Cost-effective uprating of existing hydrogen production units
- ICI Katalco, Billingham (United Kingdom)
- ICI Katalco, Oakbrook Terrace, IL (United States)
The demand for supplemental hydrogen production in refineries is growing significantly worldwide as environmental legislation concerning cleaner gasoline and diesel fuels is introduced. The main manufacturing method for this hydrogen uses the well-proven steam reforming process route. This article lists the advances in catalysts and technology in this area, and shows how they can be applied to existing hydrogen plants in order to maximize throughput. Such retrofit options are generally more cost-effective than the construction of a new hydrogen plant; due to the diversity of hydrogen plant designs and feedstocks used, however, a case-by-case evaluation is needed to determine the best options for a particular plant.
- OSTI ID:
- 7076918
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9403125-
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1994 National Petroleum Refiners Association (NPRA) annual meeting, San Antonio, TX (United States), 20-22 Mar 1994; Other Information: Paper AM-94-23
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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02 PETROLEUM
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
STEAM REFORMER PROCESSES
PETROLEUM REFINERIES
CAPACITY
DENITRIFICATION
DESULFURIZATION
HYDROCRACKING
HYDROGEN GENERATORS
NAPHTHA
NATURAL GAS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
USES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CRACKING
DECOMPOSITION
DISTILLATES
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GAS GENERATORS
GASES
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
PYROLYSIS
REFORMER PROCESSES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
080103* - Hydrogen- Production- Steam Reformer Processes
020400 - Petroleum- Processing