Abstract: The present invention relates to a combustion chamber of a gas turbine working on liquid fuel, comprising a tubular enclosure (2) having at least one pressurized air inlet, a liquid fuel injection means (6) positioned on or in proximity to the longitudinal axis XX′ of the tubular enclosure, an outlet to the turbine.

Abstract: A combustion chamber of a gas turbine working on liquid fuel includes a tubular enclosure (2) having at least one pressurized air inlet, a liquid fuel injection means (6) positioned on or in proximity to the longitudinal axis (XX′) of the tubular enclosure, and an outlet to the turbine. The fuel injection means (6) includes a series of orifices (62) arranged so as to create separate fuel jets, the jets being arranged in the direction of the generatrices of a cone with an angle ranging between 30° and 60° at the vertex thereof. The chamber includes at least two types of pressurized air inlets placed close to each other, the first one (7) taking in the air helically around the longitudinal axis of the combustion chamber, the second air inlet (8) being tangential to enclosure (2) so as to create, around the fuel jets, counterrotating flows intended to improve mixing of the air and of said fuel.

Abstract: A process and a device for separating ethane and ethylene from a hydrocarbon steam-cracking effluent is described. Effluent (1) is absorbed in an absorption column (7) by a cooled solvent (9). At the bottom of the column, liquid phase (12) that contains the solvent and the C2+ hydrocarbons is recovered and hydrogenated (15). The hydrogenation effluent that contains the solvent is introduced into a first distillation column (70) where the solvent is regenerated. The solvent is cooled and recycled at the top of absorption column (7). The C2+ hydrocarbons are collected at the top, and a condensed liquid phase is distilled in a second distillation column (77) to recover a C2 fraction that consists of ethane and ethylene.

Abstract: A process for separating ethane and ethylene from a hydrocarbon steam-cracking effluent is described. Effluent (1) is absorbed in an absorption column by a cooled solvent (9). At the bottom of the column, the liquid phase that contains the solvent and the C2+ hydrocarbons is recovered and hydrogenated (15). The hydrogenation effluent that contains the solvent is introduced into a first distillation column (16). Ethane-ethylene mixture (17) is drawn off laterally from the column, and a phase (19) that contains the solvent and hydrocarbons with at least 3 carbon atoms is drawn off at the bottom of the column. This phase (19) is separated in a second distillation column (22), and C3+ hydrocarbons and, at the bottom of the column, regenerated solvent (26) that is cooled and that is recycled (9, 52) in the absorption column are collected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas-turbine combustion chamber comprising at least a zone (11) referred to as pilot combustion zone into which at least a first pilot fuel injection means (3) and an associated first oxidizer injection means (4) open; a main combustion zone (12) into which at least a second main fuel injection means (7) and an associated second oxidizer injection means (8) open, all of it being maintained under a pressure P1 inside an enclosure (14). According to the invention, said chamber further comprises a mechanical means (15-19) for controlling the second flow of oxidizer, which reacts to the pressure difference between the inside (P1) and the atmospheric pressure (Po) outside enclosure (14), said pressure difference being directly linked with the engine speed.

Abstract: A catalytic combustion process for at least one fuel comprises the use of a plurality of successive catalytic zones, the process being characterized in that at least one of the first catalytic zones includes a catalyst comprising a monolithic substrate, a porous support based on a refractory inorganic oxide and an active phase constituted by cerium, iron and optionally zirconium, also at least one metal selected from the group formed by palladium and platinum; and in that at least one of the subsequent catalytic zones includes an active phase comprising: an oxide of at least one element A with valency X selected from the group formed by barium, strontium and rare-earths; at least one element B with valency Y selected from the group formed by Mn, Co and Fe; and at least one element C selected from the group formed by Mg and Zn, and aluminium; the oxide may have formula A.sub.1-x B.sub.y C.sub.z Al.sub.12-y-z O.sub.19-.delta., x being 0 to 0.25, y being 0.5 to 3; and z being 0.

Abstract: Described is a process of catalytic combustion with staged fuel injection that comprises: a first injection of fuel and air, the passage of the air-fuel mixture that is formed into a catalytic zone, and a second fuel injection into the flow of output from said catalytic zone; with said process being characterized in that said catalytic zone comprises at least one catalyst that comprises a monolithic substrate, a porous support based on a refractory inorganic oxide, and an active phase that comprises cerium, iron, and optionally zirconium, as well as at least one metal that is selected from the group that is formed by palladium and platinum; the content of porous support is between 100 and 400 g per liter of catalyst; the cerium content is between 0.3 and 20% by weight relative to the porous support; the zirconium content is between 0 and 20% by weight relative to the porous support; with the iron content being between 0.01 and 3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalytic combustion system comprising a casing (1) having an inlet (2) for an oxidizer such as air, several fuel injection means (3, 5; 7) intended for a multistage fuel injection, and at least a first monolithic element (4) that may be covered with a combustion catalyst and situated downstream from a first fuel injection means (3) in relation to the direction of progress of an air-fuel mixture in the system, said first injection means performing a partial fuel injection, and comprising at least a second monolithic element (6) situated downstream from a second injection means (5), said second monolithic element (6) being intended to stabilize the combustion. The second monolithic element (6) can be covered with a combustion catalyst.

Abstract: The invention relates to the manufacturing of synthetic gas according to which the following stages are performed within a single housing:partial combustion in a non catalytic combustion chamber,contacting of the combustion gases with a catalytic element,complementary injection of oxidizer in the catalytic bed.According to the invention, maximum direct contact is provided between the combustion gases and a surface of the catalytic bed so as to reduce the formation of soots.