The disclosure relates to a novel plant process for purifying hydrogen halide solutions. The process includes halogenating the organic compounds, particularly phenolic compounds, in the hydrogen halide solution to precipitate the halogenated compounds. The halogenated compounds can be filter, the hydrogen halide solution further purified on an adsorbent bed, and the clean hydrogen halide solution can be recycled or used in other processes.

A method of producing hydrogen and/or bromine by electrolysing hydrogen bromide using a fluoropolymer membrane having a glass transition temperature T.sub.g110 C. in an electrolysis of hydrogen bromide, wherein the hydrogen bromide stems from a sulfuric acid synthesis.

The present invention relates to a process for producing dimethyl ether (DME) and hydrogen (H.sub.2) from methane, comprising the steps of: a) providing a gaseous feed stream comprising methane; b) reacting said gaseous feed stream with at least one halogen reactant (X.sub.2), under reaction conditions effective to produce an effluent stream comprising methyl halide (MeX), and hydrogen halide (HX); c) separating from the effluent stream obtained in step b): (i) a methyl halide (MeX) stream; and, (ii) a hydrogen halide (HX) stream; d) reacting the methyl halide (MeX) stream separated in step c) with a solid metal oxide (MO.sub.(s)) under reaction conditions effective to produce metal halide (MX) and dimethyl ether (DME); and e) decomposing by means of electrolysis said hydrogen halide (HX) stream separated in step c) under conditions effective to produce a gaseous hydrogen (H.sub.2) stream and a stream comprising halogen reactant (X.sub.2).

A process for producing hydrogen from feedstocks containing hydrogen and carbon includes contacting a hydrocarbon feedstock with a reactant containing a halogen in a reactor to produce hydrogen, hydrogen halide, and a solid product that includes carbon, regenerating the halogen from the hydrogen halide; and separating the hydrogen as a product.