The invention relates to a method for separating a component mixture which substantially contains hydrocarbons having two or two and more carbon atoms, methane and hydrogen by using a distillation device (10). Fluid (a, c, e, g, i) of the component mixture is cooled in stages at a first pressure level, wherein first...

An apparatus for oxygenating a body of water includes a venturi tube supported along a path at the body of water, the venturi tube receiving pure oxygen for mixing with water from the body of water for providing an oxygenated mixture; a pump for delivering the water to the venturi tube; and a manifold in fluid commu...

The invention relates to a method (100) for obtaining polymerizable aromatic compounds having nine carbon atoms (S), wherein a component mixture (B) is formed at least in part by means of steam cracking, wherein the component mixture is subject to processing (2, 3, 4, 5), comprising gasoline removal (5), and then to...

The invention relates to a method for treating a waste liquor of a caustic wash, in which the waste liquor along with oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas mixture and vapour is supplied to an oxidation unit (1) and is subjected therein to a wet oxidation for a reaction time at a first temperature level and a first pre...

The invention relates to a method for treating a waste liquor of a caustic wash using an oxidation reactor (100), wherein the waste liquor and oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas mixture are fed into the oxidation reactor (100) and vapour is introduced into the oxidation reactor (100). According to the invention, the...

The invention relates to a device (B) comprising an electrolyser (E), a compressor (V), and a membrane separating device (T), and to a method for changing the operating mode between normal and standby operation of said device (B), in the normal operation of which an electrolysis raw product (3) comprising carbon dio...

Disclosed is a process (100) for producing linear alpha olefins, in which process ethylene in a feedstock mixture is subjected to catalytic oligomerization (1) so as to obtain a product mixture containing alpha olefins having different chain lengths as well as secondary compounds. In a primary fractionation step (2)...

Disclosed is a process (100) for producing linear alpha olefins, in which process ethylene in a feedstock mixture is subjected to catalytic oligomerization (1) so as to obtain a product mixture containing alpha olefins having different chain lengths as well as secondary compounds. In a primary fractionation step (2)...

The invention relates to a process and to an apparatus for producing a hydrogen-containing gas product in a first modification (7) or a second modification (14) having a lower hydrogen content than the first modification, wherein a synthesis gas (1) containing steam, carbon monoxide and hydrogen and provided with a ...

The invention relates to a method (100, 200, 300) for obtaining ethylene, in which method a first feed gas (A) and a second feed gas (B) are fed to a reactor (1) and are processed therein to obtain a product mixture (C) by steam cracking. The first feed gas (A) contains more than 90 wt.% of saturated hydrocarbons an...

Method and Apparatus for separating at least one CO isotope compound, especially isotope compound 13C16O, from natural CO, comprising: a rectification column system (110) comprising a plurality of rectification sections (112,114,116,118,120) arranged adjacent to one another in a chain-like manner, including an upp...

The invention relates to a method for obtaining one or more air products by means of an air separation unit (100) comprising a first booster (1), a second booster (2), a first decompression machine (1a), and a rectification column system (10) which has a high-pressure column (11) operated at a first pressure level a...

The invention relates to a method (100) for producing one or more olefins, in which a reaction mixture is formed, containing oxygen and one or more paraffins, and in which a portion of the oxygen in the reaction mixture is reacted with a portion of the paraffin/s, producing a process gas, via an oxidative method to ...

A method for producing a ternary cathode material (130) for lithium batteries by roasting raw material (110) in a roasting kiln (120), wherein an atmosphere is provided in the roasting kiln (120), wherein injection of a gas component (a) of the atmosphere into the roasting kiln (120) is controlled in closed loop con...

The invention relates to a method and to a device for producing a synthesis gas (10), which contains carbon monoxide and hydrogen, wherein natural gas (1) having a first carbon dioxide partial pressure (CO2 pressure) is provided and is processed inter alia by means of a pressure increase (P) to form a natural gas in...

The invention relates to a process for separating a component mixture (K) which contains hydrogen, methane, hydrocarbons having two carbon atoms and hydrocarbons having three or more carbon atoms, wherein in a deethanization at least one portion of the component mixture (K) is subjected to a first partial condensati...

Method for heating a furnace (100, 600) with a longitudinal direction (D) and a cross plane (C) which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (D), which furnace (100, 600) is arranged with at least one heating zone (120,130,140) which is heated using combustion of a fuel with an oxidant, and which furnace (10...

The invention relates to a method for producing one or more olefins having a carbon number of two to eight, in which method carbon dioxide and hydrogen are supplied to a hydrogenation step (10), wherein at least some of the carbon dioxide and at least some of the hydrogen, which are supplied to the hydrogenation ste...

The invention relates to a method (100) for producing a target compound, wherein an outlet gas mixture is provided in particular by oxidatively coupling methane, said outlet gas mixture containing an olefin, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and optionally hydrogen, and the olefin together with the carbon monoxide an...

The invention relates to a method (100) for producing a target compound, wherein a first gas mixture is provided which contains at least one olefin with a first carbon number and carbon monoxide, and a second gas mixture, which is formed using at least part of the first gas mixture and contains at least the olefin w...

The invention relates to a method (100) for producing a target compound, wherein a paraffin is subjected to an oxidative dehydrogenation process (1) using oxygen, thereby obtaining an olefin, and the olefin is subjected to a hydroformylation process (2) using carbon monoxide, thereby obtaining an aldehyde. The paraf...

The invention relates to a method for producing a gas product (10) containing oxygen, wherein a feedstock (1) containing water is subjected to electrolysis (E) to obtain a raw anode gas (2), which is rich in oxygen and contains hydrogen, and a raw cathode gas (14), which is low in oxygen and rich in hydrogen. The ra...

The present invention relates to a reactor (100, 200) for carrying out a chemical reaction, comprising a reactor vessel (10) and one or 5 more reaction tubes (20), wherein a number of tube sections (21, 22) of the one or more reaction tubes (20) in each case run between a first region (11) and a second region (12...

The invention relates to a process for producing a target compound (6) using an aldehyde, the target compound being an alcohol constituted of the aldehyde or another compound constituted at least partly of the alcohol, and the aldehyde being provided in a component mixture (1) which has a lower boiling point than th...

The invention relates to a reactor (100, 200) for carrying out a chemical reaction, the reactor having a reactor vessel (10) and one or more reaction tubes (20), wherein a number of tube lengths (21, 22) of the one or more reaction tubes (20) run respectively between a first region (11) and a second region (12) with...

The present invention relates to a reactor (100, 200) for carrying out a chemical reaction, which has a reactor vessel (10) and one or more reaction tubes (20), wherein one or more power input elements (41) are guided into the reactor vessel (10) for the electrical heating of the one or more reaction tubes (20), ...

The present invention relates to a reactor (100, 200) for carrying out a chemical reaction, which has a reactor vessel (10), one or more reaction tubes (20) and means (40) for the electrical heating of the one or more reaction tubes (20). The reactor vessel (10) has one or more discharge orifices (61, 62), which...

The invention relates to a method (100, 200) for producing hydrogen, in which, in a non-electrolytic method (10), a carbonaceous feed material (1) is converted into non-electrolytically produced hydrogen (1) and one or more further non-electrolytically produced products (2), and furthermore excess steam (3) is provi...

The present invention relates to a reactor (100, 200) for carrying out a chemical reaction, which has a reactor vessel (10) and one or more reaction tubes (20), 5 wherein power input elements (41) for electrical heating of the reaction tube(s) (20) are guided into the reactor vessel (10). It is provided that the pow...

The invention relates to a method for producing one or more olefins and one or more carboxylic acids, in which one or more paraffins is or are subjected to an oxidative dehydrogenation. For the oxidative dehydrogenation, a reactor (10) having a plurality of reaction zones (11, 12, 13) is used, a gas mixture comprisi...

The invention relates to a method for treating a sulphide-containing waste lye from a caustic treatment, in which method the waste lye and oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas mixture are fed to an oxidation reactor (10) and subjected therein to wet oxidation, wherein steam is fed into the oxidation reactor (10). Acco...

The invention relates to a process for injecting particulate material into a liquid metal bath wherein the liquid metal bath contains species to be oxidized, wherein the particulate material is carried to the liquid bath by means of a first gas stream. The solids injection rate is controlled such that the liquid bat...

The present invention relates to a cryogenic vessel (300a, 300b) having an inner container (301), an outer container (302), an intermediate space (303) between the inner container (301) and the outer container (302) which can be evacuated, and having at least one fluid distribution container (200), which has an inte...

The invention relates to a method and to a device for performing a process (P) having at least one heat-consuming process step (F). A first fluid (2), which arises in the process and contains acid gases and water vapor, is cooled indirectly against a second fluid (7), an acidic condensate thus being formed. The inve...

The invention relates to a method for operating a system (100) for electrolysis in order to obtain at least one gaseous electrolysis product, in which system at least one electrolysis device (150, 160) is electrically connected to a power converter (130) by means of a direct-voltage circuit (140), the power converte...

The invention relates to a method for producing a carbon-monoxide-rich gas product (6), in which method at least carbon dioxide is subjected to electrolysis (E), so as to obtain an untreated gas (3) comprising at least carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, and in which method the untreated gas (3) is subjected to a se...

The present invention relates to a method for processing a nitrogen-containing starting gas mixture (E) by vacuum pressure swing adsorption, in which the starting gas mixture is temporally guided under pressure in a main flow direction through an adsorption unit (100) filled with an adsorbent material. In this conte...

The invention relates to a reactor (1) for carrying out an endothermic reaction, in particular a high-temperature reaction, in which a product gas (P) is obtained from a feed gas (E), wherein: the reactor (1) surrounds a reactor interior (10); the reactor (1) is configured to provide a reactor bed (120) in a reactio...

The invention relates to a method and a system (100) for separating a feed flow (1) which contains at least hydrogen and a hydrocarbon with three or four carbon atoms per molecule, in particular propane, propylene, propadiene, butane, 1-butene, 2-butene, and/or 1,3-butadiene. The condensed feed flow (1) is cooled ov...

The present invention relates to a coupling of an odixative dehydrogenation with a vinyl acetate synthesis, wherein the vinyl acetate synthesis is fed with ethylene and acetic acid from the oxidative dehydrogenation. According to the invention, a common carbon dioxide removal is planned.

The invention relates to a method (100) for separating a starting gas mixture (E) using pressure swing adsorption (10). In this method, at least part of a low-pressure extraction flow (L) from the pressure swing adsorption (10) is subjected to thermal separation (10), wherein a return fraction (R) is formed in the t...

The invention relates to a method and a device for the material use of an off-gas (1) which is rich in carbon monoxide and contains hydrocarbons as well as hydrogenatable sulphur compounds, wherein a sulphur-free reformer feed (14) is formed using the off-gas (1) and is subsequently converted by steam reforming (D) ...

The invention relates to a method for operating a process system (100), in which one or more actuators in the process system (100) are set by means of one or more control values, whereby one or more operating parameters of the process system (100) are influenced. The setting of the one or more control values is carr...

The invention relates to a process for obtaining hydrocarbons, wherein a component mixture comprising hydrocarbons is provided and at least a portion of the component mixture is used to provide a feed mixture comprising hydrocarbons having two or two or more hydrocarbons and lower-boiling compounds, and wherein the ...

The invention relates to a method (100) for producing ethylene and/or other olefins by steam cracking, wherein one or more crackers (10) are loaded with a feed containing paraffin and a raw gas is extracted from the one or more crackers (10), wherein the raw gas is subjected at least in part to processing (20) which...

A method for producing ammonia by catalytically reacting hydrogen provided in a first feed stream and nitrogen provided in a second feed stream is proposed, the hydrogen in the first feed stream being at least in part formed by water electrolysis and the nitrogen in the second feed stream being at least in part form...

The present invention relates to a method for carrying out a chemical reaction using a reactor arrangement (100-400) in which reaction tubes (2) arranged in a reactor vessel (1) are heated to a reaction tube temperature level between 400 °C and 5 1,500 °C during a reaction period using radiant heat provided by means...

This invention relates to the production of hydrogen (5) from a hydrogen sulphide an ammonia containing first feed steam (1), comprising: (a) oxidizing part of the hydrogen sulphide content of said first feed stream (1) in a flame region in a Claus furnace (C) to form sulphur dioxide, and reacting hydrogen sulphide ...

The invention relates to a reactor for carrying out a chemical reaction, which proceeds at least partially at a temperature of at least 500°C, in a process fluid using multiphase alternating current, comprising a reactor chamber, which is surrounded by thermally insulating reactor walls, and multiple substantially s...

The invention relates to a reactor for carrying out a chemical reaction in a process fluid using an M-phase alternating current in order to heat the process fluid. The reactor comprises a reactor wall; at least one group of M reaction tubes, each of which has an electrically heatable heating section that extends bet...

The invention relates to a method for producing ethylene by oxidatively dehydrogenating ethane, wherein a multitubular reactor (10) having reaction tubes (11) which extend between a first end (11A) and a second end (11B) is used. One or more catalyst beds are disposed in each of the reaction tubes (11). In each of t...

The invention relates to a process for producing a product hydrocarbon, in which a charge hydrocarbon in a charge mixture containing the charge hydrocarbon and oxygen is subjected to selective oxidation in order to obtain a product mixture containing the product hydrocarbon and water, the charge hydrocarbon being et...

The invention relates to a process for preparing a target compound, wherein a charge mixture (A) at a temperature in a first temperature range is distributed over a plurality of parallel reaction tubes (10) of a tube-bundle reactor (100); undergoes heating to a temperature in a second temperature range in first tube...

The present invention relates to a method for producing a target compound, in which method a feed mixture (A) containing at least one starting compound is formed, distributed over parallel reaction tubes (10) of one or more shell-and-tube reactors (100), and subjected to an oxidative catalytic reaction in the reacti...

A method of steam cracking using a steam cracking arrangement (2100-2800) including an electric cracking furnace (10) without a convection zone (12) and further including a quench cooling train (20) is proposed, wherein a process gas stream is passed at least through the electric cracking furnace (10) and the quench...

The present invention relates to a method for converting one or more hydrocarbons by means of steam cracking, wherein one or more input streams (F) containing the one or more hydrocarbons (H) are led through one or more radiant zones (11) of one or more cracker furnaces (10), such that one or more product streams (C...

The invention relates to a method for operating an electrolysis system (100) in which water is converted into oxygen and hydrogen in an electrolysis unit (110), wherein a fluid flow (c, d) including water and gas is conducted from an oxygen side (116) of the electrolysis unit to a gas separator (120), wherein an ign...

A method is proposed for producing one or more electrolysis products, wherein one or more electrolytic cells (10) having a proton exchange membrane is/are used, wherein a hydrogen-rich cathode extraction gas is extracted on the cathode side of the one or more electrolytic cells (10), wherein an anode extraction gas ...

A method of steam cracking using a steam cracking using a steam cracking system (100) including a first steam cracking furnace unit (1000) or a plurality of first steam cracking furnace units (1000) and a second steam cracking furnace unit (2000) or a plurality of second steam cracking furnace units (2000) is propos...

The invention relates to a method for producing a target compound, wherein an input mixture (A) is distributed at a temperature in a first temperature range to a plurality of parallel reaction tubes (10) of a tube bundle reactor (100), subjected to heating to a temperature in a second temperature range in first tube...

The invention relates to a method (100) for producing olefins, wherein a first input stream containing propane and hydrogen is subjected to a propane dehydrogenation process (10), such that a first product stream containing at least propylene, propane, ethane and/or ethylene, methane and hydrogen is obtained, and wh...

A method of steam cracking using a steam cracking arrangement (1100-1500) including one or more fired cracking furnaces (110), one or more quench cooling trains (20) and one or more compressors (60) and/or pumps as rotating equipment is proposed, wherein one or more process gas streams is or are passed at least thro...

The invention relates to a shell-and-tube heat exchanger (100) for changing the temperature of a medium (a), having a plurality of tube-side channels (110), an inlet chamber (120), an outlet chamber (130), and at least one shell-side channel (142) for a further medium (b), wherein the medium (a) can be passed into t...

Provided is a method for the controlled performance of a chemical reaction in a reactor having several reaction tubes which have a number of electrically heatable tube sections, wherein: current terminals are provided which in a current supply region are each connected to at least one of the tube sections; in a curr...

What is provided is a device for conducting a chemical reaction in a process fluid in a production facility that has at least one grounding connection connected to ground. The device comprises a reactor having one or more reaction tubes that are guided into the reactor and out of the reactor via at least one infeed ...

The invention relates to a method for operating a process system (100), in which method one or more actuators in the process system (100) are set by means of one or more control values specified by means of a control process, whereby one or more operating parameters of the process system (100) are influenced. The co...

The present invention relates to a burner (100) for implementing a partial oxidation, having at least two channels (110, 120), more particularly having one central channel (110) and at least one annular channel (120) surrounding the central channel, through each of which a flow of fluid can be passed to implement th...

The invention relates to a method for activating a catalyst for catalytic reforming that is particularly carried out with carbon dioxide being reacted, and according to which an activation gas that contains steam and hydrogen is passed over the catalyst to be activated at an activation temperature during an activati...

Process and apparatus for producing a low-nitrogen synthesis gas (20) from a natural gas (1) containing nitrogen and carbon dioxide, from which water and carbon dioxide are removed in a first temperature swing adsorption plant (T1) and subsequently nitrogen (7) is removed in a cryogenic gas fractionator (N), to give...

The invention relates to a method for obtaining one or more air products, in which method an air fractionation plant is used which has a column system (10) with a pressure column (11), wherein the pressure column (11) is operated in a pressure range of 4 to 7 bar, wherein air is fed to the column system (10) and is ...

The invention relates to a reactor (100, 200) for carrying out a chemical reaction, comprising a reactor vessel (10) and one or more reaction tubes (20), wherein a number of tube lengths (21, 22) of the one or more reaction tubes (20) run within the reactor vessel, and wherein the tube lengths (21, 22) are each or c...

An export mixture (E) from an argon discharge column (14) of an air fractionation plant (100) is supplied to a fractionation unit (200), which is provided separately from the air fractionation plant (100), and is fractionated therein to obtain an oxygen fraction (GOX, LOX) which is enriched with oxygen compared to t...

Disclosed is a method for the cryogenic separation of air, in which method an air separation plant (100-300) with a rectification column arrangement (10) is used, which plant has a pressure column (11), a low-pressure column (12), a raw argon column (13) and pure argon column (14). In the method, evaporation gas fro...

A method (100, 200, 300) for separating hydrogen from methane in a component mixture (101) containing light components is provided, the light components including hydrogen, methane and preferably at least one further component selected from methane, nitrogen, carbon monoxide and oxygen, wherein a pressure swing adso...

The present invention relates to a process (100, 200) for producing propylene, in which process: using a steam cracking method (10) and one or more fractionations (10a, 10b, 90a), a first substance flow (1) is provided that is rich in ethylene; using a synthesis-gas generation method (20), a second substance flow (2...

The invention relates to a method for electrolytically producing at least one product stream containing hydrogen, wherein a feed stream (1, 2) containing at least water is subjected to electrolysis (E) so as to obtain two extraction streams (3, 4). Downstream of the electrolysis (E), the two extraction streams (3, 4...

Proposed is a method for preparing 5 dimethyl ether (abbreviation: DME) from synthesis gas, wherein an input (c), which is formed using shifted and/or nonshifted synthesis gas (b), undergoes a catalytic conversion, thereby forming a product stream (d). The product stream (d) undergoes a first separation, wherein ...

In this process and apparatus for cryogenic separation of air, the separation column system comprises a high-pressure column (12), a low-pressure column (13) and a crude argon column (18). A mixed gas stream (73, 74) produced by mixing gaseous oxygen (72) and a gas stream (31, 71) from the evaporation space of the a...

Burner (100) comprising an inner fluid supply unit (110) and an outer fluid supply unit (120), wherein the inner fluid supply unit (110) comprises a first inner fluid ejection element (111), a second inner fluid ejection element (112) encompassing the first inner fluid ejection element (111) and a third inner fluid ...

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing ammonia (13), in which a first hydrogen/nitrogen fraction (6) is provided at a time-varying flow rate in order to form an ammonia synthesis gas (8) which is converted to ammonia in an ammonia synthesis (A), wherein the first hydrogen/nitrogen fraction ...

The invention relates to a process for producing a hydrogen product where a carbon-containing input (1), by reforming (A, D) and water gas shift (S), is converted into a synthesis gas (4) largely consisting of hydrogen and carbon dioxide, from which a hydrogen fraction (13) and a carbon dioxide fraction (9) are sepa...

A process (100-600) for producing one or more hydrocarbons is proposed, in which a first feed stream (A) is subjected to steam cracking (10) to obtain a first product stream (B), and a second feed stream (C) containing ethane is subjected to oxidative dehydrogenation (20) to obtain a second product stream (D), where...

The invention relates to a process (100, 200) for producing one or more hydrocarbons in which a first feedstock stream (A) is subjected to steam cracking (10) to obtain a first product stream (B), and an ethane-containing second feedstock stream (C) is subjected to oxidative dehydrogenation (20) to obtain a second p...

The invention relates to a cryogenic air rectification system (10) comprising high a pressure column (11), a low pressure column (12) and an argon removal unit (13) coupled to a condenser evaporator (13.1), wherein the system (10) is configured to pass gas from a position above an oxygen section (12.4) of the low pr...

In this air separation method, compressed air (6) is successively cooled in a cooling step (7), purified in a purifier (9) and sent to a cryogenic section (11) producing at least one product containing at least one air component. The purifier (9) comprises at least two switchable adsorber vessels, one of them being ...

What is described is a process for producing an olefin using a catalytic dehydrogenation, having a mode of production operation which comprises subjecting a feed mixture containing a paraffin of equal chain length to the olefin to catalytic dehydrogenation to obtain a product mixture containing an unconverted portio...

The present invention relates to a method (100, 200) for producing one or more olefins (103), wherein one or more paraffins are reacted to obtain a product mixture (102) in one or more reaction steps (10), wherein the reaction step or steps (10) are carried out using heat of combustion, wherein the product mixture (...

A method of steam cracking using a steam cracking system including one or more fired radiant sections is provided herein wherein during a steam cracking operation a fuel is combusted with oxidizer gas to heat the one or more fired radiant sections forming a flue gas a process gas is formed using a hydrocarbon f...

A method of degassing water to purify the water from at least one undesired gas which is dissolved in the water comprises a first step of introducing a first feed water stream (1) in contact with a first stripping gas to separate the water from the at least one undesired gas dissolved in the water to yield a first w...

The present invention relates to a method (100) for producing ethylene and acetic acid in which ethane and oxygen are subjected in a feed mixture (1) to an oxidative catalytic dehydration (110) so as to obtain a product mixture (2) containing ethylene acetic acid and further components. The feed mixture (1) has an...

The present invention relates to a method for carrying out a chemical reaction using a reactor arrangement (100-400) in which reaction tubes (2) arranged in a reactor vessel (1) are provided to which one or more reactants are supplied in a first mass flow during one or more first modes of operation and are not suppl...

The invention relates to a storage vessel (1) for storing a cryogen (H2), comprising an inner vessel (3) for receiving the cryogen (H2), an outer vessel (10) in which the inner vessel (3) is accommodated, and an insulating layer (15) which encases the inner vessel (3), wherein the inner vessel (3) comprises a tubula...

A method for producing olefins proposed involves heating a reaction feed, operating a conversion reactor, converting the feed within this reactor, extracting a product gas, and then cooling this gas. The process utilizes a thermal energy recovery system equipped with coaxial inner and outer passages and structures t...

A method to produce olefins may include at least one cooling step in a thermal energy recovery by supplying a hydrocarbon feed to an outer tube of the thermal energy recovery assembly; heating the hydrocarbon feed in the outer tube of the thermal energy recovery assembly to output a preheated hydrocarbon feed; suppl...