Plant Configurations
Hydro-Chem offers many plant configurations to meet our client's specific needs. A few options are described below.
Plant Configurations - Low Capital Cost Units
Steam reforming process combined with PSA
- No heat recovery
- Import steam available for the process
- Low cost feed stock
Technical Data:
| Feed and Fuel Consumption |  | Natural Gas | LPG | Naphtha |
| MM Btu/h (LHV) | 17.98 | 18.13 | 18.48 |
| GJ/h (LHV) | 18.96 | 19.13 | 19.50 |
| Product Hydrogen | | | | |
| Flow Rate: Nm3/h | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Flow Rate: MMSCFD | 0.896 | 0.896 | 0.896 |
| Pressure | | | | |
| barg | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| psig | 203 | 203 | 203 |
| Hydrogen Product Purity | Volume % | 99.9 | 99.9 | 99.9 |
| Utilities | | | | |
| Import Steam | | | | |
| 20 barg, mt/h | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| 290 psig, t/h | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Cooling Water | | | | |
| m3/h (10°C rise) | 97 | 105 | 106 |
| gpm (18°F rise) | 427 | 462 | 467 |
| Electrical Energy | kW | 6 | 10 | 8 |
| Dimensions - Plot Area | | | | |
| m x m | 14 x 18 | 14 x 18 | 14 x 18 |
| ft x ft. | 46 x 59 | 46 x 59 | 46 x 59 |
Plant Configurations - High Export Steam Units
Steam reforming process combined with PSA
- Maximum heat recovery from both Flue Gas and Process Gas streams for steam production
- No combustion air preheat
- Export steam 100 lbs/1000 SCF of H2 produced
Technical Data:
| Feed and Fuel Consumption | | Natural Gas | LPG | Naphtha |
| MM Btu/h (LHV) | 18.09 | 18.29 | 18.65 |
| GJ/h (LHV) | 19.09 | 19.30 | 19.67 |
| Product Hydrogen | | | | |
| Flow Rate: Nm3/h | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Flow Rate: MMSCFD | 0.896 | 0.896 | 0.896 |
| Pressure | | | | |
| barg | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| psig | 203 | 203 | 203 |
| Hydrogen Product Purity | Volume % | 99.9 | 99.9 | 99.9 |
| Utilities | | | | |
| Export Steam | | | | |
| 20 barg, mt/h | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 290 psig, t/h | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Cooling Water | | | | |
| m3/h (10°C rise) | 12 | 16 | 19 |
| gpm (18°F rise) | 53 | 70 | 84 |
| Electrical Energy | kW | 32 | 36 | 34 |
| Demineralized Water | | | | |
| mt/h | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| t/h | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| Dimensions - Plot Area | | | | |
| m x m | 14 x 20 | 14 x 20 | 14 x 20 |
| ft x ft. | 46 x 66 | 46 x 66 | 46 x 66 |
Plant Configurations - Low Energy Units (Low Feed & Fuel Consumption)
Steam reforming process combined with PSA
- Combustion air and reformer feed temperatures are optimized to minimize energy consumption.
- Energy consumption down to 0.4 MMBTU (LHV) per 1000 SCF of hydrogen produced.
Technical Data:
| Feed and Fuel Consumption | | Natural Gas | LPG | Naphtha |
| MM Btu/h (LHV) | 14.97 | 15.16 | 15.72 |
| GJ/h (LHV) | 15.80 | 15.99 | 16.59 |
| Product Hydrogen | | | | |
| Flow Rate: Nm3/h | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Flow Rate: MMSCFD | 0.896 | 0.896 | 0.896 |
| Pressure | | | | |
| barg | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| psig | 203 | 203 | 203 |
| Hydrogen Product Purity | Volume % | 99.9 | 99.9 | 99.9 |
| Utilities | | | | |
Export Steam
For Control Only | | | | |
| 20 barg, mt/h | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 290 psig, t/h | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Cooling Water | | | | |
| m3/h (10°C rise) | 45 | 48 | 51 |
| gpm (18°F rise) | 198 | 211 | 225 |
| Electrical Energy | kW | 28 | 32 | 33 |
| Dimensions - Plot Area | | | | |
| m x m | 14 x 20 | 14 x 20 | 14 x 20 |
| ft x ft. | 46 x 66 | 46 x 66 | 46 x 66 |
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