CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION PROCESSES

Including High Pressure Hydrogenation

Put our 40 years of experience with catalytic hydrogenation processes to work on your toughest process challenge. While most hydrogenation processes can be accomplished under fairly mild temperature and pressure, many important reactions require high pressure hydrogenation. Unlike most companies we possess the high pressure hydrogenation equipment needed for complex hydrogenation processing, including:

• hydrogenation of nitriles
• hydrogenation of double bonds in aromatics
• hydrogenation of esters to alcohols

At Pressure Chemical Company, experienced operators maintain a versatile mix of low to high pressure hydrogenation equipment. Along with our extensive inventory of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysts means we are ready to start the hydrogenation process you need. Pressure Chemical Company will handle your hydrogenation order for pilot, batch or continuous hydrogenation.

Contact us about your hydrogenation needs.

Batch Hydrogenation

For your pilot scale hydrogenation requirements we have four autoclaves from 300 ml to one-gallon. For extreme conditions, our one-gallon Hastelloy C ™ autoclave is rated at 10,000 psi (689 bar) at 450^o C. We can produce drum quantities for market development in our 10-gallon or 30-gallon unit or if you are ready for commercial scale hydrogenation, we have the experience to move directly from your one-gallon pilot hydrogenation to our 100 and 250-gallon autoclaves. Our 250-gallon unit features an enhanced gas dispersion system that can often produce shorter cycle times and more precise hydrogenation.

Continuous Hydrogenation

For continuous hydrogenation on an intermediate scale our 25-liter unit is ideal. Our experienced operators ensure the accuracy and safety of this hydrogenation process.  For smaller scale projects an option is to use our 1-liter Continuous Flow Fixed Bed unit rated at 4,500 psi (310 bar) at 427^o C. It can run up flow, down flow or trickle bed. Additionally the collection of the hydrogenation parameters is facilitated using our Yokogawa data acquisition system for analysis.