In this Spotlight Interview, we're joined by Xavier Ruiz, Technical Services Manager, Global Commercial Clean Fuels, Topsoe, and Travis Kirk, Sales Director, Global Commercial Clean Fuels, Topsoe.
We discuss Topsoe's article that featured in the September 2025 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering magazine. Titled ‘Guarding against silicon contamination’, this piece explores how Topsoe’s new third-generation SiliconTrap catalyst for coker naphtha can offer improved unit performance.
In this interview, we explore:
- The differences between organic and inorganic sources of silicon, and how they both impact refining operations.
- Why accurate detection of silicon type is so important.
- The main mechanisms by which silicon poisons catalysts.
- How refineries can manage against silicon poisoning.
- And much more.
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