hte strengthens relationship with Mitsubishi Chemical for MMA oxidation catalyst services
Published by Oliver Kleinschmidt,
Assistant Editor
Hydrocarbon Engineering,
hte, the high throughput experimentation company, has signed a contract with Mitsubishi Chemical to provide research services for the screening of MMA oxidation catalysts.
The research project included an accelerated aging study, with the aim to qualify a catalyst with extended lifetime properties for the commercial operations. The study produced valuable results leading to an enhanced process profitability as well as to an extended unit utilisation.
Using its proprietary 8-fold bench scale unit, hte accelerated the performance screening of catalysts for the oxidation of pivotal platform molecules. This study was conducted despite the main challenge posed by the feed prone to polymerise. A fast catalyst decay of different shaped materials was experimentally simulated using an automated feedback control loop, one of many hte’s proprietary software features, which facilitates the comparison of lifetime and catalyst performance. This research project centred on Mitsubishi Chemical’s oxidation catalyst provided a high R&D output and complemented Mitsubishi Chemical’s R&D activities.
Dr Yuki Kato, Chief Scientist of MMA Group, Monomers & Catalysts Laboratory at Mitsubishi Chemical, commented: “High throughput screening is a powerful tool for accelerating the development of our industrial catalysts. Improvement of catalytic performances is a key for making the process competitive. To achieve our objective, utilisation of hte’s equipment has brought us a lot of significant findings and outcomes. We believe our activities make us possible to strengthen our position as a global leading company for MMA production.”
“Japan has always been a land of inspiration and innovation and as such it is an important market for hte, a global solution provider for digitalised R&D lab workflows. We are pleased that we have earned through our performance the trust by Mitsubishi Chemical and developed a longstanding collaboration. We very much look forward to further strengthening our relationship in the future”, added Markus Bold, CEO at hte.
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/petrochemicals/19052025/hte-strengthens-relationship-with-mitsubishi-chemical-for-mma-oxidation-catalyst-services/
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