Patent-family-84569319

A gas heating section and a reforming section are provided, in which flue gas is used as an anode (oxygen) sweeping gas in an electrolysis unit. The resulting combined gas stream is fed to the gas heating section/reforming section as combustion gas stream. By continuously feeding the combined gas stream to said at least one burner and combusting it, a flue gas stream of high purity CO₂ can be obtained. A chemical plant, and a process for providing a syngas stream are also provided.