A catalytic method for producing heat from low-heating-value gases

Results of the development and experimental validation of the technology for producing high-potential heat from air mixtures with a low content of different kinds of fuel, such as organic compounds, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide, are presented. The proposed technology employs flameless catalytic combustion of fuel under conditions of the so-called reverse process, that is, periodically changing the direction of flow of the fuel passing through an immobile layer of catalyst particles.