A CONVERTER FOR PRODUCING A HYDROGEN-CONTAINING SYNTHESIS GAS

A computational thermodynamic and experimental investigation of the characteristics of a model of a converter
for producing a hydrogen-containing synthesis gas from a hydrocarbon fuel (kerosene) with its separate delivery to
thermal-oxidative and steam conversions has been carried out. It is shown that the optimum conditions of converter
operation correspond to the oxidant excess coeffi cient in the converter′s combustion chamber α > 0.5 at a temperature
of the heat-transmitting wall (made from a heat-resistant KhN78T alloy (ÉI 435)) of 1200 K in the case of using a
nickel corrugated tape catalyst. The content of hydrogen in the synthesis gas attains in this case 60 vol.%, and there
is no release of carbon (soot) in the conversion products as well as no need for water cooling of the converter walls.
A computational thermodynamic and experimental investigation of the characteristics of a model of a converter
for producing a hydrogen-containing synthesis gas from a hydrocarbon fuel (kerosene) with its separate delivery to
thermal-oxidative and steam conversions has been carried out. It is shown that the optimum conditions of converter
operation correspond to the oxidant excess coeffi cient in the converter′s combustion chamber α > 0.5 at a temperature
of the heat-transmitting wall (made from a heat-resistant KhN78T alloy (ÉI 435)) of 1200 K in the case of using a
nickel corrugated tape catalyst. The content of hydrogen in the synthesis gas attains in this case 60 vol.%, and there
is no release of carbon (soot) in the conversion products as well as no need for water cooling of the converter walls.
Author:  Yu. P. Malkov, O. N. Molchanov, B. K. Britov, and I. A. Fedorov
Keywords:  converter, reactor, catalyst, hydrogen-containing synthesis gas, hydrocarbon fuel, thermal-oxidative and steam conversions
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