Due to transition from Euro IV to Euro V fuel specifications in multiple regions, refiners around the world have faced more challenges in meeting the targeted catalyst cycle length while processing opportunistic feedstocks, e.g., heavy-sour crudes.

Over the past two years, Avantium R&D Solutions has led multiple commercial diesel hydrotreating catalyst benchmarking programs, and this practice has increasingly gained traction.

Read the full article to explore how the right catalyst can transform diesel hydrotreating processes and drive profitability.

Key Highlights:

• A paradox of catalyst selection: Discover how diesel hydrotreating catalyst selection can be surprisingly more difficult than other refining applications.
• Independent Testing: See how it can be leveraged to prove the new operating strategy of the diesel hydrotreating unit.
• Handle dirty feedstocks: Learn about a general catalyst loading strategy to handle dirty feedstock like LCO.
• Trade-off between catalyst activity and liquid product yield: Learn about a topic that is rarely discussed in diesel hydrotreating.
• Pilot plant testing: Understand how to realistically scale down a large-scale diesel hydrotreating process and design a representative independent catalyst testing program.