Honeywell UOP introduces new hydrotreating catalysts to support cleaner gasoline and diesel
Honeywell UOP is introducing an expanded portfolio of new hydrotreating catalysts used to remove impurities and contaminants from petroleum and other refining feedstocks to produce cleaner-burning gasoline and diesel that meets new global emissions regulations.
The addition of a range of hydrotreating catalysts expands Honeywell UOP's line of catalysts, which are used to produce transportation fuels and petrochemicals.
Hydrotreating is a critical step in the refining process where 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. Hydrotreating helps produce cleaner-burning gasoline and diesel that meets increasingly stringent global fuel regulations, including Euro-V, China-V, and in India, BS-VI – all of which specify sulfur content of less than 10 ppm in transportation fuels.
Honeywell UOP's new offerings include more than two dozen hydrotreating catalysts for applications including:
- Hydrocracking and Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) pre-treat
- Diesel and kerosene hydrotreating
- Coker naphtha hydrotreating
Honeywell UOP 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, La., which in June inaugurated new and upgraded production facilities to produce the new catalysts.
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