New Clariant acetylene selective hydrogenation catalyst starts strong at Dow
Munich, – Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced the launch of OleMax 260, a new selective hydrogenation catalyst with extremely high ethylene selectivity and operational stability. Specially developed for ethylene producers with “front-end” process configurations, OleMax 260 offers a new solution to increase yields and profits while ensuring safer and more sustainable operation.
OleMax 260 provides a near perfect selectivity to ethylene (close to 100%), resulting in
A further advantage of OleMax 260 is a faster, more sustainable start-up. The catalyst’s simplified streaming procedure significantly reduces normal start-up-related hydrocarbon flaring and time to on-specification ethylene production.
The first commercial start-up of OleMax 260 has been successfully achieved at the new ethylene production plant of The Dow Chemical Company in Freeport, TX. To date, this state-of-the-art catalyst has delivered the superior performance and benefits expected.
Doug May, Business President for Dow Olefins Aromatics, and Alternatives stated: “Following extensive lab and pilot scale testing at internal R&D facilities, Dow Hydrocarbons chose to implement Clariant’s new OleMax 260 acetylene hydrogenation catalyst. In Q3 2017, Dow successfully started up a new world-scale ethylene production facility with this catalyst, and operations have subsequently ramped up to full capacity as planned.
Stefan Heuser, Senior Vice President & General Manager Business Unit Catalysts at Clariant, commented, “Clariant's focused innovation process has delivered a solution to the remaining challenges faced in front-end selective hydrogenation of acetylene. Now, near-perfect selectivity is no longer a goal, but a proven attribute of
Clariant has extensive experience in catalysts for ethylene production and offers several leading products for purifying petrochemical feedstock. The
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