Meeting product specifications 

Topsoe's insight into catalyst nanostructures has led to the development of high-activity catalysts, which in combination with a fundamental understanding of the kinetics enable us to provide our clients with solutions and designs to meet any product specifications.

Topsoe's hydrocracking experience and catalyst portfolio are instrumental in the  license and optimisation of hydrocracker units with respect to yield structure, product properties, throughput and on-stream efficiency, resulting in improved refinery margins.

Hydrocracking applications

Topsoe's hydrocracking catalysts and licensed technology may be used for all conversion ranges, including:

High pressure hydrocracking
Topsoe's high pressure hydrocracking licensed technology and catalysts are especially suited for operations requiring high conversion. The technology can be optimised to provide maximum middle distillate yields such as diesel and jet fuels.

Mild hydrocracking
Topsoe's mild hydrocracking technology and catalysts enable a medium conversion of heavier feedstocks to lighter and more valuable products.

The Topsoe mild hydrocracking technology portfolio includes Staged Partial Conversion and back-end shift.

• Staged Partial Conversion is a new FCC pretreatment technology designed to produce low sulphur FCC feed to allow ULSD production without gasoline post treatment while co-producing high quality EN 590 diesel
• Topsoe's back-end shift technology significantly reduces the distillation temperature by selective hydrocracking of the heavy hydrocarbons present in the back-end distillation with high diesel yields and moderate hydrogen consumption

Hydrocracker feed pretreatment
Topsoe's hydrocracker feed pretreatment BRIM™ catalyst is an integral part of Topsoe's hydrocracking processes.