HYDROGEN GENERATING METHOD AND HYDROGEN GENERATING APPARATUS

To collect a large amount of hydrogen efficiently by thermally decomposing organic materials such as waste material and waste plastic in a gasification furnace.SOLUTION: The present invention provides a hydrogen generating method in which: waste material, raw garbage and the like are supplied as a carbon component carbonized in a carbonization furnace 3 to a gasification furnace 1, 50 heated to 950°C, and the waste plastic is supplied to it directly without having being carbonized; and in the gasification furnace 1, 50, the carbon component is brought into contact with superheated steam, or a plastic gas is brought into contact with the superheated steam to collect a generated gas containing 50% or more of hydrogen. The hydrogen, and carbon monoxide generated together with it are used as an energy source.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】廃材、廃プラスチック等の有機物をガス化炉で熱分解して効率よく大量の水素を採集する。【解決手段】９５０℃以上に加熱してガス化炉１，５０に廃材、生ゴミ等の場合は炭化炉３で炭化した炭素成分を供給し、又は、廃プラスチックの場合には炭化しないで直接供給し、ガス化炉１，５０内では、炭素成分と過熱水蒸気とを接触させ、又はプラスチックガスと過熱水蒸気とを接触させ、水素を５０％以上含む生成ガスを採集し、この水素とこれに伴って生成される一酸化炭素をエネルギー源として利用する。【選択図】図１