Petroleum utilization tends to be refined, FCC catalyst combination products are booming

FCC (catalytic cracking) catalyst is a low-investment and quick-result method for upgrading oil products, improving target product yield and device operation efficiency, and reducing emissions, and can be further coordinated with the process to achieve optimization. Generally, bottom oil cracking, coke selectivity, multi-function (both residual oil cracking and coke selectivity) and product selectivity (propylene, gasoline, diesel) can be achieved by changing the catalyst formula.

At this stage, the direct sales model and the distribution model coexist in the domestic FCC catalyst market, which is beneficial to promoting the development of corporate business. The direct sales model can reduce the intermediate links between FCC catalyst companies and customers, allowing companies to face customers more directly, understand customer needs and market conditions in real time, and complete production in a timely manner. This sales method is conducive to technology development exchanges, capital withdrawal, customer management and Product extension and expansion. The distribution model allows FCC catalyst companies to quickly expand their business despite limited funds and talents, which is conducive to reducing the company’s sales costs, expanding the company’s sales scope, and improving the company’s sales performance and market share.

The improvement of sales channels will help maintain product price stability. According to the “2022 Global and China FCC Catalyst Industry In-depth Research Report” released by the Industrial Research Center It shows that under the influence of multiple factors such as changes in downstream demand, fluctuations in raw material prices, increases in labor and land rents, the gradual maturity of existing product technologies and the continuous emergence of new products, China’s FCC catalyst prices have shown a trend of fluctuation, but overall The fluctuation range is not large. Among them, China’s FCC catalyst price in 2021 is 31,500 yuan/ton.

Since about 60% of the world’s catalysts are used to process residual oil, increasing the porosity of the matrix is ​​an important indicator for residual oil cracking catalysts. However, due to the high accessibility of zeolite catalysts made with this matrix material, excessive cracking may occur. Resulting in the formation of more coke. Still, some FCC catalyst developers are still seeking a balance between low coking and improved bottoms cracking. In addition, FCC catalysts with better resistance to heavy metals and selective cracking of bottom oil are also the focus of future development.

In addition, refineries are currently looking for high-efficiency, simple, full-coverage residual FCC catalysts, that is, residual FCC catalysts that can produce more propylene or increase the yield of light cycle oil. For example, this type of multifunctional catalyst usually produces more diesel by adding P2O5, anionic clay or amorphous silicoaluminophosphate. As the transition from gas engines to diesel engines continues to increase in Europe, BASF has begun to consider using new processes to expand the production of prolific diesel FCC catalysts.

Industrial researchers believe that at present, the world’s major FCC catalyst manufacturers have launched combination products and can be customized according to the needs of downstream users. Combination development of FCC catalysts. In the future, the utilization of petroleum will become more refined, and low-quality petroleum will become an important raw material for petroleum refining. Developing FCC catalysts for low-quality petroleum and maximizing the use of petroleum resources will bring a lot of customization to the FCC catalyst industry. to optimize R&D and production opportunities.