Unitel to provide research systems for oil company

MOUNT PROSPECT - Unitel Technologies has been awarded a contract to supply two Octave catalyst research systems for an oil company in Southeast Asia.

The contract follows Unitel's recent project in Malaysia that included a technology license and the front end engineering and design for a 120 TPD hydrogen sulfide plant. Both Octave units will be designed to operate at a maximum pressure and temperature of 200 barg and 500°C.

"Each includes two high pressure gas delivery modules, a low pressure gas delivery module and a liquid delivery module," says Serge Randhava, CEO of Unitel. "One will be equipped with a packed tube reactor with a 50 mL catalyst charge enclosed in a 5 zone isothermal furnace, while the other system will be fitted with a 50 mL catalyst charge Spectrum gradientless reactor with interchangeable static and dynamic baskets," he adds.

The primary focus of the intended program is to evaluate the performance of several different commercial hydrotreating catalysts for processing a wide variety of feedstocks. Each cell of the experimental matrix will be tested at a wide range of pressures, temperatures and flow rates to determine and confirm rate equations. Some of the specific parameters that will be evaluated include activity, conversion, selectivity and deactivation rates.