A portion of a flare gas flowing in a flare header of a gas processing plant is flowed through a methane pipe branching from the flare header to a pyrolysis chamber. The flare gas includes methane. The portion of the flare gas is heated within the pyrolysis chamber in the absence of oxygen to thermally decompose the methane into hydrogen and solid carbon. The hydrogen from the pyrolysis chamber is flowed through a hydrogen pipe to a fuel gas header flowing a fuel gas comprising at least one hydrocarbon. The hydrogen and the fuel gas mix within the fuel gas header to form a fuel mixture. The fuel mixture is combusted to generate electrical power. At least a portion of the generated electrical power is provided to the pyrolysis chamber to heat the portion of the flare gas.

An induction heated abatement apparatus includes a work coil configured to inductively heat a porous susceptor defining an abatement chamber for treating an effluent stream, wherein said work coil is hollow to define a conduit coupled with a source of reaction reagents and wherein at least one surface of said work coil defines a plurality of apertures in fluid communication with said conduit for conveying said reaction reagents from said conduit to said surface of said work coil for supply to said porous susceptor. The work coil is protected from the effects of overheating whilst also reducing wasted heat because the heat obtained by the reaction reagents used as coolant gas is recycled and is used to facilitate abatement in the porous susceptor defining an abatement chamber.

A volatile organic compound burner includes a pre-heating bushing, a burner body, a porous medium and an ignition electric power source. The volatile organic compound is low-enthalpy fuel. The volatile organic compound burner functions in the same way as a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine to use a combustible volatile organic compound as fuel and introduce the combustible volatile organic compound into the combustion chamber, adjust timely the fuel mixing ratio in the combustion chamber according to the temperature required for the oxidation of the volatile organic compound in the volatile organic compound burner, and ignite the volatile organic compound in the combustion chamber with an electronic ignitor. The volatile organic compound burner is structurally simple and widely applicable to simulation of the environment of oxidation of the volatile organic compound, has high cost to performance ratio, and reduces fuel cost and emission of air pollutants.

A conversion kit (202), which is suitable for the conversion of a treatment plant, in particular an existing treatment plant, for treating workpieces, in particular drying vehicle bodies, wherein the conversion kit (202) comprises the following: one or more auxiliary heating apparatuses (206, 208, 210), which are suitable for heating a clean gas guided in a clean gas guide system (126) and/or fresh air guided in a fresh air guide system (122); and a) a regenerative thermal oxidation apparatus (204) as replacement for an in particular fossil fuel-heated, thermal post-combustion apparatus (142); or b) a regenerative thermal oxidation apparatus (204) as replacement for a fresh air heat exchanger (144) and a converted, in particular fossil fuel-heated, thermal post-combustion apparatus (142) for use as fresh air heat exchanger (150); or c) a regenerative thermal oxidation apparatus (204) as replacement for an in particular fossil fuel-heated, thermal post-combustion apparatus (142) and electrically heated recirculated air modules (214) as replacement for recirculated air modules (110) having heat exchangers or converted recirculated air modules (214) having electrical heating registers instead of heat exchangers.

A power-to-X system for the utilization of off-gases, includes an electrolyzer for generating hydrogen H2 and oxygen O2, a unit, connected to the electrolyzer, for processing the hydrogen H2, for removing any remaining water H2O and oxygen O2 from the generated stream of hydrogen H2, a compressor, connected to the unit for processing the hydrogen H2, for compressing the hydrogen H2, and a chemical reactor, connected to the compressor, for producing a synthesis gas consisting of hydrogen H2 and carbon dioxide CO2 that can be added. An oxy-fuel combustion system to which non-condensable off-gases from the chemical reactor and oxygen O2 from the electrolyzer can be supplied, and carbon dioxide CO2 generated during the combustion of the off-gases in the oxy-fuel combustion system can be returned to the stream of hydrogen H2 downstream of the electrolyzer via a return line.

Example thermal oxidation apparatus, control, and associated methods are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a pump fluidly couplable to a pipe, the pump including a nozzle at a first end of the pump, a second end of the pump open to atmosphere, an air compressor fluidly coupled to the nozzle, and a thermal oxidizer disposed in the pump between the first end and the second end, the air compressor to provide air to the nozzle to cause suction of gas from the pipe, the thermal oxidizer to convert methane in the gas to carbon dioxide and water vapor to be vented from the second end of the pump.

A thermal oxidizer including an oxidation mixer, an oxidation chamber, and a retention chamber forming a fluid flow path for thermal oxidation of a waste gas. The thermal oxidizer also includes first and second electric heating elements. In operation, the first and second electric heating elements pre-heat portions of the thermal oxidizer. Once a threshold temperature has been reached, the oxidation mixer facilitates a combustible mixture of the waste gas and an oxidant into an combustible waste gas stream, the oxidation chamber facilitates a primary combustion reaction of the combustible waste gas stream into an oxygenated waste gas stream, the retention chamber facilitates a secondary combustion reaction of the oxygenated waste gas stream into oxidized gases and the heat dissipator reduces the temperature of the flow of oxidized gases within the heat dissipator.

The present inventive concept relates to a device for treating an exhaust gas, and more particularly, to a plasma device capable of, even when connected to a vacuum pump, extending a lifetime of an electrode of a plasma torch. In the plasma device according to the present inventive concept, since an orifice is installed in a connection unit for connection with a vacuum pump to prevent a decrease in pressure of the vacuum pump, a pressure of a plasma reaction unit including the plasma torch of the plasma device can be maintained similar to normal pressure, thereby reducing the wear of a tungsten electrode in the plasma torch to extend a lifetime of the electrode.