Your task is to design an example of electrically-heated process equipment. The electricallyheated equipment to be designed an electric furnace to conduct asteam-methane-reforming reaction. In this case you will assume the availability of carbon-emissions-free electricity at conditions (phase, voltage) commonlyavailable in industrial settings in any amount needed. An explanation of case follows:Case – Electric endothermic steam methane reformer:There are a number of important high temperature endothermic reactions, for example, steam cracking of ethane to ethylene and steam methane reformingto make hydrogen (steam in both cases is not entirely coincidental as steam also suppresses coke formation and plugging in high temperature reactions).These reactions are conducted in nickel-chromium alloy tubes. In the case of steam methane reforming, the reaction is catalyzed with a heterogeneouscatalyst packed into the tubes. These tubes might be resistively heated by passing electric current through them or by wrapping resistance heating elementsaround them, or them might be inducti
vely heated. Typical temperature range 800-900C.Specifically, design an electrically heated steam methane reforming (SMR) furnace capable of producing 10,000 Nm3/hr (Normal conditions: 0C, 1atm,1.013bar) hydrogen prior to any water gas shift assuming complete methane conversion and selectivity. The endothermic reaction (206kJ/mol CH4) is tooccur in tubes packed with a nickel catalyst operating at 900C, 20bara, and a molar steam to carbon ratio of 3:1 with a gas residence time of 0.1s. These maynot be optimal SMR operating or performance conditions, but the point here is to design an electrically heated high temperature endothermic reactor. Electricheating technologies you might consider include indirect resistance heating (passage of electricity through a tube containing the reforming catalyst, orthrough an element arranged on the outside of a tube containing the reforming catalyst), and indirect inductive heating of the tube containing the reformingcatalyst. Or, you may use any other electrically-powered high temperature reactor-heating technology.Please proceed as follows: