REFORMER APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

The present invention relates to a gaseous hydrocarbon-steam reforming process and system (100) comprising: partially combusting a first fuel/air mixture stream (102) to heat the fuel/air mixture stream for use during reforming of a gaseous hydrocarbon-steam stream; combusting a second fuel/air mixture stream to heat an air stream for use during reforming of the gaseous hydrocarbon-steam stream; and reforming the gaseous hydrocarbon-steam stream to form a syngas stream (110) and a flue gas stream (112). The reforming process of the invention is small-scale but nevertheless capital and operating-cost competitive with large-scale systems.