ZF Bayonet Reactors solve a problem that has perplexed designers of steam methane reforming equipment for decades. The reforming process requires high (850° C +) temperatures and the hydrogen-containing syngas it produces exits the conventional reactor tubes at a similar temperature. In current practice, the hot syngas is used to make steam or preheat feedstock, but a much higher value use would be making hydrogen. The ZF Bayonet Reactor does so, returning the syngas through a central tube to use its heat in the reforming process taking place in the annulus of the larger reactor tube. Although the idea of a bayonet reactor is not new, patent-protected features of the ZF Bayonet Reactor make it practical for the first time. The result: even greater efficiency gains than with the ZF Reactor. You can find our detailed report on the ZF Bayonet Reactor technology at “ZFRT Intellectual Property – Publications.”