EP2867583A2 - Process for obtaining thermal energy by the combustion of hydrogen in admixture with carbon oxides, nitrogen oxides and/or sulphur oxides and installation for the application of the process - Google Patents
Process for obtaining thermal energy by the combustion of hydrogen in admixture with carbon oxides, nitrogen oxides and/or sulphur oxides and installation for the application of the processInfo
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- EP2867583A2 EP2867583A2 EP12832772.3A EP12832772A EP2867583A2 EP 2867583 A2 EP2867583 A2 EP 2867583A2 EP 12832772 A EP12832772 A EP 12832772A EP 2867583 A2 EP2867583 A2 EP 2867583A2
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Definitions
- the subject-matter of the invention is a process for obtaining thermal energy by the combustion of hydrogen in admixture with carbon oxides, nitrogen oxides and/or sulphur oxides in the presence of a magnesium catalyst and an adequate installation for the application of this process.
- the process for obtaining the thermal energy by the combustion of hydrogen in admixture with carbon oxides, nitrogen oxides and/or sulphur oxides in the presence of a magnesium catalyst is based on the reaction between hydrogen and oxygen with the formation of water and the spontaneous release of the atom of carbon, nitrogen and/or sulphur, the thermal energy obtained by this process being well controlled in a simple, reliable, efficient and highly secure installation which may contribute to substantially lowering the emissions from the atmosphere or any gas mixture, e.g. carbon dioxide which is in excess in nature, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and/or sulphur oxides, especially sulphur dioxide, from industrial gas mixtures, the claimed process having domestic and industrial applications as well.
- any gas mixture e.g. carbon dioxide which is in excess in nature, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and/or sulphur oxides, especially sulphur dioxide
- the carbon dioxide may be used in the process of combustion as such or in admixture with other substances, for example oxygen, nitrogen, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, sulphur oxides, offering the possibility to reduce the carbon, nitrogen and/or sulphur oxides to carbon, nitrogen and/or sulphur.
- other substances for example oxygen, nitrogen, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, sulphur oxides, offering the possibility to reduce the carbon, nitrogen and/or sulphur oxides to carbon, nitrogen and/or sulphur.
- the global heating caused by the increase of the concentrations of gases with greenhouse effect in the atmosphere constitutes a major concern related to the air quality.
- the carbon dioxide is the most abundant gas with greenhouse effect released by the combustion of the fossil fuels used for heating, producing electricity and transport, being responsible for the most of the climate changes.
- a major alternative to using fossil fuels for obtaining energy is constituted by the power engineering based on hydrogen.
- Object of some high specificity uses in the chemical industry, electronic and spatial industries for more than three decades, hydrogen also attracted the interest of the public authorities and of the research organizations as well as that of business people as clean fuel for the means of transportation or as a source for generating electric energy.
- Hydrogen is the cleanest fuel as far as the environment is concerned (by the combustion of hydrogen there results only water) and at the same time the most efficient energy carrier, having an energetic content per weight unit of 2.1 times higher than that of the natural gases. Hydrogen is also the most versatile renewable energy source, being used anywhere in the world, independently of the traditional energy resources, as fuel for the engines of all types of vehicles, as well as for the thermal installations which serve a wide range of uses (dwellings, buildings, localities etc) as well as for supplying the fuel cells which produce electric energy without pollution, having a wide variety of applications, including electronics, telecommunications and information technology.
- the flame temperature and the propagation speed thereof are dependent on the combustion mixture composition, this composition being able to determine the increase of the flame size and the lowering of the speed thereof.
- the combustion mixture composition shall be optimized with great care. Hydrogen combustion involves, as a rule, more frequent burners maintenance works, since the rapid combustion often makes possible the contact of the flame with the burner components, leading to the rapid degradation thereof.
- the inadequately designed hydrogen burners vibrate and produce noise. More important is the fact that in such inadequately designed burners the flame may be very unstable and may detach from the burner. Some burners' producers limit the hydrogen concentration to 90-95%, the difference being constituted by methane. Worldwide recognized remarkable results were obtained by the American Company Coen of California. There was reported the designing and commencing the operation of some boilers in the range of 250,000 lb/h (113.5 t/h) by using 95% hydrogen as fuel with Coen burners, as well as the fact that this company may produce burners to burn 100% hydrogen in Rentech or Babcock&Wilcox type steam boilers.
- Taiwanese company De Fu Technology currently produces "hydrogen-oxygen" burners with maximum thermal capacity of 250,000 kcal/h meant for boilers, heat treatment furnaces and to other applications (www.dfb.com.tw).
- the operation temperature shall be maintained below 650°C.
- the project of installing two steam boilers to use the hydrogen in excess and in case of need the hydrogen availability as product in excess not being constant] the natural gas or black oil necessitated a period of 14 months to be finalized.
- the benefits increasing from a year to another due to the increase in fuel prices were estimated to 2.5 million of USD annually.
- the PCT patent application WO 2009/068424 Al (applicant Alstom Technology Ltd, Switzerland] which is an improved version of the PCT patent application WO 2006/058843 Al, discloses a transition sector coupled upstream with the vortex generator and a mixing sector, coupled upstream with the transition sector and coupled downstream with the combustion chamber.
- the PCT patent application WO 2007/021053 Al [applicant Daum Energy Co. Ltd of South Korea] discloses a burner for gaseous hydrogen and a system for supplying heat, which employs this burner. The hydrogen is generated in situ in an electrolytic cell by the electrolysis of an aqueous solution and it is filtered before use.
- the burner according to this invention may be used in a domestic cooking installation.
- the PCT patent application WO 2006/136316 Al discloses a catalytic hydrogen burner, operating in reliable conditions at low temperatures (about 300°C), without flame.
- a first catalyst for priming the hydrogen oxidation in the air flow at the ambient temperature is followed by other catalysts located downstream in the combustion chamber for further sustaining the oxidation.
- the employed air is purified and supplied by a compressor.
- the burner is conceived to offer a heat source for the residential systems of supplying warm and/or heating water.
- the PCT patent application WO 2006/058843 Al discloses a method and a device for the combustion of a gaseous fuel containing hydrogen or consisting of hydrogen.
- the burner is provided with a vortex generator, the gaseous fuel being introduced axially and/or coaxially therein, the air stream necessary for the combustion is tangentially introduced and it is rotary.
- the hydrogen is mixed with air and burnt in a combustion chamber on a catalyst (for example palladium, platinum), at a low temperature (200-450°C) without flame.
- Hydrogen is supplied at a low pressure, preferably 20 millibar.
- the combustion chamber is surrounded by a heat exchanger crossed by the flue gases, the heat released upon combustion being taken over by a circuit of cooling water.
- the heated water may be stored in a tank and used in case of need.
- Hydrogen may be produced in situ by electrolysis or may be taken from storage cylinders after lowering the pressure.
- the patent protected burner is conceived to equip a system of providing warm water to buildings. When warm water is not required, the hydrogen may be accumulated in metal hydrides and stored.
- the process claimed by the present invention is a process for obtaining thermal energy by the combustion of hydrogen in admixture with carbon oxides, nitrogen oxides and/or sulphur oxides, in the presence of a magnesium catalyst which is a mixture of magnesium chips and powder, which eliminates the previously mentioned disadvantages.
- the subject-matter of the invention is a process for obtaining thermal energy by the combustion of hydrogen in admixture with carbon oxides, nitrogen oxides and/or sulphur oxides, wherein, in a first stage, the hydrogen combustion is carried out in the presence of the magnesium catalyst consisting of a a mixture of magnesium chips and powder, in an enclosure with orifices for discharging the gases and the carbon atoms and/or the sulphur atoms when sulphur oxides are present in the mixture, with the formation of MgO and water, and in a second stage, the magnesium is regenerated within the same enclosure by introducing extra hydrogen.
- the two stages are carried out according to the following reactions:
- COx may be carbon monoxide or dioxide, or a mixture thereof.
- N x O y may be any nitrogen oxide, for example nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, nitrous oxide, nitrogen trioxide, nitrogen tetroxide, nitrogen pentoxide and the like or any mixture thereof.
- S0 X may be any sulphur oxide, for example sulphur dioxide or sulphur trioxide, especially sulphur dioxide which is present in the waste gases form thermal power plants which use fossil fuels.
- the invention refers to a process for obtaining thermal energy by the combustion of hydrogen in admixture with carbon dioxide, wherein in a first stage, the hydrogen combustion is carried out in the presence of the magnesium catalyst consisting of a a mixture of magnesium chips and powder, in an enclosure with orifices for discharging the gases and the carbon atoms, with the formation of MgO and water, and in a second stage, the magnesium is regenerated within the same enclosure by introducing extra hydrogen.
- the two stages are carried out according to the following reactions:
- the process of the invention having a substantial impact upon the decrease in the air pollution by eliminating said oxides.
- the carbon, nitrogen and/or sulphur oxides are generally found in the combustion gases from the thermal power plants where fossil fuels are used.
- the installation for combustion of hydrogen in admixture with carbon oxides, nitrogen oxides and/or sulphur oxides eliminates the disadvantages of the technical solutions previously presented by that it consists of a stainless steel housing (1), for example a stainless pipe, whereupon there is secured a cover (3) connected to a hydrogen supplying conduit (2), within the housing there being comprised:
- a chamber for homogenization of the hydrogen in admixture with carbon oxides, nitrogen oxides and/or sulphur oxides (M3) which is formed between a cover (9) made of stainless steel and a catalyst chamber (14), said chamber for homogenization of hydrogen in admixture with carbon oxides, nitrogen oxides and/or sulphur oxides (M3) containing quartz sand or hexagon-shaped quartz crystals, hereinafter called quartz layer (18) in the present description;
- a catalyst chamber (14) wherein there is a magnesium catalyst (13) which is a mixture of magnesium chips and powder, the magnesium powder being arranged towards the inner side of the enclosure, and the magnesium chips being arranged to the outer side around the magnesium powder, this special arrangement determining the lowering of the hydrogen flow velocity and maintaining the magnesium powder in the catalyst chamber (14);
- pipes (7), (8) manufactured from copper or stainless steel, which serve for the transport and the uniform distribution of the hydrogen - pipes (7) and respectively of the gas mixture comprising carbon oxides, nitrogen oxides and/or sulphur oxides - pipes (8), on the surface of the quartz layer (18) and of the catalyst (13);
- the homogenization deflector is a part that may be made of sheet metal, with a configuration which ensures the swirling of the gaseous mixture;
- o fig. 1 the installation for the combustion of hydrogen in admixture with carbon dioxide
- o fig. 2 a cross-section through the installation for the combustion of hydrogen in admixture with carbon dioxide;
- the process for obtaining thermal energy by the combustion of hydrogen in admixture with carbon dioxide involves, in a first stage, the combustion of hydrogen in the presence of the magnesium catalyst as a mixture of magnesium chips and magnesium powder, in an enclosure with orifices for discharging the gases and the carbon atoms, while forming MgO and water, and in a second stage, the magnesium regeneration in the same enclosure by introducing extra hydrogen.
- the combustion takes place at the surface of the layer of magnesium chips, where hydrogen is combined with oxygen and the carbon atom is released, the layer of magnesium chips being arranged to the outer side of the layer of magnesium powder which is placed at the inner side of the enclosure.
- Magnesium has the tendency to oxidize, but it is regenerated by introducing hydrogen into the enclosure, which leads to the release of the oxygen atom towards the hydrogen atom.
- Both the magnesium oxidation and the hydrogen oxidation are strongly exothermal reactions which lead to a higher output of the energetic balance as against the loss of energy necessary to decompose the carbon dioxide.
- the catalyst and the maximum allowable flow rate of CO 2 ensure the lowering of the H2 combustion rate to about the combustion rate of the methane (37-45 m/s) and the quartz layer ensures the homogenization of the mixture of H2 and CO2 and stops the flame when the hydrogen supply is stopped (it does not allow the propagation of the flame into the 3 ⁇ 4 supply circuit).
- the process for obtaining the thermal energy by the combustion of hydrogen in admixture with carbon dioxide according to the invention may have various domestic or industrial applications.
- valve of the conduit for the supply with the C0 2 containing mixture is opened up to ensuring an optimum hydrogen : carbon dioxide molar ratio of at least 2 : 1.
- a pilot flame with methane brought through a supply conduit is ignited by means of a piezoelectric installation, the pilot flame being directed perpendicular to the hydrogen burner axis;
- the hydrogen supply valve is opened progressively up to the maximum flow rate, which, depending on the installation type, may vary from a few m 3 /h to several thousands of m 3 /h;
- valve of the conduit for the supply with the CO2 containing mixture is opened progressively up to ensuring the molar ratio H2 : CO2 of at least 2 : 1 (for two moles of H2 a maximum of one mole of CO2 is allowed - according to the chemical reaction).
- the operation of stopping the installation is carried out in reverse order as against the starting operation, namely: stopping the supply with CO2 containing mixture, stopping the H2 supply, stopping the methane pilot flame.
- the industrial installations will also be provided with two optical sensors for the pilot flame and for the H2 and CO2 mixture flame which enters a special automatization scheme which is not the object of the present invention and it is known, being carried out by specialists based on the work sequences presented above.
- the installation is cooled by means of an air stream blown by a fan, which is directed into a chamber which allows cooling the installation presented in figure 1.
- the heated air is swirled through a frustoconical space inside the burner furnace.
- the housing for directing the warm air into the boiler is provided with a circuit which contains a filler made from copper pipes which ensures the heat transfer to the ventilated air.
- the installation claimed by the invention both in the variant used in the domestic field and in the variant used in the industrial field solves the problem of the combustion of hydrogen in admixture with carbon dioxide or other oxides as described above, by means of a catalyst consisting of magnesium chips and powder, which allows to obtain carbon atoms and thus contributes to eliminating the carbon dioxide in excess in nature, in conditions of maximum security, according to the claimed process.
- the installation claimed by the invention consists of a housing [1] made of stainless steel, for example a pipe made of stainless steel, whereupon a cover (3) is fixed, said cover (3) being connected to a conduit for supplying hydrogen (2), inside the housing (1) there being contained:
- a chamber for homogenization of the hydrogen in admixture with the carbon dioxide (M3) which is formed between a cover (9] made of stainless steel and the chamber for the catalyst (14), this chamber for the homogenization of the hydrogen in admixture with the carbon dioxide (M3) containing the quartz layer (18); the quartz sand or the quartz crystals in the quartz layer (18) may have a grain size of 0.8-2 mm;
- a catalyst chamber (14) inside which there is a magnesium catalyst (13) which is a mixture of magnesium chips and powder, the magnesium powder being arranged towards the inner side of the enclosure, and the magnesium chips towards the outer side around the magnesium as powder, this special arrangement determining the lowering of the hydrogen rate of flow;
- the catalyst chamber (14) may be made from a stainless steel gauze, for example with perforations of 50 ⁇ wherein the magnesium catalyst (13) is contained as a mixture of magnesium chips and powder in the mentioned arrangement;
- the homogenization deflector is a part that can be made of sheet metal, for example stainless steel, with a configuration which ensures a swirling motion of the gaseous mixture;
- FIG. 1 An example of arranging the pipes (7) and (8) inside the housing (1) can be seen in figure 2.
- An example of securing the catalyst chamber (14) with the Mg element which has the role of catalyst, can be seen in figure 3, the securing being made in this case with a nut (11), a gasket (12) and a resilient element (15).
- a preferred example for the shape and for securing the deflector (16) is given in figure 4, and in figure 5, respectively.
- the bolt made of stainless steel (19) has a tight fit for fixing in the pipe for the distribution of CO2 and it is provided with holes to allow the CO2 to enter the quartz layer (18).
- the Mg catalyst is present both as chips and as powder and occupies the catalyst chamber (14), which may be made of a perforated sieve.
- the Mg chips/Mg powder mass ratio may vary from 5/1 to 4/1.
- CO2 is also uniformly distributed through the pipes (8). These are secured to the covers (6) and (9), for example by expanding or welding, depending on the employed material (for example copper or stainless steel).
- the catalyst [13) which ensures the oxygen transfer from the carbon dioxide (CO2) to hydrogen (H2) may have some losses which periodically require the completion thereof in the catalyst chamber (14), for example through the conduit (17).
- the cold air blown by a fan equipping the thermal boiler which is not represented in the drawings, is directed into a chamber which allows to cool the installation described in figure 1, then the heated air is swirled through a frustoconical space in which there are welded fins made of sheet metal (27) inside the boiler furnace (20).
- the housing (22) is provided with a circuit containing supply pipes (23), for example in number of 12 pieces and may contain copper pipe filler (26), for example a pipe of 10 mm with the wall thickness of 1 mm, cut to the length of 10 mm, which ensures the heat transfer from the housing to the ventilated air.
- supply pipes for example in number of 12 pieces and may contain copper pipe filler (26), for example a pipe of 10 mm with the wall thickness of 1 mm, cut to the length of 10 mm, which ensures the heat transfer from the housing to the ventilated air.
- a pilot flame through a supply conduit (25) and a piezoelectric system (21) for igniting the flame.
- carbon dioxide in concentrations higher than 98-99% is not available
- carbon dioxide in gaseous mixture for example in admixture with oxygen and nitrogen or with nitrogen oxides.
- the gas may additionally contain sulphur dioxide, for example when waste gases form thermal power plants which use fossil fuels are employed.
- An installation having the outside diameter of 300 mm, the length of 300 mm, the thickness of the layer of magnesium chips of 30 mm and the thickness of the layer of Mg powder of 5 mm, and the thickness of the quartz layer of 20 mm.
- hydrogen may be burnt at flow rates of 900 mm 3 /h and 3000 m 3 /h and carbon dioxide proportionally, with a flow rate representing a half of the used hydrogen flow rate, at the most (in 2 moles of H 2 , 1 mole of CO2, at the most].
- a housing having the diameter of 1200 mm and a fan are used, wherein the fan ensures both the cooling of the previously presented installation and the directing of the flame.
- a conduit for the methane gas intake is also used, with a view to achieving the pilot flame, and the ignition is carried out with a piezoelectric installation.
- the operation cycle is the following: upon the start-up - ventilating the boiler, stopping the ventilation, igniting the pilot flame, progressively opening the hydrogen valve, progressively opening the CO2 valve, introducing warm air for directing the flame and heat, and upon stopping - stopping the ventilation, stopping CO2, stopping H 2 , blowing out the pilot flame.
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