Praxair Starts Up Hydrogen Plant for Valero Hydrocracker in Texas

摘要

Praxair on July 22 announced the start-up of a 135 millionstandard- cubic-feet-per-day (scfd) hydrogen plant serving Valero’s Port Arthur, Texas, refinery and other customers. “The new plant houses the largest steam-methane reformer (SMR) Praxair has built to-date to supply hydrogen and up to 450,000 pounds per hour of steam to Valero’s new 57,000 barrel-per-day hydrocracker,” according to Praxair.