Catalysis 2023 Issue

catalysis ptq

3 Finding the best catalyst Rene Gonzalez

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19 Optimising FCC economics against changing market dynamics Heather Blair, Xunhua Mo, Marie Goret-Rana, Todd Hochheiser, Rick Fisher

and Paul Diddams Johnson Matthey

25 Co-processing renewables in a hydrocracker Peter Andreas Nymann and Pronit Lahiri Topsoe

31 Increasing refinery profitability via propylene maximisation Nate Hager, Abigail Devaney, Ally Payne, Stephen Amalraj and Bani H Cipriano W. R. Grace & Co.- Conn. 37 Lessons from FCC history: through Covid and post economic recovery Jacqueline Pope Bates, Melissa Clough Mastry and Alexis Shackleford BASF

43 Improved diesel hydrotreating catalyst loading scheme Tiago Vilela and Nattapong Pongboot Avantium 51 Advances in catalyst sulphiding and passivation Randy Alexander and Paul Temme Reactor Resources 55 Benefits of simultaneous mesoporisation/metal incorporation Danny Verboekend and Martin d’Halluin Zeopore Technologies 60 Reactivated catalysts can offer sustainability benefits in TGTUs Brian Visioli Evonik Catalysts

65 Welcome to Ketjen

Cover: Product recovery complexity benefits from well-designed catalyst/reactor configurations. Photo courtesy of LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas.

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