Petrochemical adsorbent solutions

Don’t let impurities poison your petrochemical plant. Honeywell UOP adsorbents can effectively remove harmful contaminants to produce high-purity feedstocks and keep your plant running smoothly.

Adsorbents are widely used in the petrochemical industry to remove trace contaminants such as water and sulfur in the feed, intermediate and product streams. Using the right adsorbent is critical for petrochemical plants due to the reactivity of ethylene plant streams. 

Whether for a UOP-licensed technology or another petrochemical process technology, we offer a broad portfolio of adsorbent products in a wide variety of packages. Our team of highly skilled experts can guide you through the product selection and design process for your specific application and provide ongoing support.

You can further protect your adsorbent investment with the UOP ARMGuard^TM system that provides real-time insight into your operations.

Adsorbents properties:

• High adsorption capacity and long effective adsorbent life
• Ability to attain ultra-low contaminant levels in treated stream
• Low reactivity, minimized side reactions and reduced coke deposition
• Optimum physical properties (high crush strength, low attrition and the ability to handle process upsets or non-ideal operating conditions)

Contaminants removed:

• Steam cracker naphtha feed – Hg
• Steam cracker ethane feed – H¬2O, Hg, CH3OH, NH3, CO2
• Cracked gas in steam cracker – H¬2O, Hg, NH3
• Cracked liquids in steam cracker – H¬2O, Hg
• Ethylene – ethane (C2 splitter dryer) – H¬2O, CO2
• Product Propylene – H¬2O, COS, CH3OH, polars, arsine
• Product Ethylene – H¬2O, CO2, Hg
• Hydrogen – H¬2O
• Polymerization unit feed treatments