New Methane-Hydrogen Fuel Technology and its Potential Application in the Gas Industry By Oleg Aksyutin,
This article deals with highly efficient hydrogen
Methane-hydrocarbon mixture (MHM)
Alexander Ishkov,
energy carriers based on natural gas, their
technology
Konstantin Romanov,
production technology and potential application
There are several industrial technologies for
Valery Khloptsov,
in the gas industry. It formulates the innovative
hydrocarbon production. Steam methane
Varazdat Kazaryan
methods of natural gas conservation and
reforming (SMR) is considered to be the most
and Anatoly
environmental protection in the gas sector,
affordable and cheapest technology. However,
Stolyarevsky
providing for the creation of efficient methane-
a new technology, adiabatic methane conver
hydrogen mixture (MHM) production techno
sion (AMC), developed in Russia, considerably
logy, with hydrogen content of 40-48%, based
facilitates the industrial process of MHM
on proven industrial processes and used
production. The benefits of the technique are
catalyst agents.
that it does not require oxygen generation,
The unique properties of hydrogen make it possible to increase the heat engine efficiency
(up to 680°C), does not need energy- and
1.5 to 1.7 times, with the actual cycle of a
cost-consuming water electrolysis and is
hydrogen-fired engine being much closer to the
based on technological solutions, flow patterns
ideal cycle than with any hydrocarbon fuel. In
and catalyst agents tried and tested in high-
addition, the emission toxicity falls dramatically
tonnage chemistry.
(2 to 4 times), hydrocarbon fuel consumption x Figure 1.
it is carried out at lower temperatures
Figure 1 illustrates the process flow diagram
decreases by 35-40%, while cost efficiency
of AMC. A steam-gas mixture is fed into a high-
grows by 20-25%.
temperature heat exchanger and then, having
AMC process flow diagram.
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