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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2013
L'air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'etude ET L'exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude, Paris, FR;
Taekyu Kang, Newark, DE (US);
Rong Fan, Hockessin, DE (US);
Pavol Pranda, Hockessin, DE (US);
Hwanho Kim, Newark, DE (US);
Robert A. Gagliano, Cochranville, PA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for decreasing steam methane reformer (SMR) tube temperature is provided. The apparatus can include an SMR furnace, a monitoring system in communication with the SMR furnace and a water source in fluid communication with the SMR furnace. The SMR furnace includes a plurality of SMR tubes disposed within the SMR furnace. The monitoring system is configured to monitor the temperature of at least a plurality of SMR tubes and compare the temperature against a first predetermined value, and the water source is configured to introduce water to an SMR tube that has a temperature above the first predetermined value, such that the temperature of the SMR tube is reduced.