In Belgium, Honeywell and ZoneFlow Reactor Technologies, LLC (ZFRT) announced that they successfully conducted pilot plant testing of the ZoneFlow Reactor in ZFRT’s large-scale pilot plant at Université Catholique de Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. The near-commercial-level testing validated increased steam reforming capacity by at least 15% in terms of feed flow compared to conventional state-of-the-art pellets, with no higher methane slip and without increasing the maximum tube skin temperature or pressure drop. This increased production of hydrogen allows for the steam methane reformer to convert hydrocarbon feeds such as natural gas or naphtha and steam into synthesis gas.
In 2021, Honeywell UOP and ZoneFlow Reactor Technologies, LLC signed a joint development agreement to grow and commercialize the ZoneFlow Reactor technology. This technology can provide a significant improvement in the productivity and cost-effectiveness of steam methane reforming for hydrogen and syngas production.
