HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION METHOD

• Main Authors: SUGIMASA MASATOSHI, GUNJI AKIRA, ONODERA TAIGO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 08.02.2024
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

To provide a hydrocarbon production apparatus that can uniform reaction in producing hydrocarbon by using raw material gas, and is capable of saving energy and suppressing deterioration of a catalyst.SOLUTION: A hydrocarbon production apparatus 1 comprises: a reactor 2 into which raw material gas FG is introduced; a catalyst 3 which is housed in the reactor 2, allows the raw material gas FG to react, and generates hydrocarbon HC; a plurality of temperature-adjusting parts 4; a plurality of hydrocarbon sensors 6; and a control part 7. The plurality of temperature-adjusting parts 4 are provided in a flow direction FD of gas inside the reactor 2, and adjust the temperature of the catalyst 3. The hydrocarbon sensor 6 detects the amount of hydrocarbon inside the reactor 2 at a plurality of detection positions on a downstream side of each of the plurality of temperature-adjusting parts 4. The control part 7 controls the temperature of each temperature-adjusting part 4 detected by the hydrocarbon sensor 6 so as to reduce a difference of the amount of hydrocarbon at the detection position of each of the plurality of detection positions.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】本開示は、原料ガスを使用して炭化水素を製造する際の反応を均一化することができ、省エネルギー化と触媒の劣化抑制が可能な炭化水素製造装置を提供する。【解決手段】本開示の一態様は、原料ガスＦＧが導入される反応器２と、反応器２に収容され、原料ガスＦＧを反応させて炭化水素ＨＣを生成する触媒３と、複数の温度調節部４と、複数の炭化水素センサ６と、制御部７とを備える炭化水素製造装置１である。複数の温度調節部４は、反応器２の内部におけるガスの流れ方向ＦＤに設けられて触媒３の温度を調節する。炭化水素センサ６は、複数の温度調節部４の各々の下流側の複数の検出位置で反応器２の内部の炭化水素量を検出する。制御部７は、炭化水素センサ６によって検出された複数の検出位置の各々の検出位置における炭化水素量の差を低減するように、各々の温度調節部４の温度を制御する。【選択図】図２