Patent ID: 9533274
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B01J,C01B

Claim:
1. An apparatus for cracking gases with a supply line for a carbon-containing gas, by means of which the gas is capable of being supplied to a first heat exchanger with a fill of a thermal storage mass, a first combustion chamber which is arranged downstream in the direction of flow of the gas and which, in particular, has a supply device capable of being regulated for another oxygen-containing gas, by means of which a partial oxidation of the carbon-containing gas is carried out by the hypostoichiometric supply of oxygen, and a reactor which is arranged downstream of the first combustion chamber in the direction of flow of the gas which has a fill of a catalytically acting material for the catalytic splitting of impurities of the carbon-containing gas, wherein a second combustion chamber with a supply device—in particular capable of being regulated—for an oxygen-containing gas, by means of which a partial oxidation of the catalytically prepared carbon-containing gas is carried out by the hypostoichiometric supply of oxygen, is arranged downstream of the reactor in the direction of flow of the carbon-containing gas, and a second heat exchanger with a fill of a thermal storage mass is arranged downstream of this combustion chamber in the direction of flow of the gas, wherein the direction of flow of the carbon-containing gas is capable of being reversed at least in a region which encloses the first and second heat exchanger, the first and second combustion chamber and the reactor, and wherein the apparatus comprises at least one valve in order to reverse the flow of the gas.