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conference presentations and publications and holds two patents. Email: sratan@zoneflowtech.com Bruce Boisture is Co-founder and President of ZoneFlow Reactor Technologies, responsible for planning, business development, IP man- agement, and finances. He holds a BA degree from Princeton University, a BPhil degree from Oxford University, and a JD degree from Yale Law School. William J. Blasko is Sr. Offering Manager for Hydrogen in Honeywell UOP’s Process Technologies business with more than 30 years of experience in LNG, gas processing, and hydrogen. He holds a BSc in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University and a Master of Business Administration from DePaul University, Kellstadt School of Business. Wolfgang Spieker is Principal Development Engineer in Honeywell UOP’s Olefins and Detergents Development group in Des Plaines, IL. He holds a Dipl.-Ing. (MS equiv.) degree in chemical engineering from the Technical University RWTH Aachen, Germany, and a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Florent Minette is a Research Chemical Engineer in the Materials & Process Engineering department of Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium. He was involved in the commissioning and operation of the pilot plant and co-performed the modelling of the intrinsic reaction kinetics for the ZoneFlow structured catalytic reactor. Juray De Wilde (PhD MSc BSc, Ghent University) is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium. His research expertise includes kinetic modelling and the multi-scale modelling and simulation of chemical reactors accounting for complex (multiphase) flows and detailed reaction kinetics. He is co-author of more than 60 papers in referenced international journals and five book chapters, and co-holder of three patents.

Acknowledgement The diligent efforts and effective role of the entire shift operating team and UCL’s support staff are acknowledged with thanks for the safe, efficient, and successful completion of the pilot plant test programme. ZoneFlow is a mark of ZoneFlow Reactor Technologies LLC (ZFRT).

References 1 Patent US8235361

2 Minette F, Lugo-Pimentel M, Modroukas D, Davis A W, Gill R, Castaldi M J, De Wilde J, Intrinsic kinetics of steam methane reforming on a thin, nanostructured and adherent Ni coating, Appl. Catal. B: Environ ., 238, 2018, 184-197. 3 Minette F, Calamote de Almeida L, Ratan S, De Wilde J, Pressure drop and heat transfer of ZoneFlow structured catalytic reactors and refer- ence pellets for Steam Methane Reforming, Chem. Eng. Journal., 417, 2021, 128080. 4 De Wilde J, Froment G F, Computational Fluid Dynamics in chemical reactor analysis and design: Application to the ZoneFlow reactor for methane steam reforming, Fuel 100, 2012, 48-56. 5 De Wilde J, Froment G F, Modeling of Dual-Zone Structured Reactors for Natural Gas Steam Reforming, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res . 52, 39, 2013, 14055-14065. Sanjiv Ratan is Director of Marketing & Technology for ZoneFlow Reactor Technologies LLC. With more than 35 years of experience, he is respon - sible for the techno-commercial direction and technology advancement of the ZoneFlow structured catalyst reactor system. He holds a BTech in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India. He is senior AIChE member and has contributed more than 80

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