Fluidized bed reactors require a one-foot diameter to eliminate wall effects
Zach Jones · The rogue idea that saved a hydrogen startup · Aug 13, 2025 · at 22:43
Zach Jones, CEO of Graphitic Energy, explains the reactor sizing criteria used with PSRI and Technip to scale their methane pyrolysis technology.
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“You need to really get to a foot in diameter with a fluidized bed before you get away from wall effects. So if you can get to a foot in diameter or larger, you can get away from wall effects and be very confident that you can take the data that comes out of that and scale it to whatever diameter that you want.”
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