Abstract:
A process for effecting mass transfer between a liquid phase and a gaseous phase in a filled-type column comprising an external shell which accommodates at least one filler-containing basket wherethrough the phases are caused to flow in countercurrent relationship, advantageously comprises the step of feeding the gaseous phase to the at least one basket through a gas-permeable surface thereof which is larger than the basket cross-section, preferably in a prevailing radial flow direction.
Abstract:
A reforming apparatus of the type comprising an indirect heat exchange zone (5) for the reforming reaction of a gaseous flow comprising methane and steam into CO, CO2, and H2, is distinguished by the fact that it comprises advantageously a plurality of floating-head tubes (6) containing a reforming catalyst, a chamber (9) for collection of the reaction products positioned downstream of the tubes (6), and a duct (15) open in said chamber (9) for extraction of the reaction products from the apparatus.