Feed filtering is a first defense and is quite effective in removing solid material and
as such results in longer operating cycles due to the lower rate of reactor pressure
drop buildup. The use of feed filtering will depend on the type of feed processed and
its source. A second line of defense is the use of specially shaped particle or
reticulated media loaded above the active hydrotreating catalysts to remove fines
that pass through the feed filter or are formed in situ in the reactor circuit.
Hydrotreating Technology Suppliers and Catalyst Manufacturers
Technology Suppliers
Historically many companies have offered to supply hydrotreating unit technology.
Most types of hydrotreating processes are offered through licensing arrangements
and some are non-licensed technologies. Today, CB&I/Chevron Lummus Global
(CLG), Axens/IFP Energies Nouvelles, Shell Global Solutions/KBR, Haldor
Topsøe, DuPont, and Honeywell UOP are the main providers of technology for
the various types of hydrotreating units.
Catalyst Manufacturers
Through the years, there have been many manufacturers of hydrotreating catalysts.
Some suppliers have consolidated with others. Other manufacturers have absorbed
some, some have changed names, and some have discontinued hydrotreating
catalyst manufacturing. Some suppliers simply sell catalyst they have re-branded
with their name. The following is a list of the current major suppliers of
hydrotreating catalysts: Advanced Refining Technologies (ART), Albemarle,
Axens/IFP Energies Nouvelles, Criterion Catalysts and Technologies (CRI)/Shell
Global Solutions, Haldor Topsøe AS, Orient Catalyst Co. Ltd., Clariant International Ltd./ S€ ud-Chemie Inc., and Honeywell UOP.
References
P.E.M. Berthelot, Methode universelle pour re ´duire et saturer d’hydroge ´ne les compose ´s
organiques. Bull. Soc. Chim. 11(278), 278–286 (1869)
M. Breysse, C. Geantet, P. Afanasiev, J. Blanchard, M. Vrinat, Catal. Today 130, 3–13 (2008)
J. C ˇ ejka, Appl. Catal. Gen. 254, 327–338 (2003)
F. Chainet, Ph.D. Thesis, Spe ´ciation du silicium dans les charges d’hydrotraitement, 2012
R.R. Chianelli, G. Berhault, B. Torres, Unsupported transition metal sulfide catalysts: 100 years of
science and application. Catal. Today 147(3–4), 275 (2009)
A.I. Dugulan, High Pressure Sulfidation of Hydrotreating Catalysts – Genesis and Properties of
the Active Phase, Delft University Press (IOS Press, 2008)
S. Eijsbouts, S. Mayo, K. Fujita, Unsupported transition metal sulfide catalysts: from fundamentals
to industrial application. Appl. Catal. Gen. 322, 58 (2007). Active Phases for Hydrotreating
Catalysis
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as such results in longer operating cycles due to the lower rate of reactor pressure
drop buildup. The use of feed filtering will depend on the type of feed processed and
its source. A second line of defense is the use of specially shaped particle or
reticulated media loaded above the active hydrotreating catalysts to remove fines
that pass through the feed filter or are formed in situ in the reactor circuit.
Hydrotreating Technology Suppliers and Catalyst Manufacturers
Technology Suppliers
Historically many companies have offered to supply hydrotreating unit technology.
Most types of hydrotreating processes are offered through licensing arrangements
and some are non-licensed technologies. Today, CB&I/Chevron Lummus Global
(CLG), Axens/IFP Energies Nouvelles, Shell Global Solutions/KBR, Haldor
Topsøe, DuPont, and Honeywell UOP are the main providers of technology for
the various types of hydrotreating units.
Catalyst Manufacturers
Through the years, there have been many manufacturers of hydrotreating catalysts.
Some suppliers have consolidated with others. Other manufacturers have absorbed
some, some have changed names, and some have discontinued hydrotreating
catalyst manufacturing. Some suppliers simply sell catalyst they have re-branded
with their name. The following is a list of the current major suppliers of
hydrotreating catalysts: Advanced Refining Technologies (ART), Albemarle,
Axens/IFP Energies Nouvelles, Criterion Catalysts and Technologies (CRI)/Shell
Global Solutions, Haldor Topsøe AS, Orient Catalyst Co. Ltd., Clariant International Ltd./ S€ ud-Chemie Inc., and Honeywell UOP.
References
P.E.M. Berthelot, Methode universelle pour re ´duire et saturer d’hydroge ´ne les compose ´s
organiques. Bull. Soc. Chim. 11(278), 278–286 (1869)
M. Breysse, C. Geantet, P. Afanasiev, J. Blanchard, M. Vrinat, Catal. Today 130, 3–13 (2008)
J. C ˇ ejka, Appl. Catal. Gen. 254, 327–338 (2003)
F. Chainet, Ph.D. Thesis, Spe ´ciation du silicium dans les charges d’hydrotraitement, 2012
R.R. Chianelli, G. Berhault, B. Torres, Unsupported transition metal sulfide catalysts: 100 years of
science and application. Catal. Today 147(3–4), 275 (2009)
A.I. Dugulan, High Pressure Sulfidation of Hydrotreating Catalysts – Genesis and Properties of
the Active Phase, Delft University Press (IOS Press, 2008)
S. Eijsbouts, S. Mayo, K. Fujita, Unsupported transition metal sulfide catalysts: from fundamentals
to industrial application. Appl. Catal. Gen. 322, 58 (2007). Active Phases for Hydrotreating
Catalysis
Hydrotreating in Petroleum Processing
433