CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED-BED REFORMER

摘要

An inexpensive fuel for heating is used and caused to generate heat in a quantity sufficient to complete the reforming of a raw material to be reformed. Thus, the raw material to be reformed, such as a hydrocarbon gas, heavy oil, or pitch resulting from petroleum refining, can be economically and stably reformed. A reformer is provided which comprises: a raw-material feeder (19) which feeds a given amount of a raw material to be reformed (50) to a fluidized-bed reforming furnace (2); a fuel feeder (5) which feeds a fuel for heating (40) to a fluidized-bed combustion furnace (1); and a controller (29) by which the fuel for heating (40) to be fed to the fluidized-bed combustion furnace (1) is regulated so that circulating particles in the fluidized-bed combustion furnace (1) receive heat in a quantity sufficient to enable the raw reforming material (50) fed to the fluidized-bed reforming furnace (2) to be completely reformed in the fluidized-bed reforming furnace (2).