Air Products is building a hydrogen lab at its corporate headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania that will support the fast growing oil recycling industry.
A key feature of the new lab is a hydrotreatment unit capable of performing high pressure and high temperature hydrogenation reactions. Air Products will use the new lab – scheduled to be operational in third quarter 2015 – to help oil recyclers optimise their hydrotreatment processes.
Hydrotreatment reaction is widely used to produce various products such as low sulfur fuel, high quality lubricating base oils, hydrogenated vegetable oil, and specialty chemicals used in industrial, personal care, and pharmaceutical applications.
The reaction is often carried out with high pressure hydrogen gas in the presence of a custom-made catalyst that enables the reaction.
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