Steam-hydrocarbon reforming process

• Main Authors: Schoonover, Michelle, Daugherty, Tamara Lynn, MacConnell, Matthew H, Achilles, Geoffrey Colling, Li, Xianming Jimmy, Smith IV, Oliver Jacob
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 28.06.2017
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS

A steam-hydrocarbon reforming process utilizing a prereformer where a portion of the effluent from the prereformer is conditioned and the C2+ hydrocarbon content in the conditioned effluent measured. The molar flow rate of steam to the prereformer is increased or decreased responsive to measuring th...