Autothermal Reforming for Hydrogen Production

25+

commissioned ATR’s

300+

years of continuous ATR operational experience

40+

years of GHR-ATR operational experience

Award winning technology to produce low carbon hydrogen

Autothermal reforming (ATR), used alongside carbon capture and storage, is one of the principal hydrogen reformer technologies used in blue hydrogen production. Compared to steam methane reforming (SMR), autothermal reforming with carbon capture enables a higher CO₂ capture at a lower overall CAPEX.

JM’s LCH™ technology, which includes both an ATR or an ATR coupled with a Gas Heated Reformer (GHR), provides superior efficiency and cost-effectiveness, significantly reducing both plant CAPEX and OPEX requirements during low carbon hydrogen production.

JM’s technology offers the lowest levelised cost of hydrogen (LCOH) commercially available today. This technology is best-in-class, with the highest uptimes in the market and offering the lowest carbon intensity flowsheet.

Autothermal reforming technology (ATR)

Autothermal reforming (ATR) reactors convert purified natural gas into hydrogen fuel. As opposed to steam methane reforming (SMR), oxygen is added, allowing some of the partially reformed gas to combust to raise the process gas temperature rather than using natural gas. This allows ATR to provide a higher CO₂ capture at a lower CAPEX compared to SMR.

JM’s autothermal reforming technology design provides exceptional efficiency and reliability, driving high methane conversion, low maintenance, and a long lifetime. As opposed to the ATR and GHR integration, the ATR-only solution doesn’t recycle the high-pressure steam produced by the reactor, positioning it as an ideal solution for industries that use high-pressure steam in other processes.

Our hydrogen reformer technology is also backed by JM’s vast experience in successful flowsheet deployment, supporting customers from start-up through to operation across the globe.

MAXERGY technology: Proven autothermal and gas-heated reforming technology (ATR and GHR) that JM is uniquely positioned to offer.

JM’s autothermal reforming (ATR) and Gas Heated Reformer (GHR) integration in series, MAXERGY^TMtechnology, use high grade heat from ATR to drive reforming in the GHR utilising the high-grade heat to deliver the most energy efficient reforming which means there is less combustion of hydrocarbon feedstock ensuring lowest carbon intensity. With MAXERGY technology, JM LCH technology offers the highest energy efficient blue hydrogen production process that captures up to 99% of CO₂ produced with the lowest levelised cost of hydrogen commercially available today. With over 40 years of experience in the deployment of ATR and GHR projects, this award-winning technology has been proven at scale. Applying this extensive experience, JM can work with you to develop optimised solutions for specific project dynamics.