The hydrocarbon fuel conversion in a filtration combustion reactor with a moving solid bed to produce hydrogen is theoretically investigated. The process can be implemented in reactors with energy recovery with separate supply of reagents. The entire process in the reactor can be divided into two zones: the fuel pyrolysis zone and the hydrogen partial oxidation zone. The fuel pyrolysis occurs due to the use of heat from partial oxidation of the fuel pyrolysis products. The target product is hydrogen, and also contains solid carbon as a product (no CO2 emissions). The mass-energy balance of the process is calculated. The products analysis is carried out under conditions of thermodynamic equilibrium. It has been shown that the theoretical maximum efficiency of methane conversion with oxygen (or air) in terms of hydrogen yields is 85%.

Dr. Eugene Salgansky is a leading researcher of the Combustion and Explosion Department of the Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He obtained his Dr. in 2013 at the FRC PCP MC RAS where he carried out research on filtration combustion. His research has focused on filtration combustion and pyrolysis (incl. using catalysts), thermodynamics, multiphase flow, energy recovery and heat transfer. He has published over 100 papers with more than 60 in peer-reviewed journals. He serves as members of the organizing committee at a number of International Conferences.