Petroleum catalysts are mainly used in catalytic cracking and reforming reactions in the process of petroleum refining to increase yield and product quality. Among them, catalytic cracking is an important step in converting heavy oil into lighter oil products, which can produce gasoline, paraffin, lubricating oil and other products; reforming is to convert low-octane alkanes into high-octane aromatics, which is mainly used to produce higher-grade gasoline.
Common petroleum catalysts:
1. Aluminum garnet zirconium oxide catalyst: mainly used in catalytic cracking reactions in oil refining, with high reaction activity and good stability.
2. Aluminosilicate catalyst: mainly used in chemical reactions of liquefied gas to remove fertilizer raw materials. It not only has high efficiency of catalytic reactions, but also has a good effect on promoting alkylation reactions.
3. Precious metal catalysts: mainly used in petroleum reforming reactions, which can convert compounds such as ethane into high-octane aromatics.
Advantages of petroleum catalysts
Compared with the traditional thermal cracking process, the catalytic cracking process can reduce temperature and pressure requirements, reduce the occurrence of side reactions, reduce environmental pollution, improve product quality, save energy and other important advantages. In addition, catalytic cracking will also promote the advancement of core technologies in domestic oil production.
[Conclusion]
Petroleum catalysts are not only an important part of the chemical industry, but also of great significance to the national economic development. We need to understand catalytic technology more carefully and master the catalyst preparation process, so as to contribute to the prosperity and development of the oil industry.