Steam reforming or steam methane reforming is a method for producing syngas by reaction of hydrocarbons with water. Commonly, natural gas is the feedstock. The main purpose of this technology is often
Depiction of the general process flow of a typical steam reforming plant. (PSA = Pressure swing adsorption, NG = Natural gas)
In petrochemistry, petroleum geology and organic chemistry, cracking is the process whereby complex organic molecules such as kerogens or long-chain hydrocarbons are broken down into simpler molecules
Refinery using the Shukhov cracking process, Baku, Soviet Union, 1934