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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2017
Applicant:

Technip Energies France, Nanterre, FR;

Inventors:

Sanjiv Ratan, Claremont, CA (US);

Stephane Walspurger, Amstelveen, NL;

Antonio Farace, Delft, NL;

Assignee:

TECHNIP ENERGIES FRANCE, Nanterre, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/38 (2006.01); B01J 4/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/384 (2013.01); B01J 4/002 (2013.01); B01J 19/0013 (2013.01); B01J 19/245 (2013.01); B01J 19/249 (2013.01); C01B 3/382 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00085 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0233 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0833 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1241 (2013.01); C01B 2203/142 (2013.01);
Abstract

Heat exchanger-reformer for use in a hydrogen production plant for producing syngas, for instance by means of a steam methane reforming method, wherein the reformer comprises vessel with a first inlet for supplying feed and a second inlet for supplying hot reformer effluent, preferably coming from a main steam methane reformer, wherein the heat exchanger-reformer further comprises a heat exchanging section that is arranged in fluid connection with the first and second inlets for exchanging heat between the feed and reformer effluent to effectuate steam reforming of hydrocarbon to produce syngas, wherein the heat exchanging section comprises a plate heat exchanger assembly for heat exchange between said feed and said reformer effluent.


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