Automated hydrotreating pilot plants

Journal Article · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1986 · Chem. Eng. Prog.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5784220

Yanik, S J; Graham, J R

One of the major tasks facing catalyst supplies involved in hydrotreating/hydrogenation catalyst development work is proper catalyst evaluation. There are dozens of hydrotreating catalysts available to refiners, and selecting the optimum catalyst for a particular application is a challenging task. For fixed bed applications, the choice is especially difficult because, in addition to activity and selectivity, both catalyst life and pressure drop buildup are important considerations. Unfortunately, data on these latter effects are seldom available for new catalyst formulations. While pilot-plant data have been proven to be reliable indicators of the ultimate catalyst life achieved commercially, long-term catalyst aging data are expensive to gather, and proper pilot-plant design is mandatory to duplicate commercial results. Because the proper catalyst choice can earn millions of dollars per year for refiners in terms of enhanced downstream product values, it is justified to install top-quality pilot-plant facilities to demonstrate these benefits. This article describes an automated, minimum-attention set of five state-of-the-art hydrotreating pilot plants that are being completed for the Filtrol Catalyst Division of the Harshaw/Filtrol Partnership.

• Research Organization: Harshaw/Filtrol Partnership, Los Angeles, CA 90023
• OSTI ID: 5784220
• Journal Information: Chem. Eng. Prog.; (United States), Vol. 82:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
HYDROCRACKING
CATALYSTS
PETROLEUM
HYDROGENATION
PETROLEUM REFINERIES
AUTOMATION
PACKED BED
PILOT PLANTS
PRESSURE DROP
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CRACKING
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
PYROLYSIS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
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