2023P07073WO F-5396 21 Abstract It is desirable to design a
plant such that it is flexible with respect to the product spectrum and to flexible integration of
hydrogen as fuel besides
biomass, while5 minimizing the capital costs by e.g. multipurpose reactors. Even on the feedstock side, some flexibility could be useful, i.e. using besides
hydrogen also CO2 as feed for the production of storable energy carriers, e.g. hydrocarbons, while using the
stored energy carrier at least as partial10 feedstock in times when
hydrogen production is desired. This objective is achieved according to the present invention by a method /
system for producing hydrogen and / or
methanol, comprising :15 a) thermochemically converting in terms of gasification and / or
pyrolysis a carbonaceous feedstock from
biomass or wastes yielding a
product gas that comprises at least CO, H2 and optionally unsaturated hydrocarbons, such as
ethylene,
acetylene,
benzene;20 b) optionally providing a gas cleaning section to remove catalyst poisons, e.g. Sulphur species, from the
product gas; c) bringing the
product gas into a
fluidized bed reactor and reacting the product gas in the presence of a25 catalyst and / or a
sorbent based on e.g.
copper,
molybdenum and / or iron that supports the conversion of CO and H2O to hydrogen and CO2 or to
methanol depending on the operation conditions that are controllable in terms of the catalyst and / or sorbents used and / or the30 pressure and / or the temperature and / or the heat exchange in the
fluidized bed reactor; d) guiding the reacted product gas to an upgrading section that comprises a
particle filter, an optional 2023P07073WO F-5396 22 condensation step and at least one separation unit, such as a membrane, a
scrubber, an absorption, a
pressure swing adsorption or a temperature swing adsorption, a
chemisorption, a
liquefaction or combinations thereof, thereby separating a hydrogen-5 rich
stream or a
methanol-rich
stream from the
effluent of the
fluidized bed reactor. This method and this
system thus allow to use one single fluidized
bed reactor to flexibly decide for the production10 of hydrogen or methanol thereby enabling a production that for example is enabled to reflect the availability of green hydrogen and / or
renewable energy. FIG.115