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Steam Methane Reforming - Syngas Production is a proven technology for producing syngas, carbon monoxide and oxogas. The process uses steam methane to reform a hydrocarbon feed in catalyst-filled tubes heated by a top-fired furnace.
Adaptable technology
With Steam Methane Reforming from Air Liquide Engineering & Construction, natural gas is desulfurized, mixed with steam and pre-heated. Inside a proprietary top-fired steam reformer, the feed gas and steam are then heated at pressures of 15 - 45 barg to generate hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction can adapt multiple factors to customers' specific needs, including the main process parameters, the reforming temperature and the steam to carbon ratio. The aim is to optimize the process to meet methane conversion requirements of downstream steps.
The products generated by the process are syngas, oxogas and carbon monoxide. Customers may choose to recycle and/or import the carbon monoxide to save their natural gas feed.
Advantages
Efficient and proven technology for generating syngas, oxogas and carbon monoxide
Process can be adapted to meet clients' methane conversion requirements
Key figures
Capacity: up to 40 000 Normal cubic meters per hour (Nm3/h) carbon monoxide and up to 350 000 Nm3/h syngas, dry
Feed+Fuel: 45.6 Megajoules/Normal cubic meters (MJ/Nm3) CO