METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING A GAS PRODUCT CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE

• US 20200131647A1
• Filed: 05/30/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2017
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Linde AG (Linde Plc)
• Original Assignee: Linde AG (Linde Plc)
• Inventors: LEITMAYR, Werner, DELHOMME-NEUDECKER, Clara, PESCHEL, Andreas, HENTSCHEL, Benjamin, FRANZ, Anette
• Application Number:
  US16/621,139
• Publication Number:
  US 20200131647A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2256/20 Carbon monoxide
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2257/504 Carbon dioxide
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2259/40007 Controlling pressure or temperature swing adsorption
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 53/047 Pressure swing adsorption
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 53/226 in serial connexion
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 53/229 Integrated processes (Diffusion and at least one other process, e.g. adsorption, absorption)
• CPC Class Codes: C01B 32/40 Carbon monoxide
• CPC Class Codes: C25B 1/00 Electrolytic production of inorganic compounds or non-metals
• CPC Class Codes: C25B 15/08 Supplying or removing reactants or electrolytes; Regeneration of electrolytes

Abstract

The invention relates to a method (100-500) for producing a gas product containing at least carbon monoxide, in which method at least carbon dioxide is subjected to an electrolysis process (10) in order to obtain a raw gas (A) containing at least carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide and the carbon dioxide contained in the raw gas (A) is partially or completely fed back to the electrolysis process (10). According to the invention, the raw gas (A) is partially or completely subjected to a membrane separation process (20) in order to obtain a retentate mixture (B) and a permeate mixture (C), which is enriched in carbon dioxide in comparison with the raw gas (A), and that the retentate mixture (B) is partially or completely subjected to a pressure swing adsorption process (40) in order to obtain the gas product (D), which is enriched in carbon monoxide and depleted of carbon dioxide in comparison with the retentate mixture (B), and a residual mixture (E), which is depleted of carbon monoxide and enriched in carbon dioxide in comparison with the retentate mixture (B). The invention further relates to a corresponding system.

Claims

1. Method (100-500) for producing a gas product (D) containing at least carbon monoxide, in which method at least carbon dioxide is subjected to an electrolysis process (10) in order to obtain a raw gas (A) containing at least carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, and the carbon dioxide contained in the raw gas (A) is partially or completely fed back to the electrolysis process (10), characterized in that the raw gas (A) is partially or completely subjected to a membrane separation process (20) to obtain a retentate mixture (B) and a permeate mixture (C), which is enriched in carbon dioxide in comparison with the raw gas (A), and that the retentate mixture (B) is partially or completely subjected to an adsorption process (40) to obtain the gas product (D), which is enriched in carbon monoxide and depleted of carbon dioxide in comparison with the retentate mixture (B), and a residual mixture (E), which is depleted of carbon monoxide and enriched in carbon dioxide in comparison with the retentate mixture (B).

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein the permeate mixture (C) and/or the residual mixture (E) are partially or completely fed back to the electrolysis process (10) in the form of one or more recirculation flows (F).

3. Method according to claim 2, wherein the electrolysis process (10) is carried out at a pressure level corresponding to a pressure level at which the raw gas (A) is supplied to the membrane separation process (20), the recirculation flow or flows (F) being compressed to the pressure level of the electrolysis process (10) using one or more compressors (30).

4. Method according to claim 2, wherein the electrolysis process (10) is carried out at a pressure level lower than a pressure level at which the raw gas (A) is supplied to the membrane separation process (20), the raw gas (A) being compressed to the pressure level of the membrane separation process (20) using one or more compressors.

5. Method (100-500) according to claim 2, wherein the raw gas (A) contains hydrogen, and the membrane separation process (20) is carried out in such a way that the retentate mixture (B) is depleted of hydrogen in comparison with the raw gas (A), and the permeate mixture (C) is enriched in hydrogen in comparison with the raw gas (A).

6. Method (100-500) according to claim 5, wherein at least a portion of the hydrogen present in the permeate mixture (C) from the method (100) is discharged.

7. Method (400-500) according to claim 5, wherein at least a portion of the recirculation flow (F) is subjected to a hydrogen removal process (60)—

in particular, in the form of catalytic and/or non-catalytic oxidation—

and what remains after the hydrogen removal process (60) is partially or completely fed back to the electrolysis process (10).

8. Method (200) according to claim 1, wherein a first fraction of the permeate mixture (C) and/or of the residual mixture (E) is combined with the raw gas (A) in the form of the recirculation flow or flows (F) and subjected to the membrane separation process (20), and a second fraction of the permeate mixture (C) and/or of the residual mixture (E) is combined with a fresh feed (G) and fed back to the electrolysis process (10).

9. Method (300) according to claim 1, wherein a first fraction of the raw gas (A) is combined with the recirculation flow or flows (F) and fed back to the electrolysis process (10), and a second fraction of the raw gas (A) is subjected to the membrane separation process (20) to obtain the retentate mixture (B) and the permeate mixture (C).

10. Method (500) according to claim 1, wherein the membrane separation process (20) comprises at least two membrane separation steps (21, 22), the permeate mixture (C) comprising permeate fractions (C1, C2), each formed in the at least two membrane separation steps (21, 22).

11. Method (100-500) according to claim 1, wherein the permeate mixture (C) and the residual mixture (E) are each formed at a pressure level of 1 to 10 bar.

12. Method (100-500) according to claim 1, wherein the gas product (D) formed is carbon monoxide or a carbon monoxide-rich gas mixture, the gas product (D) containing 90 to 100% carbon monoxide.

13. Method (100-500) according to claim 1, in which the gas product (D) formed is synthesis gas, wherein the gas product (D) contains in total 90 to 100% carbon monoxide and hydrogen, and wherein a ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide in the gas product is 1 to 4 and/or the gas product has a stoichiometric number of 0.8 to 2.1.

14. Method (100-500) according to claim 1, wherein the electrolysis process (10) in the form of a high-temperature electrolysis process using one or more solid oxide electrolysis cells and/or a low-temperature co-electrolysis process is carried out on a liquid electrolyte.

15. System for producing a gas product (D) containing at least carbon monoxide, comprising an electrolysis unit configured to subject at least one carbon dioxide to an electrolysis process (10) to obtain a raw gas (A) containing at least carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, and comprising means configured to partially or completely feed back the carbon dioxide contained in the raw gas (A) to the electrolysis process (10), characterized by means configured to partially or completely subject the raw gas (A) to a membrane separation process (20) to obtain a retentate mixture (B) and a permeate mixture (D), which is enriched in carbon dioxide in comparison with the raw gas (A), and means configured to partially or completely subject the retentate mixture (B) to a pressure swing adsorption process (40) to obtain the gas product (D), which is enriched in carbon monoxide and depleted of carbon dioxide in comparison with the retentate mixture (B), and a residual mixture (E), which is depleted of carbon monoxide and enriched in carbon dioxide in comparison with the retentate mixture (B).