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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2019
Monica Zanfir, The Woodlands, TX (US);
BO Jin, Orefield, PA (US);
Minish Mahendra Shah, E. Amherst, NY (US);
Monica Zanfir, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Bo Jin, Orefield, PA (US);
Minish Mahendra Shah, E. Amherst, NY (US);
PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC., Danbury, CT (US);
Abstract
A top-fired reformer box is provided. The top-fired reformer box includes a burner row, a tube row, a reformer tunnel including a closed end, an open end, and a plurality of tunnel ports formed along a side wall of the reformer tunnel, the plurality of tunnel ports including a one or more tunnel port located along the side of the tunnel, and a flow resistor positioned at least one tunnel port applying a flow resistance for flue gas entering the reformer tunnel via the at least one tunnel port such that uniform flow is achieved within the reformer tunnel.