Devices for cooling and humidifying a reformate stream from a reforming
reactor as well as related methods, modules and systems includes a heat
exchanger and a sprayer. The heat exchanger has an inlet, an outlet, and
a conduit between the inlet and the outlet. The heat exchanger is adapted
to allow a flow of a first fluid (e.g. water) inside the conduit and to
establish a heat exchange relationship between the first fluid and a
second fluid (e.g. reformate from a reforming reactor) flowing outside
the conduit. The sprayer is coupled to the outlet of the heat exchanger
for spraying the first fluid exiting the heat exchanger into the second
fluid.