PTQ Catalysis 2012

“Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.” -- Winston Churchill (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)

PTQ-Petroleum Technology Quarterly (http://www.eptq.com/) has just published PTQ Catalysis 2012.  As always, it is worth a scan, even if you don’t have time to read the full articles.

Here are the titles and subtitles of the main articles …

Evaluation of a low rare earth resid FCC catalystA zero rare earth catalyst blended with a rare earth-based resid catalyst enabled a refinery to reduce its FCC catalyst rare earth requirement by 80%Sabeeth Srikantharajah and Colin Baillie, Grace Catalysts Technologies
Bernhard Zahnbrecher and Wieland Wache, Bayernoll
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Refinery fuel gas in steam reforming hydrogen plantsFuel gas is an attractive feedstock for hydrogen production, but appropriate catalysts and temperature control are needed to address high olefin levels\

Peter Broadhurst and Graham Hinton, Johnson Matthey Catalysts

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Estimating silicon accumulation in coker naphtha hydrotreatersImproved sampling and analysis of silicon in the feed enable a significant gain in the cycle life of coker naphtha hydrotreater catalystsThienan Tran, Patrick Gripka and Larry Kraus, Criterion Catalysts & Technologies
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FCC catalyst coolers in maximum propylene modeCatalyst cooling technology for continuous heat removal from the regenerator in maximum propylene operations can avoid damage to FCC catalyst and equipmentRahul Pillai And Phillip Niccum, KBR
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Decrease catalyst costs by regeneration, analysis and sortingUse of regenerated catalyst can be maximised by careful sampling and analysis of spent catalyst to construct a reactor contamination profilePierre Dufresne Eurecat, Francois Locatelli, Eurecat France
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Optimisation of integrated aromatic complexesA novel class of purification catalysts provides improved selectivity in aromatic complex serviceAxel Düker, Süd-Chemie AG
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Troubleshooting a FCC unitThe source of a fouling problem in a FCC CO boiler was identified by systematic analysis of fresh catalysts, additives and equilibrium catalystsChiranjeevi Thota, Shalini Gupta, Dattatraya Tammanna Gokak, Ravikumaroo Lapalli, P V C Rao and Viswanathan Poyyamani Swaminathan, Bharat Petroleum Corporation
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