Steam reforming technology advances

II.C.4 Novel Catalytic Fuel Processing Using Micro-Channel Steam Reforming and Advanced Separations Technology... 

Abbott, J., Advanced Steam Reforming Technology in GTE Flowsheets, Synetix (ICI), 1999. 

Abbishaw, J.B. Cromarty, B.J., The Use of Advanced Steam Reforming Technology for Hydrogen Production, Presented at the 1996 NPRA Annual Meeting - San Antonio, TX.,... 

SMART H2 [Steam Methane Advanced Reformer Technology] A process for making hydrogen by the steam reforming of methane. It differs from similar systems in housing the catalyst within a proprietary heat exchanger. Developed by Mannesmann KTI in 1996 it was planned for installation in Salisbury, MD, in late 1997. 

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1995, Advanced hydrogen production technologies, DOE/GO- 10095-065. Rostrup-Nielsen, J.R., 1984, "Catalytic steam reforming" in "Catalytic science and technology," J.R. Anderson and M. Boudard, Ed., Vol. 4, Springer, Berlin, pi. 

Onda, N., Mikuriya, T., Yoshioka, T., Mochida, S., Nakamura, H. and Araake, T., "Demonstration Plant Phase Development on Advanced High-Temperature Air Combustion Technology for Steam Reforming Process", Proceedings, of American-Japanese Flame Research Committees Joint International Symposium, October 22-24, 2007, Waikoloa, HI. 

The project is intended to establish and upgrade the technology basis necessary for advanced HTGR developments. Some heat utilization system is planned to be connected to the HTTR and demonstrated at the former stage of the second core. At present, steam-reforming of methane is the first candidate. Also the HTGR with Gas-Turbine has been studied for assessment of technical viability. 

Based on the type of thermal destruction process selected, there are several different commercial designs and configurations of the reactor that have been utilized for a particular application. Some of the most commonly used technologies include rotary kilns, starved air incinerators, fluidized beds, mass-bum incinerators, electrically heated reactors, microwave reactors, plasma, and other high-temperature thermal destruction systems. Recent advances include gasification and very high temperature steam reforming. 

Advanced Reforming Technology. The advanced reforming technology (ART) reformer concept (31) developed by KTI SpA (now Technip) is a convective reformer and is characterized by utilizing up to the maximum extent of the waste heat available in the steam-reforming process for the process itself and not for the production of export steam. This results in a reduced operating and investment costs. 

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