METHOD OF PRODUCING METHANE-HYDROGEN MIXTURE Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC C01B3/38 C10K3/02 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to chemistry and can be used to produce a methane-hydrogen mixture containing H₂ and CH₄, for producing hydrogen, alcohols, ammonia, dimethyl ether, ethylene, for Fischer-Tropsch processes, for processing hydrocarbon gases, as well as in chemothermal systems for accumulating and transporting energy and methane-methanol thermochemical water decomposition cycles. A stream containing lower alkanes is mixed with steam or steam and carbon dioxide, heated via convectional cooling of a nuclear reactor coolant through air-tight heat-exchange surfaces and then passed through an adiabatic reactor filled with catalyst filling. Steam is removed from the stream after cooling. Coolant, cooled by the heated stream, is used to obtain high pressure steam directed into a steam turbine, from which, after expansion, steam is collected for mixing with the stream.

EFFECT: invention enables to lower expenses on producing a methane-hydrogen mixture.

9 cl, 12 tbl