Chemical Process Catalysts
Catalysts have a vital role to play in many chemical reactions. At Heraeus, we provide reliable and efficient precious metal-based catalyst solutions that are tailored to your needs.
Chemical Process Catalysts based on Precious Metals
Catalysts represent a key technology to make industrial processes more efficient. In fact, over 80% of all industrial chemical processes involve the use of one or more catalysts. Supported precious metal-based catalysts have widespread applications in the chemical, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical industries due to their outstanding activities and selectivities.
Heraeus Delivers Customized Catalyst Solutions
Heraeus offers deep technical know-how on precious metal-based catalysts and can deliver customized catalyst solutions to our customers. Furthermore, Heraeus provides integrated precious metal recycling solutions, which can help you to improve the total cost of ownership and lower the demand for primary material. At a time when the chemical, pharmaceutical and energy industries are subject to extensive transformations, we are determined to provide you with high-quality, cost and material-efficient precious metal-based catalyst solutions to help you tackle your challenges effectively.
Discover more about the Applications for Supported Precious Metal Catalysts
Hydrogen Economy
The emergence of hydrogen (H2) as an energy carrier will undoubtedly lead to new challenges and opportunities on the catalyst front.
Heraeus offers leading precious metal-based catalyst solutions for the generation of hydrogen via electrolysis, combustion of hydrogen in fuel cells, decomposition of hydrogen carriers such as ammonia (NH3), hydrogenation/dehydrogenation of liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs), hydrogen and oxygen purification, methanation, as well as H2 burners.
Renewable Feedstocks - Green Chemistry
Renewable and alternative feedstocks, such as biomass and plastic waste, are gaining importance in the chemical industry and can help to gradually replace fossil feedstocks. Heraeus has developed precious metal-based catalysts that are suitable for the conversion of various biomass feedstocks into value-added bio-based chemicals.
Heraeus also provides catalyst solutions for the upgrading of biomass-derived biogas to biomethane.
Gas Purification
Many industrial processes and applications depend on feed gases of the highest purity and quality. Precious metal-based catalysts play an essential role in producing high-purity industrial gases.
HeraPur® catalysts support a wide range of applications, including the reduction of harmful greenhouse gas emissions such as nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) as well as the deep removal of carbon monoxide (CO) from synthesis gas streams.
Bulk Chemicals
Precious metal-based catalysts are an integral part of chemical manufacturing and downstream processing.
Heraeus precious metal catalysts support a broad range of selective hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, oxidation, reduction, methanation, and reforming reactions. The portfolio also includes catalysts for the industrial production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) via the anthraquinone process.
Fine Chemicals, Agro and Pharma
Precious metal-based catalyst technologies play an important role in the production of several fine and specialty chemical products, which are found in the flavors & fragrances, herbicides, and pesticides industries. In the pharmaceutical industry, catalyst materials find application in the syntheses of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) – highly complex, organic molecules that are derived via multi-step syntheses.
Space Propulsion Systems
The continued growth of commercial space products and services is driving demand for catalyst technologies used in rocket and satellite propulsion systems. Heraeus iridium-based (Ir) catalyst systems support the decomposition of hydrazine propellants, while platinum-based (Pt) catalysts enable the decomposition of alternative propellants such as hydrogen peroxid (H2O2).
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