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[paraschemix]

I would like to know the difference between the fired heater and reformer?

[Art Montemayor]

Paraschemix

A fired heater is a heat exchanger. It exchanges the heat released by a flame produced by burning a fuel with a process fluid circulated inside a tube(s). The flame is in a chamber outside the tube(s).

A reformer is an endothermic reactor. The heat required for the reaction is supplied by a flame produced by burning a fuel. The reaction normally takes place inside tube(s) that are packed with a solid catalyst to support the reaction. The reactants are fed and circulated inside the tube(s). The flame is in a chamber outside the tube(s).

The two equipment normally look similar from the outside because they are configured and built similarly.