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Blue hydrogen, from real chemical equilibrium

Steam-methane reforming and water-gas shift, both solved to real chemical equilibrium — not fixed conversion — with 96% of the CO2 captured for sequestration.

Real chemical-equilibrium reforming + shift96% CO2 capture for sequestration/EORPartial-pressure Keq(T), not fixed conversion
Natural gas + steam
Reformer
Cooler
Shift reactor
Cooler
Knockout
Process water
CO2 capture
Captured CO2
Blue H2

The actual dark-mode canvas: natural gas and steam reformed to syngas, shifted for extra hydrogen, and 96% of the CO2 captured as a pure stream — the same P&ID symbols you edit in the app.

Real chemical equilibrium, not a fixed conversion

Both reactors solve to real chemical equilibrium on a partial-pressure basis — reforming conversion and shift extent are computed from Keq(T), not asserted.

CH4+H2OCO+3H2,Keq=pCOpH23pCH4pH2O\text{CH}_4 + \text{H}_2\text{O} \rightleftharpoons \text{CO} + 3\text{H}_2, \quad K_{eq} = \frac{p_{CO}\,p_{H_2}^3}{p_{CH_4}\,p_{H_2O}}
CO+H2OCO2+H2,Keq=pCO2pH2pCOpH2O\text{CO} + \text{H}_2\text{O} \rightleftharpoons \text{CO}_2 + \text{H}_2, \quad K_{eq} = \frac{p_{CO_2}\,p_{H_2}}{p_{CO}\,p_{H_2O}}
ini,inhi(Tin)+ΔHrxnξ=ini,outhi(Tout)\sum_i n_{i,in}\,h_i(T_{in}) + \Delta H_{rxn}\,\xi = \sum_i n_{i,out}\,h_i(T_{out})
RecoveryCO2=nCO2,capturednCO2,in=0.96\text{Recovery}_{CO_2} = \frac{n_{CO_2,\,captured}}{n_{CO_2,\,in}} = 0.96

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Equilibrium reactor

Reaction extent set by chemical equilibrium Keq(T), not a fixed conversion.

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Heater / cooler

Duty- or outlet-condition-specified energy-balance stage.

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Flash drum

Single-stage vapor-liquid equilibrium split at a fixed temperature/pressure.

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Separator

Flash/phase-split unit op — the foundational vapor-liquid calculation.

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Live plant integration

Stream reformer/shift outlet temperatures and CO2 capture rate from your plant's OPC-UA server into this flowsheet's twin comparison — deviations from the solved equilibrium are flagged automatically.

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  • Reforming and shift solved on a partial-pressure Keq(T) basis
  • 96% CO2 capture for sequestration or EOR
  • Feeds two real downstream loops: ammonia and methanol synthesis

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