Implementation of a Feed Gas Saturation System to a 1970s Foster Wheeler Steam Methane Reformer

摘要

For ammonia plants wanting to improve the efficiency of their steam methane reformers, the installation of a feed gas saturator system provides a cost effective alternative to combustion air preheat and other upgrade options. By utilization of cold process condensate, additional heat is absorbed from cooler flue gas, steam demand is reduced, and condensate treatment is reduced. Completed in 2014, such a system was successfully implemented on a 1970s Foster Wheeler reformer at the Yara Trinidad Tringen 1 plant.