Industrial catalyst regeneration, challenges and needs

The refining industry is currently undergoing its most serious challenge in recent times, since cleaner fuels are gradually introduced in many markets. Middle East countries still have less history than Europe, Japan or the USA when it comes to clean fuels, but the trend is there, which will eventually increase the demand for hydroprocessing catalysts. The three typical causes of deactivation of hydroprocessing catalysts are coke, sintering and contamination. The two first can be eliminated by regeneration, the ex situ method being the rule nowadays for a better performance recovery. This paper illustrates a number of cases of successful regeneration in the various fields of oil refining and petrochemical applications and global market for catalyst regeneration also reviewed

Keywords:

component , Industrial catalyst , regeneration , hydroprocessing