Abstract:
The invention relates to an exchanger reactor (1) comprising a containment (2) - means of distributing a load through a catalytic zone in fixed bed (10), - means (6) of collecting the effluent output from the catalytic zone (10), - means of heating the catalytic zone (10), in which said collection means (6) include ducts passing through the catalytic zone (10) from one side to the other, said ducts being distributed in the catalytic zone and inserted between the heating means, and in which the means of heating the catalytic zone are contained in claddings (8) partly immersed in the catalytic zone (10), the claddings (8) being open at one of their ends and closed at the other, the open end being fixed to an upper tubular plate (21) delimiting the collection chamber (19) located above the catalytic zone (10), said heating means comprising at least one combustion zone (13) located close to the catalytic zone, means of supplying said combustion zone (13) with an oxidising gaseous mix (15) and gas fuel (17), and means of evacuating the gas effluent output from combustion (14).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a system that makes it possible to exchange heat, using a loop in which a heat-transport fluid circulates, between a plurality of industrial and commercial sites, wherein each site can be a producer and/or consumer, in order to reduce energy costs on a territorial scale. The invention also relates to a method for pooling heat energy on the territorial scale using a loop which connects at least one site consuming heat energy to at least one site producing heat energy, and in which a heat-transport fluid circulates.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a steam reforming furnace for the production of hydrogen, using a set of porous burners positioned between the tubes to be heated, enabling the furnace to be made more compact.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an exchanger reactor (1) comprising a containment (2) - means of distributing a load through a catalytic zone in fixed bed (10), - means (6) of collecting the effluent output from the catalytic zone (10), - means of heating the catalytic zone (10), in which said collection means (6) include ducts passing through the catalytic zone (10) from one side to the other, said ducts being distributed in the catalytic zone and inserted between the heating means, and in which the means of heating the catalytic zone are contained in claddings (8) partly immersed in the catalytic zone (10), the claddings (8) being open at one of their ends and closed at the other, the open end being fixed to an upper tubular plate (21) delimiting the collection chamber (19) located above the catalytic zone (10), said heating means comprising at least one combustion zone (13) located close to the catalytic zone, means of supplying said combustion zone (13) with an oxidising gaseous mix (15) and gas fuel (17), and means of evacuating the gas effluent output from combustion (14).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the autothermal reforming of a hydrocarbon feed in a catalytic reforming reactor, including the steps that consist of: a) mixing the hydrocarbon feed with water vapour, and vaporising the hydrocarbon feed if not already vaporised; b) pre-distributing the vaporised mix of hydrocarbon feed and water across the section of the reforming reactor using a multipoint injector network; c) injecting a gaseous oxidising flow, preferably pure oxygen, into the pre-distributed mixture from step (b) at the injectors from step (b); d) distributing, in the presence of an autothermal reforming catalyst, the mixture obtained in step (c) homogeneously across the section of the reforming reactor; and e) reforming the mixture distributed in step (d) in the catalytic zone of the reforming reactor.
Abstract:
The present invention describes a novel reactor designed to carry out chemical reactions at temperatures possibly up to 1600°C and at pressures possibly up to 100 bar. The reactor according to the invention possesses two chambers surrounding the reaction zone, namely an internal chamber made from a refractory material and an external chamber surrounding the internal chamber and made of an insulating material.