Abstract: A catalytic filter system adaptable to the various challenges of a catalytic gas phase reaction is provided, wherein the system comprises a filtration vessel having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a separation wall provided in the interior of the filtration vessel and a plurality of filter candles, the separation wall dividing the interior into a raw gas chamber and a clean gas chamber; the separation wall comprising a plurality of openings designed to sealingly accommodate the plurality of filter candles; the fluid inlet being arranged in fluid communication with the raw gas chamber upstream of the plurality of filter candles; the fluid outlet being arranged in fluid communication with the clean gas chamber downstream of the plurality of filter candles; and the filter system comprising a first catalytic medium accommodated in the clean gas chamber downstream of the filter candles and upstream of the fluid outlet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gasification apparatus for generating syngas from gasifiable feedstock material, said apparatus comprising a vessel having a feedstock inlet, an inlet for a gaseous gasifying medium, an outlet for exhausted feedstock material and a syngas outlet; a gasifying reactor accommodated in said vessel and in fluid communication with said feedstock inlet, said outlet for exhausted feedstock material and said inlet for said gasifying medium of said vessel; and a filtering unit accommodated in said vessel and having an upstream side and a downstream side, said upstream side of said filtering unit being in fluid communication with said reactor and said downstream side thereof being in fluid communication with said syngas outlet.

Abstract: A catalytic filter system adaptable to the various challenges of a catalytic gas phase reaction is provided, wherein the system comprises a filtration vessel having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a separation wall provided in the interior of the filtration vessel and a plurality of filter candles, the separation wall dividing the interior into a raw gas chamber and a clean gas chamber; the separation wall comprising a plurality of openings designed to sealingly accommodate the plurality of filter candles; the fluid inlet being arranged in fluid communication with the raw gas chamber upstream of the plurality of filter candles; the fluid outlet being arranged in fluid communication with the clean gas chamber downstream of the plurality of filter candles; and the filter system comprising a first catalytic medium accommodated in the clean gas chamber downstream of the filter candles and upstream of the fluid outlet.

Abstract: A catalytic element useful for promoting catalytic gas phase reactions is provided, comprising a porous ceramic body comprising a multiplicity of open pores having a coating comprising a basic oxide material and a catalyst material selected from transition metal and noble metal compounds.

Abstract: A catalytically active porous element for promoting catalytic gas phase reactions is proposed, said element comprising a porous structural element of sintered ceramic or metallic primary particles, which are selected from fibrous and/or granular particles, a secondary structure of titania nano particles deposited on the surface of said sintered primary particles and a catalytic component deposited on the surface of the titania nano particles. Thereby porous catalytic elements for catalytic gas phase reactions which are useful not only in NOX reduction reactions but also for other catalytic gas phase reactions are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gasification apparatus for generating syngas from gasifiable feedstock material, said apparatus comprising a vessel having a feedstock inlet, an inlet for a gaseous gasifying medium, an outlet for exhausted feedstock material and a syngas outlet; a gasifying reactor accommodated in said vessel and in fluid communication with said feedstock inlet, said outlet for exhausted feedstock material and said inlet for said gasifying medium of said vesel; and a filtering unit accommodated in said vessel and having an upstream side and a downstream side, said upstream side of said filtering unit being in fluid communication with said reactor and said downstream side thereof being in fluid communication with said syngas outlet.

Abstract: A catalytic element useful for promoting catalytic gas phase reactions is provided, comprising a porous ceramic body comprising a multiplicity of open pores having a coating comprising a basic oxide material and a catalyst material selected from transition metal and noble metal compounds

Abstract: A catalytically active porous element for promoting catalytic gas phase reactions is proposed, said element comprising a porous structural element of sintered ceramic or metallic primary particles, which are selected from fibrous and/or granular particles, a secondary structure of titania nano particles deposited on the surface of said sintered primary particles and a catalytic component deposited on the surface of the titania nano particles. Thereby porous catalytic elements for catalytic gas phase reactions which are useful not only in NOX reduction reactions but also for other catalytic gas phase reactions are provided.