Adsorbents for Dehydration of Refinery Streams
You can use UOP activated alumina and molecular sieve adsorbents in
multiple locations for the dehydration of gaseous and liquid refinery
streams. They can help protect catalysts, prevent equipment corrosion,
meet product specifications, and prevent cryogenic processes from freezing
up. We can provide you with effective designs and commercially proven
adsorbent products, and we’ll work with you to help you select
the optimal adsorbent for each of your applications.
Refinery streams can be very reactive and can contain contaminants that may
not be native to naturally occurring fractions of these streams. Because of
these factors, generic products often do not work as well as advertised. UOP
is well positioned to address your processing needs and deliver the adsorbents
to handle your particular stream.
You can use UOP’s spherical activated aluminas in a variety of gas and
liquid drying applications. These products have high surface areas and are
resistant to abrasion. Their excellent adsorption and desorption characteristics
make them especially suitable for heatless (pressure swing) dryers where the
desiccant is subject to harsh mechanical conditions.
In addition, these alumina products have high crush strength and can be used
as bed support for top and bottom of adsorption systems to provide some adsorption
capacity in addition to ballast or bed support functions in an adsorption bed.
Click on Refining for additional information on UOP’s refining
technologies. And to learn more about how adsorbents can help you optimize
your refinery, contact us directly using our information request form,
or call one of our worldwide sales offices.
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