Effect of design parameters on performance of a top fired natural gas reformer

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 2203-2211

  Ebrahimi, Hadi ^a   Mohammadzadeh, Jafar S Soltan ^b   Zamaniyan, Akbar ^a   Shayegh, Flora ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Industrial top fired reformer; Modeling; Radiative heat transfer; Three dimensional zone method

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FLAME SPRAYING; FURNACES; GAS INDUSTRY; HEAT STORAGE; METHANE; REFORMING REACTIONS; STEAM ENGINEERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMBUSTION GASES; DESIGN PARAMETERS; EXTERNAL-; EXTINCTION CO-EFFICIENT; FIRED HEATERS; HEAT RELEASES; INDUSTRIAL TOP FIRED REFORMER; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; METHANE STEAM REFORMING; MODELING; MODELING AND SIMULATION; NATURAL GAS REFORMERS; RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ZONE METHOD; ZONE METHOD;

GASES;

EID: 50549089792     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2007.12.018     Document Type: Article

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