AUTOTHERMAL AIR REFORMING OF METHANE

Abstract

The paper suggests the thermochemical reactor design for methane air conversion in which heat is supplied to the catalytic nozzle with particulate intermediate coolant heated by combustion products of part of conversion products in a fluidized bed located above nozzle. Conversion and combustion products are discharged separately. Conversion products satisfy the requirements of a protective environment. A model of the process based on a system of two differential equations, describing the experiment satisfactorily.