Ammonia | Reforming

An efficient and reliable conversion of the feedstock has a huge impact on the economics of the plant. Our different reforming layouts can be tailor-made to meet the requirements of the client without compromising on reliability. Our well-known side fired reforming furnaces, specialized secondary reformer burners and high active reforming catalysts all contribute to improving the operation of the plant.

AR-401

Prereduced prereforming catalyst suitable for feedstocks ranging from natural gas to naphtha.

R-67-7H

High activity reforming catalyst used for tubular reforming.

R-67R-7H

Prereduced high activity reforming catalyst used for tubular reforming.

R-87 HEAT-X™

High activity reforming catalyst for heat exchange applications.

R-87R HEAT-X™

Prereduced high activity reforming catalyst for heat exchange applications.

RA-67-7H

Reforming catalyst promoted for low ammonia formation used for tubular reforming.

RC-67 TITAN™

Titania-promoted reforming catalyst used for tubular reforming.

RK-201

Low alkali promoted reforming catalyst used for tubular reforming of feedstocks ranging from ...

RK-202

High alkali promoted reforming catalyst used for tubular reforming of naphtha feedstocks.

RK-21 HEAT-X™

Alkali promoted reforming catalyst for heat exchange applications

RK-211

Prereduced low alkali promoted reforming catalyst used for tubular reforming of feedstocks ranging ...

RK-212

Prereduced high alkali promoted reforming catalyst used for tubular reforming of naphtha ...

RK-400

Latest generation low alkali promoted reforming catalyst used for feedstocks ranging from natural ...

RK-400R

Latest generation prereduced low alkali promoted reforming catalyst used for feedstocks ranging ...

RK-500 TITAN™

Titania-promoted reforming catalyst used for tubular reforming.

RKA-02

Top layer catalyst for oxygen-fired secondary and autothermal reforming.

RKA-10

Noble metal-promoted top layer catalyst for oxygen-fired secondary and autothermal reforming.

RKC-2-7H

Bulk catalyst for secondary and autothermal reforming.

RKS-2

Top layer catalyst for secondary and autothermal reforming.

RKS-2-7H

Bulk catalyst for secondary and autothermal reforming.

Adiabatic reactor bottom support grid

Increase your profitability with Topsoe’s support grid to obtain a lower pressure drop in your ...

Air-fired secondary reformer

The air-fired secondary reformer is essential in natural gas-based ammonia plants as it is the ...

Bayonet reformer (SMR-b)

Our bayonet reformer SMR-b combines the novel properties of convection and radiant heat transfer in ...

Catalyst bed support structure

The catalyst bed support in the SynCOR™ unit serves both as structural support for the catalyst bed ...

Convection reformer HTCR

Hydrogen demand on the rise Demand for hydrogen is on the rise – worldwide. Refinery operations ...

FreeBurn™ for secondary reformers

The patented FreeBurn™ is a new generation of secondary reformer burners and provide our customers ...

Heat Exchange Reformer (HTER)

The introduction of gas heated reforming for synthesis gas production will enable you to ...

HTZR™ target tiles

Topsoe’s SynCOR™ unit incorporates a floor of zirconium-based ceramic target tiles, HTZR™, as an ...

Oxygen-fired secondary reformer

In large-scale methanol plants, each added day of operation is worth as much as a million euros. ...

Reactor refractory lining

The SynCOR™ pressure shell is manufactured from low-alloy steel. It is protected against the ...

SynCOR™ - Autothermal Reformer (ATR)

Autothermal reforming at low steam-to-carbon ratio The majority of the world’s syngas-producing ...

SynCOR™ CTS™ burner

The CTS™ (Cool Tip Swirl) burner is a crucial piece of equipment, and its importance in reformer ...

Topsoe Furnace Manager TFM

How can you predict and prevent your furnace from unexpected and costly downtime? How can you ...

Tubular radiant wall steam reformer

The radiant wall steam reformer consists of a number of catalyst tubes in a single line in one or ...

SynCOR Ammonia™ - New process for grassroots plants

By rewriting the book on ammonia plant capacities, SynCOR Ammonia™ enables greater economies of ...

Two-step reformer based ammonia process

Producing ammonia at the lowest cost per ton is always a challenge. With almost 80 years of ...

Catalyst Loading

Topsoe’s Catalyst Loading service gives you valuable pre-loading and loading guidance that can help ...

General Technical Service

Topsoe’s General Technical Service employs the full weight of our knowledge and experience to ...

Internal Visual Inspection

A Topsoe Internal Visual Inspection is your first line of defense against faults in valves, piping, ...

Plant Assessment / Optimization

A Topsoe Plant Assessment/Optimization can identify and help you solve issues standing in the way ...

Sampling & Analysis

Our Sampling & Analysis service is your direct route to the detailed insight it takes to make ...

Start-up & Reduction / Activation

Our Start-up & Reduction/Activation service supports you before, during and after start-up to make ...

Steam Reformer Assessment / Optimization

Topsoe’s Steam Reformer Assessment/Optimization service is a proven means of ensuring optimal ...

Troubleshooting

Our Troubleshooting service draws on the full range of Topsoe’s insight into catalysts, equipment ...

Catalyst Loading & Reduction

Effective catalyst loading and reduction is the first step to optimized performance and maximum ...

General Plant Operation

A Topsoe General Plant Operation training course will give you a head start, making you an “early ...

General Plant Understanding

A Topsoe General Plant Understanding training course will make sure you’re prepared to make the ...

Plant Assessment / Optimization

If you want to achieve best-in-class performance and the profitability that goes with it, a Topsoe ...

Plant Start-up

A Topsoe Plant Start-up training course will help you prepare and execute your start-ups more ...

Sampling & Analysis

Topsoe’s Sampling & Analysis training course will help you maximize the value of your sampling and ...

Steam Reformer Assessment / Optimization

A Topsoe Steam Reformer Assessment/Optimization training course teaches you how to perform a ...

ClearView™ Ammonia

ClearView™ Ammonia is a breakthrough service that uses Connected Plant technology from Honeywell to ...

Project development

We facilitate all relevant contracts to meet both the debt and the equity financing requirements.

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Applications within this area

Purification

Having a well-functioning purification of the feedstock to the ammonia plant will have a great impact on the performance of downstream processes and their catalysts and it will contribute to a high on-stream factor of the ...
Reforming

An efficient and reliable conversion of the feedstock has a huge impact on the economics of the plant. Our different reforming layouts can be tailor-made to meet the requirements of the client without compromising on reliability. ...
CO shift

Efficient Carbon monoxide (CO) conversion plays an important role in the operating cost of the plant. Our process designs make the best possible use of our range of highly active catalysts for the shift reactors maximizing the ...
Methanation

A well-functioning methanation section is vital for the optimal operation of the downstream synthesis section. Our process design makes the best possible use of our highly active and energy efficient methanation catalysts, ...
Synthesis

More than 65 years of experience with ammonia synthesis enables us to provide the best solutions for the ammonia industry. Our well-known radial flow converters ( S-200, S-300 or S-50 ) and our KM catalyst family will ensure an ...
N2O abatement

CO2 allowances. Cap & trade. GHG emissions permits. N2O abatement has many names, but it all boils down to being expensive for your business. The bottom line is that Topsoe’s solutions for N2O abatement will ...
Co-production

Give them what they want - for co-production within ammonia Topsoe’s integrated methanol and ammonia process (IMAP™) gives you the flexibility you need to get ahead and stay there.
Carbon dioxide recovery

Topsoe licenses CO2 recovery technologies from reputed suppliers and integrates them into our plant design in the most optimal way to ensure a reliable and cost-effective operation of the plant.