Chloride Removal in Catalytic Reforming
Look to UOP’s specialty aluminas and molecular sieves as effective
scavengers in removing chlorides from various gas and liquid process
streams. If not removed, they can ultimately lead to corrosion and
ammonium chloride salt formation in downstream compressors and fuel-gas
systems.
Adsorbents are most commonly used in adsorbing chlorides from reformer
hydrogen off-gases. These adsorbents feature a high surface area and high
macroporosity to ensure optimum capacity for chloride adsorption. In
addition, UOP has developed an effective specialty molecular sieve to
treat the liquid reformate stream to remove trace chlorides.
UOP’s newest chloride-removal adsorbents are CLR-204 adsorbent for
unit net gas treating, 9139A alumina and CLR-454
molecular sieves for gas phase treating, CLR-011 alumina for LPG treating,
and PCL-100 molecular sieve for stabilizer feed treating. A-203Cl alumina
is recommended for net gas treating in fixed bed reformers. All of these
products have been developed to fit the treating needs of these different
streams in today’s catalytic reformers.
For more information on these chloride-removal adsorbents, contact your
local sales office or contact us directly using our information request form.
For more detailed information on the Platforming process, click on the following
link:
Platforming Process
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