Thaioil has selected Avantium Catalysis to perform independent catalyst evaluation of Naphtha Reforming catalysts to support the catalyst selection for their CCR unit.
Avantium’s Flowrence® 16-parallel reactors system with individual temperature-control and unmatched discrimination capabilities allowed Thaioil to compare several catalysts options with their incumbent with as little as 20 L sample of their hydrotreated naphtha. Avantium was well able to discriminate the various catalyst options by providing extremely precise and repeatable C5+ yields, total aromatics and hydrogen-produced data as well as stability of the catalysts at constant RON output and complete PIONA breakdown with time on stream.
Thaioil stated “we are impressed with the accuracy and speed in which Avantium has been able to deal with our requests!”
We are pleased to be a trusted partner of Thaioil for independent catalyst evaluations. Avantium is committed to providing customers meaningful results to enable fact-based decisions and ultimately increase their competitiveness and profitability.
Choosing the best catalyst is of crucial importance to the profitability of refineries, as it represents a great opportunity to increase refining margins.
About Thaioil
Thai Oil Public Company Limited or Thaioil is Thailand’s largest refinery and supplier of petroleum products. Founded in 1961, we operate one of the most efficient refineries in Asia Pacific with the current capacity of 275,000 barrels per day.
About Avantium
Avantium is a leading technology development company and a forerunner in renewable chemistry, based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Avantium Catalysis helps customers to accelerate their catalyst R&D – offering innovative systems and services to unveil deeper insights into catalyst properties and performance. Avantium’s proven Flowrence parallel fixed bed reactor platform generates extremely accurate and repeatable data and is optimally configured for side-by-side catalyst performance tests, allowing for a direct comparison of the catalyst performance without compromise data quality (repeatability, reproducibility and scalability) with low amounts of feed (less waste generated).
