DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENERGY AND SUBSTANCE CONVERSION BY MEANS OF PYROELECTRIC MATERIALS FOR PRODUCING CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS FROM FLUIDS

• Main Authors: SCHULZE, Olaf, SCHEITHAUER, David, FORMAN, Clemens, HERRMANN, Marco, MEYER, Bernd, PARDEMANN, Robert, MEHNER, Erik, LEISEGANG, Tilmann, MURITALA, Ibrahim, GOOTZ, Matthias, MEYER, Dirk C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 08.06.2016
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS

The invention relates to a device and to a method for energy and substance conversion by means of pyroelectric materials for producing cleavage products from fluids, wherein the device (1) comprises at least two pyroelectric converters (20, 22) which are connected to one another in relation to a controlled valve device (8) and each have a drain line (11, 23); at least one line (14) associated with the first pyroelectric converter (20) for discharge of cleavage products (48, 52); at least one line (24) associated with the second pyroelectric converter (22) for discharge of cleavage products (52, 48), wherein a pyroelectric converter (20) contains at least a heat exchanger (2), which is connected to a supply line (7) to which the valve device (8) is assigned for delivering at least one fluid stream (9) having a high temperature TH and at least one fluid stream (10) having a temperature TK lower than the temperature TH, wherein the heat exchanger has at least one drain line (11) connected to the supply line (7) and through which heat exchanger a heat-absorbing fluid (50) flows which is to be cleaved; at least one reactor (3) for cleavage of the fluid (50) into cleavage products (48), wherein the reactor (3) has at least one pyroelectric material (12) having a predetermined Curie temperature TC; an apparatus (5), out of which at least the line (14) is led for discharge of at least one cleavage product (48) produced in the reactor (3); a controlled circulation pump (6), which is disposed within a circuit (15) with the heat exchanger (2), reactor (3), and apparatus (5) which belong to the circuit (15) and are connected to one another, and which supplies flowing fluid (50) to be cleaved to the circuit (15) via a line system (16) connecting the circuit (15), the circulation pump (6) being connected to the controlled valve device (8) externally via a control unit (18). The device (1) comprises at least one separation unit (43) associated with the pyroelectric converter (20, 22) for defined separation of the final cleavage products (48, 52) discharged from the apparatus (5) disposed downstream of the respective reactor (3), and the lines (14, 24) for controlled discharge of the cleavage products (48, 52) open into the separation unit (43), from which at least lines (25, 26) for discharging definitely separated final cleavage products (48, 52) extend.