Hysomer
Omschrijving
Invitation to a special symposium "Hysomer, the development of a catalytic process for producing high-octane fuel".
In response to a trend of minimising the lead content in gasoline, in the 1960s Shell developed a process for isomerising “tops” (a C5/C6 fraction) to increase the octane number of that fraction. This process is called Hysomer (from: Hydroisomerisation). It is based on a Pt/zeolite mordenite catalyst. The first commercial unit, 400 t/d, came on stream in May 1970 in a Shell refinery near La Spezia, Italy. Up till the early 1990s many Hysomer units were built, mostly in combination with Union Carbideʼs Isosiv process to eliminate all nparaffins (by separation, also based on a zeolite), thus maximising the octane gain.
The present symposium highlights the development and the first implementation of the Hysomer process, as well as its further history and some modern ideas concerning the C5/C6 hydroisomerisation reaction mechanism and zeolite science.
The KNCV section Catalysis and the Dutch Chemical Historical Group organise the symposium together with Shell Technology Centre Amsterdam (STCA), which is also the venue of the symposium.
A maximum of 125 participants can be hosted. Deadline for registration is February 1, 2012.
Note that STCA can only grant access to the venue to those who have pre-registered AND are carrying VALID ID upon arrival.
10:30 h Arrival and coffee
11:00 h Words of welcome and HSE message - Dr. Marja. Zonnevylle, site manager STCA
11:10 h Introduction – em. Prof. Dr. Rob van Veen
11:20 h Development of the first Hysomer catalyst – em. Prof. Dr. Herman Kouwenhoven
12:00 h Research aspects of the La Spezia start-up – em. Prof. Dr. Ir. Tiong Sie
12:40 h Lunch
13:45 h Hysomer: commercial experience and outlook – em. Prof. Dr. Rob van Veen
14:15 h Reaction mechanism of paraffin isomerisation – Prof. Dr. Rutger van Santen
15:00 h On mesoporous zeolites – Dr. Johan Groen
15:45 h Drinks
17:00 h End
A detailed programme of the full-day symposium (including route description) will be sent to registered participants.
Lunch and beverages are included in the registration fee.
Spreker(s)
Confirmed speakers are Em. Prof. Herman Kouwenhoven, Em. Prof. Tiong Sie, Em. Prof. Rob van Veen and Prof. Rutger van Santen.
Locatie
Grasweg 31, 1031 HW Amsterdam
Organisator
Nederlandse Procestechnologen
KNCV Section Catalysis
Naam en contactgegevens voor informatie
Patricia Kooyman
Aanmelden via
Patricia Kooyman
p.j.kooyman@tudelft.nl