Fields of catalytic products at Haldor Topsoe

 

Through a commitment to catalysis and extensive exploration of catalytic principles and possibilities, Topsoe’s portfolio has grown to meet industry needs, in the past decades also with an increased focus on environmental processes.

 

Ammonia

Topsoe is a leading catalyst and technology supplier in the ammonia industry, supplying solutions for almost 50% of the new ammonia plants built within the last decade.

 

Automotive diesel exhaust

Topsoe offers a complete range of catalytic products for the automotive industry complying with the most stringent legislation on automotive diesel exhaust emissions.

 

Dimethylether

The flexibility of Topsoe’s technology and catalysts for dimethylether (DME) production from methanol offers the possibility to use raw methanol as feedstock.

 

Gasification-based technologies

Synthesis gas can be generated from a variety of feedstocks including biomass, petcoke, coal, and heavy oil through gasification. Based on synthesis gas Topsoe offers a wide range of processes and technologies for the production of ammonia, methanol, hydrogen and substitute natural gas.

 

Flue gas cleaning

Topsoe’s catalytic purification of flue gases and other off-gases from industrial power plants ensures the protection of the environment. The processes all comply with the most stringent requirements for environmental protection and feature high energy efficiency, no secondary pollution and no solid wastes for depositing.

 

Hydrogen

Topsoe supplies catalysts and technologies for hydrogen production based on reforming of eg natural gas. The basic steam reforming technologies include heat exchange based reforming technologies, in particular for small and medium sized plants.

 

Methanol

Topsoe’s technology and catalysts for synthesis gas production are widely used in the methanol industry. Topsoe’s methanol technology is based on autothermal reforming and on Topsoe’s high-active methanol synthesis catalyst, which permits the construction of very large plants.

 

Refining

Topsoe’s portfolio of catalysts and technologies for hydrotreating and hydrocracking contribute to production of cleaner fuels in the oil refineries. Topsoe has been particularly successful in sales of technologies and catalysts for the production of ultra-low sulphur diesel.

 

Sulphuric acid

Topsoe’s development of catalysts for the production of sulphuric acid has resulted in major product breakthroughs, providing the industry with new options for energy-efficient operation with still lower sulphur emissions. The Topsoe VK catalyst series is presently used in more than one third of the world’s sulphuric acid production capacity.

 

Sulphur management

Topsoe’s wet gas sulphuric acid (WSA) technology recovers sulphur from off-gases in the form of commercial-grade concentrated sulphuric acid, thus converting waste gas into a commercial product.

 

Synthesis gas

Topsoe provides a range of technologies and catalysts for the synthesis gas needs of a range of industries.