The global fuels market will see a dramatic shift over the next 10 years. Despite its steep reduction in demand in 2020 due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, global liquid fuel consumption is expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels sometime in 2022. Stricter fuel specifications, a changing vehicle fleet, the growing role of alternative fuels and the potential for a tightening crude market will determine developments of the fuel market through to 2030 and beyond. Europe has been leading the way towards cleaner, lower-emission fuels. The proposed Euro 7 standards are set to feature even stricter rules on emission levels for all gasoline and diesel cars, vans, trucks and buses. Other industrialised regions of the world are likely to follow. The pandemic has also accelerated the trend to decarbonise, reduce emissions and incorporate renewable fuels.
Reducing Acid Consumption: Maximizing Sulfuric Acid Alkylation Unit Profitability
Alkylation is a process used to produce highly branched isoparaffins from the reaction of lighter olefins and isobutane in the presence of sulfuric acid as a catalyst. This highly branched isoparaffins is called alkylate – a blending component that constitutes approximately 10% – 15% of the gasoline pool in the U.S. Besides the ability to increase octane and lower Reid vapor pressure (RVP) in the gasoline pool, alkylate also reduce vehicles exhaust emissions with zero olefins, zero aromatics and low sulfur.
MECS® Advanced Catalysts Help Manage and Reduce Sulphuric Acid Plant Emissions
Catalyst is at the heart of all sulphuric acid plants and plays a critical role
in plant performance. This article provides an overview of the specific design
features of two new types of MECS® sulphuric acid catalyst developed by DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont), XLP-310 and SuperGEAR™, and explains how these more advanced catalyst types can be applied to reduce emissions or increase the capacity of a sulphuric acid plant.
Removing Acid Droplets Produced by Alkylation Reaction
Studies lead to a fuller understanding of how sulphuric acid droplets form in
alkylation reactions and how to combat resulting downstream corrosion.
What is happening inside the filter? (II)
Main filtration cake from ideal pre-coat Now that we understand the 3 main possible outcomes of the pre-coat layer, we must understand these are the worst and best possible scenarios, these possibilities are in a line from low flowrate to high…
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