Abstract:
A method for producing carbon monoxide comprises allowing carbon-providing particles to flow downwardly under gravity flow as a particle bed through a reaction zone; heating the particles in the reaction zone to a temperature of at least 800 °C; feeding a feed gas stream comprising carbon dioxide through the reaction zone in counter current to the particles flow, whereby carbon-depleted particles are obtained; withdrawing the carbon-depleted particles from the reaction zone; and withdrawing a product gas stream comprising carbon monoxide from the reaction zone. The process allows for improved heat integration.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for performing endothermic process, characterized in that the annual average total energy required for the endothermic process originates from at least two different energy sources. One of the energy sources is an electrical energy source, the power of which varies between 0 and 100% of the required total power, and three different energy modes individually can provide the total required power for the endothermic process: (i) exclusively electrical energy, (ii) a mixture of electrical energy and at least one additional non-energy source, or (iii) exclusively non-electrical energy. The transition time in which the change from one energy mode to another energy mode is completed 30 minutes at most.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a reactor for the photocatalytic treatment of liquid or gas currents, comprising a pipe which the current to be treated flows through. At least one light source, at least one planar means M1 and at least one planar means M2 are arranged inside said pipe, wherein M1 has at least one photocatalytically active material and M2 reflects the light radiation emitted from the at least one light source. The reflective surface of the at least one means M2 and the inner wall of the pipe together form an angle that is greater than or equal to 0°, such that the light emitted from the light source is reflected from the at least one means M2 onto the photocatalytically active material. The invention further relates to a method for the photocatalytic treatment of liquid or gas currents by irradiation of light in the reactor according to the invention.