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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2017
Applicants:
Kwamina Bedu-amissah, Humble, TX (US);
Troy M Raybold, Colden, NY (US);
Bobby L Ranson, La Porte, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kwamina Bedu-Amissah, Humble, TX (US);
Troy M Raybold, Colden, NY (US);
Bobby L Ranson, La Porte, TX (US);
Assignee:
PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC., Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/06 (2006.01); C01B 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/06 (2013.01); B01J 8/062 (2013.01); B01J 8/067 (2013.01); C01B 3/38 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00495 (2013.01); B01J 2208/06 (2013.01); B01J 2208/065 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00155 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0233 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0238 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1614 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates a steam methane reformer tube outlet assembly and a method of assembling or retrofitting same. More specifically, it relates to an exposed flanged tube outlet of a reformer designed to mitigate metal dusting corrosion, dew point condensation-related metal fatigue and cracking, and over-temperature induced metal failures such as hydrogen attack.