8 December 2015
DETAILS
Air Products’ (NYSE:APD) Hydrogen Reactions Lab,
located at its corporate headquarters in Allentown, Pa.,
is now operational and receiving material for laboratory trials.
The new lab consists of three continuous, trickle bed reactors
and has the design capability to handle
hydrotreatment and hydrogenation reactions
at pressures up to 2000 psig.
The new lab enables customers to optimize
existing hydrogenation and hydrotreatment reactions
or switch from batch to continuous operation.
Air Products’ Hydrogen Reactions Lab
has been designed to test
the hydrogenation of various feedstocks
with up to three fixed-bed catalytic reactors.
The company is able to evaluate for its customers
the impact of feed quality, catalysts, and
additional operating parameters
on product quality, throughput, and process economics.
Hydrotreatment and hydrogenation
are commonly used to produce
a wide variety of different products, including
* low-sulfur, low-impurity fuel;
* high-quality lubricating base oils;
* hydrogenated vegetable oil; and
* specialty chemicals used in industrial, personal care,
and pharmaceutical applications.
The reaction is often carried out
with high-pressure hydrogen gas
in the presence of a custom catalyst to drive the reaction.
A key trend across many specialty chemical and
pharmaceutical manufacturing processes
is the transition from batch to continuous processing
to enable a multitude of benefits, including
higher yield, better selectivity, and a smaller footprint.
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