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Article: Autothermal reformer promises to lower investment costs for making syngas.(Chementator)
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- Chemical Engineering
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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The Institute of Applied Energy (IAE; Tokyo; iae.or.jp), with the support of Toyo Engineering Corp. (TEC; Narashino), and Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE; Kyoto, both Japan), is developing a new autothermal reactor (ATR) for steam reforming of natural gas into hydrogen and carbon monoxide (syngas). The new design is expected to considerably ease the design criteria for steam reforming, thereby reducing investment costs.
Conventional steam reformers consist of catalyst-packed reactor tubes located inside a furnace box. Considerable fuel must be supplied to heat the reactor tubes by burners within the furnace. Sophisticated designs ...