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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1998
Henrik Otto Stahl, Rungsted Kyst, DK;
Haldor Topsoe A/S, Lyngby, DK;
Abstract
A reformer furnace having a cylindrical shell with an open outlet end in bottom of the shell, and a burner surrounded by a wall spaced apart the burner arranged within the shell and spaced apart from inner wall surface of the shell, thereby defining a reformer chamber between the burner wall and inner surface of the shell and a combustion chamber within the wall surrounding the burner. One or more reformer tubes, having an outer tube with a closed end and an open ended inner tube are arranged vertically within the reformer chamber, so that a hot flue gas from the burner circulates with an upward flow in the combustion chamber and a downward flow in the reformer chamber.