular cross-section, wherein said tangential channel is suitable for directing the flow of reactant gas into the reaction chamber. The invention also relates to a reactor stack comprising two or more reactor modules contiguously stacked in the radial plane. The invention also relates to the use of aforementioned module or a stack of modules for gas conversion.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01J 19/24 - Réacteurs fixes sans élément interne mobile
• B01J 19/08 - Procédés utilisant l'application directe de l'énergie ondulatoire ou électrique, ou un rayonnement particulaireAppareils à cet usage

Abrégé

Present application discloses a method for converting CO2 to CO, comprising: supplying CO2 to a gliding arc plasma reactor, said gliding arc plasma reactor comprising multiple parallel electrode pairings, and igniting a plasma in said gliding arc plasma reactor; operating said gliding arc plasma reactor at a pressure Po of at least 0.95 atm; and operating said gliding arc plasma reactor at a specific energy input SEI between 4.5 and 7.0 kJ / L CO2.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01J 19/08 - Procédés utilisant l'application directe de l'énergie ondulatoire ou électrique, ou un rayonnement particulaireAppareils à cet usage
• C01B 32/40 - Oxyde de carbone

Abrégé

The present invention concerns a method for oxidizing reactant sulfur(S) and/or reactant sulfur dioxide (SO2) by means of carbon dioxide (CO2), comprising the steps of: a) decomposing CO2 to form carbonyl (CO) radicals and oxygen (O) radicals by igniting a plasma in a plasma process fluid stream comprising said CO2: b) contacting reactant sulfur and/or reactant sulfur dioxide with said oxygen radicals, thereby: oxidizing said reactant sulfur to product sulfur dioxide and/or product sulfur trioxide (SO3), and/or oxidizing said reactant sulfur dioxide to product sulfur trioxide, thereby obtaining an outlet fluid stream comprising said product sulfur dioxide and/or said product sulfur trioxide.

Classes IPC  ?

• C01B 17/74 - Préparation
• B01J 19/08 - Procédés utilisant l'application directe de l'énergie ondulatoire ou électrique, ou un rayonnement particulaireAppareils à cet usage
• C01B 17/50 - Préparation de l'anhydride sulfureux
• C01B 32/40 - Oxyde de carbone

Abrégé

The present invention concerns a method for producing carbon monoxide (CO), comprising the steps of: providing a gaseous initial input stream comprising carbon dioxide (CO2) to a plasma zone: at least partially converting said CO2 to CO by: (a) igniting a plasma in the plasma zone: (b) extracting an output stream from the plasma zone, said output stream comprising less CO2 than said first stream, and recycling said output stream as a gaseous input stream to said plasma zone and further converting CO2 to CO by performing steps (a) and (b), thereby obtaining a final output stream comprising more CO and less CO2 than the initial input stream.

Classes IPC  ?

• C01B 32/40 - Oxyde de carbone
• C21B 5/00 - Fabrication de la fonte brute dans les hauts fourneaux
• C21B 5/06 - Utilisation des gaz de sortie des hauts fourneaux

Abrégé

The current invention relates to a method for producing CO from CO2, comprising the steps of: providing process gas comprising CO2, and optionally CO, to a plasma jet generator; igniting a plasma in the process gas by the plasma jet generator, thereby obtaining a plasma jet comprising CO and O species; introducing the plasma jet into a carbon reaction chamber; extracting product gas from the reaction chamber, said product gas comprising said CO and CO2 and recycling at least part of the product gas and providing said product gas comprising CO and CO2 to a plasma jet generator. The invention also relates to a system for converting CO2 to CO, comprising: a carbon reaction chamber and a plasma jet generator, wherein said gas outlet of the reaction chamber is in fluid communication with the process gas inlet of a plasma jet generator.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01J 4/00 - Dispositifs d'alimentationDispositifs de commande d'alimentation ou d'évacuation
• B01D 53/62 - Oxydes de carbone
• B01J 15/00 - Procédés chimiques généraux faisant réagir des milieux gazeux avec des solides non particulaires, p. ex. des matériaux en feuillesAppareillage spécialement adapté à cet effet
• B01J 19/08 - Procédés utilisant l'application directe de l'énergie ondulatoire ou électrique, ou un rayonnement particulaireAppareils à cet usage
• B01J 19/24 - Réacteurs fixes sans élément interne mobile
• B01J 19/18 - Réacteurs fixes avec éléments internes mobiles
• B01J 19/00 - Procédés chimiques, physiques ou physico-chimiques en généralAppareils appropriés
• C01B 17/50 - Préparation de l'anhydride sulfureux
• C01B 17/74 - Préparation
• C01B 32/40 - Oxyde de carbone

Classes IPC  ?

• B01J 19/08 - Procédés utilisant l'application directe de l'énergie ondulatoire ou électrique, ou un rayonnement particulaireAppareils à cet usage
• B01J 19/24 - Réacteurs fixes sans élément interne mobile

Abrégé

The current invention relates to a reactor module for converting chemical compounds into materials, gases or energy, wherein the reactor module is suitable for axial stacking, comprising: one or more reaction chambers, one or more exhaust channels, and one or more flow channels for conducting a flow of reactant gas comprising chemical compounds, wherein, said flow channel is connected to one or more reaction chambers by a tangential channel, wherein said tangential channel is connected to the reaction chamber tangentially to its circular cross-section, and wherein said tangential channel is suitable for directing the flow of reactant gas or part of the flow of reactant gas into the reaction chamber. The invention also relates to a reactor stack comprising two or more aforementioned reactor modules axially stacked. The invention also relates to the use of aforementioned module or a stack of modules for gas conversion.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01J 19/24 - Réacteurs fixes sans élément interne mobile
• B01J 19/08 - Procédés utilisant l'application directe de l'énergie ondulatoire ou électrique, ou un rayonnement particulaireAppareils à cet usage

Abrégé

The current invention relates to a reactor module for converting chemical compounds into materials, gases or energy, wherein the reactor module is suitable for contiguous radial stacking, comprising: a reaction chamber and at least one inlet pressure chamber, wherein at least one tangential flow channel, connected to said inlet pressure chamber, wherein said tangential flow channel is further connected to the reaction chamber tangentially to its circular cross-section, wherein said tangential channel is suitable for directing the flow of reactant gas into the reaction chamber. The invention also relates to a reactor stack comprising two or more reactor modules contiguously stacked in the radial plane. The invention also relates to the use of aforementioned module or a stack of modules for gas conversion.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01J 19/24 - Réacteurs fixes sans élément interne mobile
• B01J 19/08 - Procédés utilisant l'application directe de l'énergie ondulatoire ou électrique, ou un rayonnement particulaireAppareils à cet usage

Abrégé

The present disclosure relates to a device for gas conversion comprising a plasma reactor and a chamber configured for receiving a gas flow of converted and unconverted feed gas evacuated from the plasma reactor. The chamber comprises a supply throughput for filling the chamber with solid reactant material so as to form the fixed bed of solid reactant material, and at least one gas exhaust window for extracting a product gas. The device for gas conversion further comprises a silo for storing a stock of the solid reactant material and a connecting tube connecting a bottom opening of the silo with the supply throughput of the chamber. The silo and the connecting tube are configured such that, when the device is in operation and solid reactant material is being depleted in the chamber, a flow of solid reactant material from the silo to the chamber is induced so as to maintain the chamber filled with solid reactant material, and wherein the flow of solid reactant material from the silo to the chamber is induced by a gravitational force or at least partly by a gravitational force. The present disclosure also relates to a method for gas-conversion.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01J 8/00 - Procédés chimiques ou physiques en général, conduits en présence de fluides et de particules solidesAppareillage pour de tels procédés
• B01J 8/02 - Procédés chimiques ou physiques en général, conduits en présence de fluides et de particules solidesAppareillage pour de tels procédés avec des particules immobiles, p. ex. dans des lits fixes
• B01J 19/08 - Procédés utilisant l'application directe de l'énergie ondulatoire ou électrique, ou un rayonnement particulaireAppareils à cet usage
• C10K 1/00 - Purification des gaz combustibles contenant de l'oxyde de carbone

Abrégé

The present invention concerns a method for oxidizing reactant sulfur (S) and/or reactant sulfur dioxide (SO2) by means of carbon dioxide (CO2), comprising the steps of: a) decomposing CO2 to form carbonyl (CO) radicals and oxygen (O) radicals by igniting a plasma in a plasma process fluid stream comprising said CO2; b) contacting reactant sulfur and/or reactant sulfur dioxide with said oxygen radicals, thereby: oxidizing said reactant sulfur to product sulfur dioxide and/or product sulfur trioxide (SO3), and/or oxidizing said reactant sulfur dioxide to product sulfur trioxide, thereby obtaining an outlet fluid stream comprising said product sulfur dioxide and/or said product sulfur trioxide.

Classes IPC  ?

• C01B 17/50 - Préparation de l'anhydride sulfureux
• C01B 17/74 - Préparation
• C01B 32/40 - Oxyde de carbone
• C01B 32/50 - Anhydride carbonique

Abrégé

The present invention concerns a method for producing carbon monoxide (CO), comprising the steps of: providing a gaseous initial input stream comprising carbon dioxide (CO2) to a plasma zone; at least partially converting said CO2 to CO by: (a) igniting a plasma in the plasma zone; (b) extracting an output stream from the plasma zone, said output stream comprising less CO2 than said first stream, and recycling said output stream as a gaseous input stream to said plasma zone and further converting CO2 to CO by performing steps (a) and (b), thereby obtaining a final output stream comprising more CO and less CO2 than the initial input stream.

Classes IPC  ?

• C01B 32/40 - Oxyde de carbone
• C01B 32/50 - Anhydride carbonique
• C21B 13/00 - Fabrication de fer spongieux ou d'acier liquide par des procédés directs
• C21B 5/00 - Fabrication de la fonte brute dans les hauts fourneaux
• C21B 5/06 - Utilisation des gaz de sortie des hauts fourneaux