JDS Gill
Founder
ZoneFlow™ Reactor Technologies, LLC
ZoneFlow™ Reactor Technologies, LLC provides advanced steam methane reforming (SMR) solutions that boost hydrogen production efficiency and cut emissions. Its ZF Reactor™ structured catalyst more than doubles heat transfer, increasing hydrogen yield by up to 30% and capital efficiency by 20%, while the ZH₂ Process captures 95‑97% of CO₂ at lower cost, both compatible with new builds and retrofits of existing SMR plants.
- Clean Technology
- Energy
Updated 3 days ago
Funding
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Product
Problem
Steam methane reforming (SMR) plants generate hydrogen but suffer from low heat transfer efficiency, high operating costs, and significant CO₂ emissions, with about 9 tons of CO₂ produced per ton of hydrogen. Existing catalyst technologies and carbon capture methods are costly and difficult to retrofit into existing facilities.
Solution
ZoneFlow™ Reactor Technologies offers two complementary technologies to address these challenges. The ZF Reactor™ is a structured catalyst that more than doubles heat transfer into the reformer without increasing pressure drop or tube temperature, boosting hydrogen output per unit of capital investment by up to 20% and reducing operating expenses. The ZH₂ Process Technology™ reconfigures the SMR flow to capture 95 %–97 % of the CO₂ byproduct at a lower cost than alternative capture solutions, making the captured CO₂ available for utilization or sequestration. Both technologies can be installed in new SMR plants or retrofitted into existing units, enabling immediate efficiency gains and emissions reductions.
Target Audience
Primary customers are operators of large‑scale hydrogen production facilities and petrochemical refineries that use steam methane reforming, as well as engineering firms seeking to upgrade or decarbonize existing SMR plants.
Features
- Structured catalyst design delivering >100 % improvement in heat transfer compared to conventional pellet catalysts
- Maintains low pressure drop and tube skin temperature while increasing hydrogen yield by 15 %–30 %
- Enables up to 20 % higher hydrogen output per dollar of capital investment
- ZH₂ Process captures 95 %–97 % of CO₂ generated in SMR, lowering carbon capture cost relative to competing methods
- Compatible with retrofitting of existing SMR plants and integration into new installations
- Demonstrated performance in a near‑commercial pilot plant operating at 875 °C and up to 28 bar pressure with extensive instrumentation and analytics
- Patent‑pending technology with proven catalyst coating performance across multiple major catalyst providers