In 2013, Axens officially launched Symphony™, a four-member family of catalysts that provides superior performance in both fixed bed reformers (P 152, PR 150 and PR 156) and CCRs which utilize lower-density catalyst (PS 100). Sales have flourished with more than 80 references in just three years. Repeat orders from several major Refiners worldwide are a clear testament to Symphony’s success.
Recently, Axens expanded the Symphony™ family to include CR 157, a higher-density, Pt-Sn reforming catalyst that utilizes an even more enhanced modifier package and superior alumina to deliver the following advantages relative to other commercially available CCR catalysts:
Symphony™ CR 157 is targeted for continuous reformer service that requires the advantages that higher-density catalyst offers. Its intrinsic properties are particularly invaluable for units suffering from constraints such as pinning, furnace limitations, high fines make, poor chloride retention and rapid loss of catalyst surface area. Several customers have already chosen to load CR 157 into both Axens- and competitor-designed CCRs.