Catalytic Reformer Units heat exchangers

Fauconnier JC, Gorenflo F, Thomas R. A shell-and-plate heat exchanger for the catalytic reforming unit at O.M. refinery Karlsruhe. Eurotherm 33, Recent Developments in Heat Exchanger Technology, Paris E.E.T.I., 1994 313-320. 

Catalytic steam-methane reforming (SMR) is the popular commercial method of H2 production. Figure 7 shows a flow diagram of this route of H2 production consisting of a SMR reactor, a WGS reactor, a PSA H2 purification unit, and heat exchangers for heat recovery [20]. 

Principal uses of anti-foulants are in hydrodesulfurizers (for naphtha, gas, and lubricating oUs), in naphtha reformers, in crude and catalytic cracking units. Other units include cokers, visbreakers, alkylation units, ethylene units, deethanizers, solvent recovery units, etc. While fouled equipment consists primarily of heat exchangers, furnace tubes, piping, and distillation towers can also be affected. 

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