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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Technip France, Courbevoie, FR;
Inventors:
Roland Van Uffelen, Zoetermeer, NL;
Stephane Walspurger, Amstelveen, NL;
Assignee:
Technip France, Courbevoie, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/06 (2006.01); C01B 3/38 (2006.01); F23C 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/062 (2013.01); B01J 8/065 (2013.01); C01B 3/384 (2013.01); F23C 5/08 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00504 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00548 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0227 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0816 (2013.01); C01B 2203/141 (2013.01); C01B 2203/169 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1619 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a method for heating a process gas in a top or bottom fired reformer, a method for improving the temperature spread over a top or bottom fired reformer, and to a top or bottom fired reformer wherein these methods can applied. This can be achieved by the lane flow rate of at least one outer tube lane being different from the lane flow rate of at least one inner tube lane.