Kerosene hydrotreating

Generate the highest possible yield and value

Meeting the specifications of Jet A and A-1 fuel can be challenging unless you’re relying on Topsoe’s kerosene hydrotreating solutions.

Topsoe’s high-performance catalysts and proprietary equipment enable you to generate the highest possible yield and value from your straight-run and cracked kerosene feeds, while meeting a very wide range of product specifications, such as smoke point and color requirements, and at the same time extending your cycle lengths. Our dearomatization catalysts significantly improve the smoke point of highly aromatic kerosene, enabling you to upgrade more kerosene to Jet A or Jet A-1.

Kerosene hydrotreating catalysts

TK-18 TopTrap™

TK-18 TopTrap™ is an inert, reticulated, macro-porous material designed to pick up particulates, scales, and other contaminants.

TK-22 TopTrap™

TK-22 TopTrap™ is an inert, reticulated, macro-porous material designed to pick up particulates, scales, and other contaminants.

TK-24 TopTrap™

TK-24 TopTrap™ is an inert, reticulated, macro-porous material designed to pick up particulates, scales, and other contaminants.

TK-527 BRIM® catalyst

TK-568 BRIM® is a new generation BRIM® catalyst specifically developed for ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) and kerosene applications.

TK-553 catalyst

TK-553 is a NiMo catalyst especially developed for color removal (post-treatment) in ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) units operated at relatively high temperatures, where color species may be ...

TK-568 BRIM®

TK-568 BRIM® is a next-generation catalyst engineered for ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) and kerosene production.

TK-569 HyBRIM™ catalyst

TK-569 HyBRIM™ belongs to the new generation of extremely high-active catalysts based on the novel HyBRIM™ technology.

TK-578 BRIM®

TK-578 BRIM® is a new generation BRIM® catalyst which has significantly higher activity than the past generation of catalysts for ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) production (less than 10 wt ppm ...

TK-580 HyBRIM™

TK‑580 HyBRIM™ is the latest generation, high-activity CoMo catalyst which has significantly higher activity than the past generation of catalysts for ultra-low sulfur diesel (less than 10 wt ...

Catalyst support

Our Catalyst Support is designed to support the combined weight of the catalyst, support material and oil. It can also withstand pressure drop over the catalyst bed during the entire catalyst ...

Inlet diffuser

Our Inlet Diffusers are optimized and customized for every unit, taking into account all your reactor flow parameters and reactor geometry.

Scale catcher

A common problem in hydroprocessing reactors, is pressure drop build-up caused by various particles plugging the catalyst bed.

Outlet collector

Our Outlet Collector ensures even flow distribution in the bottom bed to maximize catalyst utilization and prevents bed migration to downstream piping and equipment.

Quench mixer

Our Quench Mixer ensures efficient mixing of catalyst bed effluents from both above and from the cold quench stream.

Redistribution tray

Our Redistribution Tray ensures uniform redistribution of the mixer effluents to the catalyst bed below.

Distributor tray

Our Vapor Lift Distributor Tray (VLT) ensures uniform distribution of liquid and gas over the entire cross section area of the catalyst bed.

Revamping hydroprocessing units

There are many good business reasons for considering revamping a hydroprocessing unit, for instance to react faster to fluctuations in crude oil supply and process more refractive and difficult ...

HydroTech™ hydrotreating

Today, operational efficiency and the production of robust yields of cleaner fuels from difficult-to-process feedstocks are essential to plant profitability.

Applications within this area

Diesel hydrotreating

Our hydrotreating solutions offer you the opportunity to meet all legislative requirements when producing clean fuels, either from conventional crude oil, or from alternative feeds.

FCC gasoline post-treatment

Optimize all the all steps in your FCC gasoline post-treatment applications with our specifically developed series of HyOctane™ catalysts.

Naphtha hydrotreating

High demands to get more value out of heavier feedstocks present new challenges for catalysts and technology. We offer related solutions for downstream petrochemicals processing.

Resid hydrotreating

Ensure long cycle lengths and maximum protection of downstream catalysts with our hydrodemetallization (HDM) and hydrodesulfurization (HDS) catalysts.

VGO hydrotreating / FCC pretreatment

One of the keys to optimize the refinery margin is to have optimal fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit performance – both in terms of throughput, but also in terms of product slate.

Co-processing for kerosene hydrotreating

Discover the benefits of choosing renewable co-processing in your kerosene hydrotreater for SAF production.

Co-processing for diesel hydrotreating

Produce renewable and fossil diesel through co-processing of renewable feedstock. The renewable feed can be introduced into your diesel hydrotreater with your fossil feed.

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