Reforming Catalysts

No matter what your operating goals are, Honeywell UOP’s portfolio of Reforming catalysts has you covered for cyclic, fixed-bed and continuous reforming units. UOP has been reinventing and perfecting reforming since our introduction of the first reforming unit in 1949.

We produce more than a dozen different high-performance reforming catalysts to produce high-octane gasoline or BTX aromatics. UOP helps manage your process unit’s full lifecycle by providing you with advanced design, smooth start-up, reliable operation, superior service, training and continuous technology advancements.
 

Featured Reforming Catalysts:
 

UOP’s latest fixed-bed platforming catalyst, UOP R-560 catalyst, is an optimized, high-performance catalyst that delivers breakthrough performance and maximum flexibility. It has the highest activity, stability and cycle length available and can increase yields over an operating cycle or extend your cycle length. 
 

Our latest CCR Platforming catalyst, UOP R-364 catalyst is an excellent catalyst option to help debottleneck your reforming unit to increase reformate and/or aromatics production.

Learn more about the UOP Reforming Catalyst Portfolio:

UOP CCR Platforming Catalysts
UOP offers a range of CCR Platforming Catalysts for a variety of application and budget needs. 

• R-134
• R-234
• R-254
• R-262
• R-264
• R-284
• R-334
• R-364

UOP Semi-Regenerative Platforming Catalysts
UOP offers a range of proven fixed-bed reforming catalysts optimized for semi-regenerative operation. 

• R-56
• R-86
• R-98
• R-560

UOP Cyclic Reforming Catalysts
UOP offers a range of proven fixed-bed reforming catalysts optimized for cyclic reforming service. 

• R-85
• R-88
• RCY-425
• RCY-525

UOP Naphtha Hydrotreating Catalysts
UOP offers proven naphtha hydrotreating catalysts for straight run naphtha and cracked feedstocks to reduce contaminants to a safe operating level, protecting your reforming and isomerization catalysts. 

• S-120
• S-125

UOP Sulfur Guard Beds
UOP  offers two top performing nickel- and copper-based sulfur guard beds to maximize life of your reforming catalysts.

• ADS-11L
• ADS-120

UOP High Performance Adsorbents for Drying and More
UOP  offers a variety of high performance adsorbents for water and contaminant removal, extending the life of your reforming catalyst. 

• 9139-A
• HPG-250
• HPG-429
• PDG-418

UOP High Performance Chloride Treaters
Look to UOP’s specialty aluminas and molecular sieves as effective scavengers in removing chlorides from various gas and liquid process streams. If not removed, they can ultimately lead to corrosion and ammonium chloride salt formation in downstream compressors and fuel-gas systems.

Adsorbents are most commonly used in adsorbing chlorides from reformer hydrogen off-gases. These adsorbents feature a high surface area and high macroporosity to ensure optimum capacity for chloride adsorption. In addition, UOP has developed an effective specialty molecular sieve to treat the liquid reformate stream to remove trace chlorides. 

• CLR-011
• CLR-204
• CLR-454
• PCL-100