Honeywell UOP introduces expanded range of hydrotreating catalysts
Honeywell UOP has expanded its portfolio of hydrotreating catalysts, which are used to remove impurities and contaminants from petroleum and other refining feedstocks to produce cleaner-burning gasoline and diesel that meet new global emissions regulations.
Hydrotreating is a critical step in the refining process. Hydrogen and proprietary catalysts are used to pre-treat petroleum and other products to remove sulfur, nitrogen, metals and other contaminants before conversion into transportation fuels.
This refining process helps produce cleaner-burning gasoline and diesel that meets increasingly stringent global fuel regulations—including Euro 5, China 5, and in India, BS-6—all of which specify a sulfur content of less than 10 ppm in transportation fuels.
The company’s new offerings include more than two dozen hydrotreating catalysts for applications that include:
• Hydrocracking and fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) pre-treat
• Diesel and kerosine hydrotreating
• Coker naphtha hydrotreating.
Honeywell UOP said it also offers catalysts for naphtha hydrotreating, as well as FCC gasoline desulfurization.
The new catalysts will be produced at Honeywell UOP’s production facility in Shreveport, Louisiana, which inaugurated new and upgraded catalyst production facilities in June.
With the introduction of the new catalysts, Honeywell UOP is ending an alliance with Albemarle that began in 2006 when the two companies partnered to provide hydroprocessing technologies. While the alliance was a success for both companies, Honeywell UOP now will apply its expertise in catalytic chemistry to compete across a wide range of hydroprocessing technologies, while completing work started with Albemarle on projects initiated under the alliance.
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