➖ Introduction to Unicat Catalyst Technologies
➖ Recent Developments and Technical Achievements
in Purification and Gas-Phase Applications
➖ CO2 Converting Challenges
➖ CO2 conversions to CH4 (NG); CH3OH (MEOH);
Fuels (synthetic gasoline/gasoil)
➖ ‘Green’ MeOH Energy Balancer / Optimization of
Resources
➖ Gas Cleaning Part : Challenges and Recent
Achievements
Privately owned company since 1999
Head-office in Houston, USA - European subsidiary in Netherlands -
Offices in Dalian (China), Aruba, Jubail – Dedicated Agents in Russia and
Asia
Producer of Catalyst & Catalyst Absorbents Products in different application
fields
Innovative & Technology driven culture
JV Partnership with Vanguard Catalyst in 2016
Active in Bio-Gas applications and Waste-Gas treatments (purification)
since 2009
Breakthrough in CO2 converting - CH4 & MeOH Production catalysts in 2014
CO2 Conversion Systems : Design finalization & Industrial Scoping / System
Partnerships in 2016-2017
Syn Gas
H2 Production (SMR)
Methanation
MeOH Production
NH3 Synthesis
Dry Reforming
Purification
Sulphur(s) Removal
Halogens Removal
Hg Removal
Nitrogen compounds
Particle Filtration –AFS
Metal(s) removal
Other Contaminants
Chemical applications
Selective Hydrogenation
Production SulphuricAcid
SPA polymerization
Bender Processing
Toll Manufacturing
Bio – Applications
Purification Biogas/ Waste Gas
CO2 to CH4
CO2 to CH3OH
(CO2 to fuels)
Development of Optimized (deep) Filtration System for Particulates – AFS series
(particles ranging 2000 – 5 microns)
Unique catalyst technologies for Cold (Ambient) Temperature Sulphur Removal
(H2S, RSH, RSSR, CS2, COS,..) & Halogen Removal – TSR/CR series
Syn-Gas : New Reformer Shaped Catalyst, Dry Reforming Midrex, Next Generation
Pre-Reforming Catalyst, Next generation Methanation & MeOH production catalyst
series
Development of High Conversion Catalyst System for Methanation of CO2 (co-
operation research with DTU Denmark)
Development of High Conversion catalyst system for Methanol production out of
rich CO2 based off-gas/biogas streams (co-operation with DTU Denmark)
BEST PERFORMING & OPTIMIZED FILTRATION & GRADING
SYSTEM
AFS-G6 Series AFS-Series
• Filtration of Particles, ranging : 1 – 2.000 microns
• Proven System > 200 reference installations
• Licensed In-House Developed Technology
• Highest Void and Controlled Filtration Activity & Pattern
In operation since 2015
2 x Fixed Bed Purification Vessels
installed
Multi-Bed Configuration in each vessel –
3-layer catalyst approach
Impurities : Sulphurs, AsH3, metal-
carbonyls, .. (1-3 ppmwt range)
Outlet Specification : non-detectable
(ppb range)
Unicat Products Loaded:
• SR-11OCX – proprietary high SA sulfur trap
• AR-207HC – AsH3 guard, advanced Cu-Techn
• META-Trap – removal of metal-carbonyls
Volume(m3)
Freespace
BedSupportMedia
META-TRAP 5.5
SR-110CX 5.5
AR-207HC 14.0
Bedsupportmedia 150
CO2
Emissions will have to decline by more than five
per cent a year to give the world a 50/50 chance
of keeping temperature rises below the 2°C
threshold. Historic and future carbon dioxide
emissions must remain below a total of 3,200
billion tonnes to make it likely temperature rises
do not exceed 2°C. (Professor C. Le Quere Global Carbon Project)
CO2 is supposed to convert to CO on the catalytic surface as one of the expected
catalytic reactions taking place in optimized conversion reactors
Most failures, trying to achieve high conversion rates at ‘standard’ operational
conditions, often were caused by uncontrolled side-reactions inhibiting the active
structures resulting in lower conversions towards CH4 and MeOH.
Unicat & DTU had a first break-through of CO2 conversion to
CH4 in 2014, providing extremely high conversion rates under
normal/standard reaction conditions in one reaction step.
(> 90% conversion)
In 2015 the first stable convertor (lab/container kit scale) was
developed for CO2 conversion towards MeOH – conversion rates
> 90% in one reaction step were realized (incl recycling modus)
In 2016 partnerships were concluded : H2 production by
Electrolysis, CO2/CO rich Off gas conversion to Fuels and NGCC
Gas Cleaning systems.
Purification Technology
NGCC
Catalytic conversion
NGCC - Unicat
Drying
WindTurbine Electric Power
(Siemens)
Electrolysis Plate technology
EfuelPro
Biogas CH4 + CO2
Fermentation
Off Gases CO2 +
H2O
Wide variety of Possible End-Products
Natural Gas Methanol
Fuel (Diesel & Gasoline) Building blocks Petrochemical
H2O
Catalytic conversion Greyrock
Unicat
Catalytic
conversion
to Fuels
Catalytic
conversion to
CH4 or CH3OH
Reaktortemperatur: 280˚C, Biogas-flow: 720 l/t
24-timers test d. 1. & 2. december
14
1 Nm3/h proof of concept – Tested and Running extremely stable for period (Off/On) for
1,5 years now with Unicat Catalyst MC-790 series
Cleaning of tested Biogas from H2S levels 3 - 4.000 ppmwt to below 30 ppb
NO WASTE.
The process takes place in ONE STEP
Latest achievement (2017) : CH4-conversion up to 98% and CO2-concentration below 1%.
Quality CH4 allows for direct delivery to any Natural Gas Grid/Pipeline
Some Plots of Test Rig Container
Hovedreaktioner:
CO2 + 3 H2 = CH3OH + H2O
CO + H2O = CO2 + H2
Katalysator: Unicat B-94 series
Reaction(s)
Catalyst :
(Water-Gas shift reaction)
(+ 41 kJ/mol)
First generation design and tests:
18% conversion of CO2 v. 47 barg, single reactor, 1:5 / CO2:H2
Second generation design and testing:
12% conversion of CO2 v. 80 barg, single reactor, 1:3 / CO2:H2
20% conversion of CO2 v. 80 barg, serially coupled reactors, 1:3 / CO2:H2
Last generation design and testing:
> 93% conversion of CO2 v. 52 barg, single reactor, proprietary CO2:H2
Partnership Technologies
Commercial Available Systems
Fuel Production – High value Gasoline and
Gasoil – Premium Liquid Fuels
*Direct Fuel Production™ platform enables value creation by
transforming flare gas, bio-gas, natural gas or natural gas
liquids into Premium Diesel Fuel (+ partly High End
Gasoline), which can be easily commercialized and
transported to market.
* Produced fuels are premium products that features high
cetane, no sulfur and good lubricity, not comparable to bio-
diesel, but are true hydrocarbon diesel fuels that directly
replace petroleum-based fuels. Unlike products coming
from Fischer-Tropsch based technologies, the produced
diesel fuels do not require further refining and upgrading.
* When blended with petroleum based fuels, the Green Fuels
will reduce engine emissions including nitrogen oxide,
carbon monoxide, and particulate matter emissions.
Dry reforming: CH4 + CO2 = 2 CO + 2 H2
Steam reforming:
CH4 + H2O = CO + 3 H2
Bio
-refo
rmin
g:
Overall reaction: 2 CH4 + H2O + CO2 = 3 CO + 5 H2
Combination Unit
Design : BI -REFORMING
Unicat Catalyst has commercial catalyst systems available for both
Side reaction system – WaterGas shift CO + H2O ⇌ CO2 + H2
Villadsen-Moeller
Developed by Prof. Per Moeller
Patent Pending System
Commercialized by the company NGCC
Thoroughly tested on lab scale
First Electro-Catalytic Based System in the World
Total Cleaning Concept – ONE STEP
Easy to Use, Reliable Stable System
Unseen Economical & Technical Evaluations
compared with Existing Technologies
TOTAL CLEANING - HIGH RANGE 1.000’S PPM
CLEANING UP TO PPB RANGE IN ONE STEP
RECUPERATION OF CONTAMINANTS (Sulfur) IN PURE
FORMS
FULL Cleaning of contaminant components,
including:
• Sulphurs (H2S, RSH, RSSH, Thiophenic, CS2, …)
• Halogens
• Alcohols
• Nitrogen Components (NH3, HCN, ACN, ...)
• Hg and bounded Hg
• ...
Cleaning till from High PPM levels in one-reactor step
approach towards ppb levels
Cleaning of highly polluted gas streams, like Biogas, Off
gasses, .. holding up to 4.000 ppmwt sulfur and more
Easy operating, economical effective system
Sulfur Species are transformed all the way up to
Elemental Sulphur
This product can get collected, has a market value
and can get re-used for other applications
Green Fuels (ex CO2-..) are the Future of the Worlds Clean Energy needs.
Unicat Catalyst Technologies can offer a full portfolio of products and
systems for Cleaning & Conversion of Bio- and other CO2 containing off Gas
streams.
Related to CO2 Conversion the following Technologies are developed
/joined approach with Technology Partners:
• CO2 conversion to Methane gas CH4 - (ready for industrial size scale
up phase)
• CO2 conversion to Methanol (CH3OH) – (ready for second phase larger
test installation – first scale up phase)
• CO2 to Fuels (Gasoline/Gasoil) – (commercially available units CO2 / CO
rich gas source)
• Most effective Gas Cleaning systems– (ready for industrial size scale up
phase)
• Electrolysis systems for production of H2 - (commercially available)