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Patent No.:

US 4079017 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 1978

Filed:

Nov. 19, 1976

Parallel steam reformers to provide low energy process

Applicant:
Inventors:

Duffer Brooks Crawford, Houston, TX (US);

Colman Lee Becker, Houston, TX (US);

Joseph Ray LeBlanc, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

Pullman Incorporated, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorneys:

Myers; Kurt S.

Crady; Clarence W.

Primary Examiner:

Howard T Mars

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B / ; C01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252373 ; 4821 / ; 4819 / ; 2328 / ;
Abstract

A low energy process for the production of hydrogen-rich gas which involves the process sequence of primary reforming and secondary reforming includes parallel steam reformers for the primary reforming of the hydrocarbon feed, one portion of the hydrocarbon feed being heated using radiant heat, i.e., a steam reforming furnace, and another portion of the hydrocarbon feed being heated using indirect heat exchange with the effluent from the secondary reforming, i.e., an exchanger-reactor.

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Crawford, Duffer. (1978). Parallel steam reformers to provide low energy process (U.S. Patent No. 4079017). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4079017

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