AM-10-143 Impact of Greenhouse Gas Legislation on Hydrogen Plant Design and Operation

Description:

Hydrogen plants represent one of the largest single sources of CO2 emissions in a typical refinery. For this reason, improving their design and operation has become critical for energy producers, even more so under a possible future CO2 cap and trade environment. With the integration of Lurgi in 2007, Air Liquide Group has acquired vital expertise in the design and engineering of hydrogen and syngas plants. Together, Air Liquide and Lurgi have developed innovative technologies to reduce CO2 emissions and to improve the reliability, availability, efficiency and capital cost of hydrogen plants. Operational excellence is a key factor in today's financial environment and CO2 constrained world. Air Liquide and Lurgi’s team of international experts in safety, plant operations, engineering, research and development, with a special focus on instrumentation and control, contribute to the continuous improvement of these units. In this paper, we will review improvements in hydrogen plant availability, efficiency and CO2 emission reduction including carbon capture for sequestration or enhanced oil recovery.