TOPSOE™’s SynCOR™ unit incorporates a floor of zirconium-based ceramic target tiles, HTZR™, as an integral part of the reactor design. The purpose of the HTZR™ target tiles is to:

• Act as the partition between the combustion chamber and the catalyst bed
• Protect the catalyst from any direct impact from the open flame in the combustion chamber
• Hold down the catalyst and keep it in place during operation

The main benefits of the HTZR™ target tiles are:

• Increased lifetime of the tile floor
• Reduced rate of degradation and wear of the individual tiles
• Reduced material deposition in the catalyst bed
• Longer runtime between catalyst skimmings with low and permissible levels of pressure drop over the catalyst bed
• Reduced risk of any critical disintegration of the tile floor

Using TOPSOE™’s HTZR™ target tiles is an industrially proven solution in several units. It provides evidence that it limits material deposition in the catalyst bed, it limits build-up of pressure drop and it ensures longer lifetime and stable operation