Less is more for catalyst users

Journal Article · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Chemical Engineering (New York); (United States)

OSTI ID:6294168

The environmental-catalyst business is booming. Sales of catalytic equipment to treat volatile organic compounds (VOC) totaled [dollar sign]550 million in the U.S. last year. That figure is expected to reach [dollar sign]1 billion by 1996. Regulations are driving the expansion. The U.S. Clean Air Act of 1990 mandates reduced emissions levels of 189 air toxics, 150 of which are VOCs. This is good new for equipment vendors, but not for operating companies, which rarely see returns on their investments in catalytic systems. Environmental compliance can't be turned into profits. All you get in return is permission to run your plant. As a result, CPI companies are looking for ways to operate catalyst systems more cheaply. And they're asking catalyst manufactures to come up with more-efficient and cost-effective products. Vendors are responding. They have developed a variety of new products that offer higher surface areas and more active sites than past materials. This paper briefly review these new products.

• OSTI ID: 6294168
• Journal Information: Chemical Engineering (New York); (United States), Vol. 100:6; ISSN 0009-2460
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
CATALYSTS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CATALYST SUPPORTS
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
COMPLIANCE
COST
ESTERIFICATION
NITROGEN OXIDES
OPTIMIZATION
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
REGENERATION
SURFACE AREA
VOLATILE MATTER
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
INDUSTRY
MATTER
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
REGULATIONS
SURFACE PROPERTIES
540120* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
320302 - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes- Materials