INTEGRATED INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR FLEXIBLY USING ELECTRICITY

• Main Authors: LANG JÜRGEN ERWIN, SCHÜTTE RÜDIGER, MARKOWZ GEORG
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.04.2016
• Subjects: AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; AMMONIA; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BLASTING; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CYANOGEN; ELECTRICITY; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES; GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ENGINES; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

The present invention relates to an integrated plant which comprises a plant for the electrothermic production of hydrogen cyanide and a plant for electricity generation, the plant for the electrothermic production of hydrogen cyanide being connected to the plant for electricity generation via a conduit and electricity being generated in the plant for electricity generation from a product gas obtained in the plant for the electrothermic production of hydrogen cyanide. This integrated plant affords flexible use of electricity by a method in which, at times of a high electricity supply, the plant for the electrothermic production of hydrogen cyanide is operated and at least some of the hydrogen and/or gaseous hydrocarbons obtained in addition to hydrogen cyanide is stored and, at times of a low electricity supply, stored hydrogen and/or gaseous hydrocarbons are fed to the plant for electricity generation.