Over the last decade, Eurecat has continued to expand its portfolio of off-site services for the refining, petrochemical and chemical industry. To help customers solve problems, achieve performances, reduce environmental pollution and production costs, Eurecat has been committed to seek technological solutions and develop new processes. As a result, Eurecat is now in a position to provide a comprehensive range of preconditioning services such as sulfiding (SULFICAT / TOTSUCAT / RESUCAT), reduction (REDUCAT), chlorination (CHLORICAT) and combinations thereof. The Eurecat preconditioning services can be applied to a wide range of fresh and regenerated materials including nickel, cobalt, copper, chrome, iron and zinc based catalysts, noble metal (palladium and platinium) based catalysts, zeolites and adsorbents.

Whatever the catalyst and the application, Eurecat may propose a state-of-the-art solution tailored to specific customer needs (CASE). The advantages of dealing with Eurecat are numerous :

	Highly flexible and efficient facilities (batch/continuous process, counter/co-current configuration, wide range of operating conditions, use of various chemical atmospheres,...)
	Highly trained and experienced staff of technical experts and operators
	Laboratory and pilot plant capability for catalyst operation
	Latest analytical capability for catalyst characterisation
	Assurance of quality control during industrial campaigns
	Commitment to high quality and environemental standards
	Co-operation under possible confidential secrecy agreement

RESUCAT (back to top)

Presulfiding and prereduction of metallic catalysts.

Applications :

	Nickel catalysts for pyrolisis gasoline selective hydrogenation units
	Palladium catalysts for C4 selective hydrogenation/hydro-isomerisation units
	Applicable exclusively to AXENS catalysts

Advantages :

	Passivation of the highly active nickel sites avoiding uncontrolled temperature excursions during start-up
	Inhibition of aromatic hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis reactions
	Activation at lower temperature
	Start-up procedure simplified and shortened
	Adjustment of catalyst selectivity

REDUCAT (back to top)

Full reduction of metallic catalysts, with passivation if required.

Applications :

	Nickel catalysts for hydrogenation units, methanation units, steam reformers, sulfur traps
	Cobalt, copper/chrome catalysts for hydrogenation units
	Iron catalysts for ammonia synthesis units
	Catalysts for High and Low Temperature Shift
	Platinum catalysts for naphtha reforming units and light naphtha isomerisation units
	Proprietary catalysts

Advantages :

	Quicker and easier start-up procedure
	In-situ activation no longer necessary (or at lower temperatures)

CASE - Catalyst Activity and Selectivity Enhancement (back to top)

Various types of treatments tailored for different catalysts and applications. Please consult us for getting more details about our capabilities.

CHLORICAT (back to top)

Treatment using chlorinating agents with hydrogen or oxygen, of precious metal catalysts.

Applications :

	Platinum/rhenium and platinum/tin catalysts for naphtha reforming units
	Platinum catalysts for light naphtha isomerisation units
	Precious metal catalysts for hydrogenation and dearomatisation units
	Proprietary catalysts

Advantages :

	Homogeneous redispersion of the metallic phase on fresh and regenerated catalyst
	Quicker and easier start-up procedure since the in-situ chlorination step is no longer necessary