Unitel
Technologies, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract to
supply two Octave
catalyst research systems for an oil company in Southeast Asia. This
follows Unitel’s recent project in Malaysia that included a technology
license and the front end engineering and design for a 120
TPD hydrogen sulfide plant.
Both Octave units will be designed to operate at a maximum pressure and
temperature of 200 barg and 500°C. “Each includes two high pressure gas
delivery modules, a low pressure gas delivery module and a liquid
delivery module,” says Serge Randhava, CEO of Unitel. “One will be
equipped with a packed tube reactor with a 50 mL catalyst charge
enclosed in a 5 zone isothermal furnace, while the other system will be
fitted with a 50 mL catalyst charge Spectrum gradientless reactor with
interchangeable static and dynamic baskets,” he adds.
The primary focus of the intended program is to evaluate the performance
of several different commercial hydrotreating
catalysts for processing a wide variety of feedstocks. Each cell of the
experimental matrix will be tested at a wide range of pressures,
temperatures and flow rates to determine and confirm rate equations.
Some of the specific parameters that will be evaluated include activity,
conversion, selectivity and deactivation rates.
“In order to generate meaningful kinetic data, it’s essential to use a
system that is optimized for this purpose,” notes Randhava. “The Octave
is the most powerful and versatile catalyst test platform in the market
today. Whether it’s a short run or an extended 24/7 agenda, the
reliability and repeatability of the Octave are unmatched by any other
bench-scale system.”
The original version of the Octave catalyst research system was
developed in collaboration with Dr.
Paul Ratnasamy when he was Director of the National
Chemical Laboratory in Pune, India. For the record, the Government
of India has honored Paul with the civilian award of Padma Shri. Several
variants of the Octave were subsequently supplied to oil refiners and
catalyst manufacturers around the world. Most recently, Dr. Ratnasamy
worked as the Professor of Biofuels at the University of Louisville,
where he also used an Octave unit for his advanced catalyst research
work.
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