Adsorbent Selection Guide

SPECIALTY ALUMINAS AND MOLECULAR SIEVES FOR DRYING, PURIFICATION

AND SEPARATION

SELECT THE BEST ADSORBENT
Adsorption is employed to purify a wide variety
gas and liquid streams. With our complete range
of specialty aluminas and molecular sieves, we
can ensure the best performance from your units.
Decades of experience in adsorption technology
enable us to provide global expertise and
services which include, for virtually every type
of application, the selection of the most economical
and appropriate adsorbents or combination of
adsorbents.
Our adsorbents, destined for applications in the
refining, petrochemicals, chemicals and gas
processing industries, are produced in our ISO-9001
certified manufacturing facilities, which use the most
advanced technologies in this field. The following
tables can be used as an adsorbent selection guide.

SERVICE ALUMINA MS 3A MS 4A MS 5A MS 13X

REFINING

CATALYTIC REFORMING
Naphtha drying
Naphtha sweetening
Hydrogen recycle treatment
Regeneration catalyst gas treatment
Produced hydrogen gas treatment
HCl removal
ISOMERIZATION
Feedstock drying
Feedstock sweetening
Hydrogen make-up drying
Hydrogen purification
HYDROTREATMENT
Hydrogen purification
HF ALKYLATION
Feedstock drying
Defluorination of recycle product
STEAM REFORMING
Hydrogen purification
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REFINING

ETHYLENE-BENZENE ALKYLATION
BF3 removal
Benzene drying
Ethylene drying
AROMATICS
Benzene drying
Toluene drying
Xylene drying
Cyclohexane drying
FINISHING
Propane drying
Propane sweetening
Butane drying
Butane sweetening
Pentane drying
Pentane sweetening
Hexane drying
Hexane sweetening
LPG drying
LPG sweetening
Kerosene drying
Jet fuel drying
Gas oil drying
Solvent drying
BTX drying
SEPARATION
Normal and isoparaffin separation

SERVICE ALUMINA MS 3A MS 4A MS 5A MS 13X

PETROCHEMICALS

STEAM CRACKING
Cracked gas drying
Cracked liquid drying
C2 cut drying
C3 cut drying
Monomer drying and purification
Hydrogen drying
CO2 removal
Propylene drying
Butadiene drying
Other olefin & diolefin drying
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PETROCHEMICALS

SYNTHETIC RUBBER
Methyl chloride drying
Propylene drying
POLYMERIZATION
Feedstock drying
Feedstock purification
Polymers purification
Solvent drying
Styrene-TBC removal
Butadiene-TBC removal
LAB PRODUCTION
Benzene drying
HF removal from recycle paraffins
Paraffin drying

SERVICE ALUMINA MS 3A MS 4A MS 5A MS 13X

TEREPHTHALIC ACID
CHEMICALS

Effluent gas treatment

ACETIC ACID
Process gas treatment
Air separation plant
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
Recycle feed treatment
AMMONIA
Synthesis gas drying and purification
Purge gas treatment
HYDROGEN UNIT
Hydrogen recovery
Hydrogen purification
OTHERS
Alcohol drying
Chlorofluorohydrocarbon drying
Chlorofluorohydrocarbon purification
Solvent drying
Solvent purification
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NATURAL GAS
NATURAL GAS

Natural gas drying

Natural gas sweetening
Condensate drying
Condensate sweetening
LPG drying
LPG sweetening
Propane drying
Propane sweetening
Butane drying
Butane sweetening
LNG drying
LNG sweetening
CO2 removal from natural gas
H2S removal from natural gas

SERVICE ALUMINA MS 3A MS 4A MS 5A MS 13X

NISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS
Instrument air drying
Air drying before cryogenic processing
CO2 drying
Nitrogen drying
Argon drying
Helium drying
Hydrogen drying
Hydrogen purification
Inert gas drying
Blanket gas drying
CO2 removal from blanket gases
Propellant drying/sweetening

GLOBAL EXPERTISE AND SERVICES

Axens offers a full range of services for industries
using adsorption technologies and extensive
experience to enhance product performance under
your operating conditions:
• Technical assistance for unit follow-up
• Appropriate analyses for determination of ageing
and contamination of spent products
•
April 08 – Selection Guide

• On site pilot-testing in gas or liquid phase with Advice for regeneration

the Sorbotest analytical apparatus • Product disposal assistance
• Studies for sizing units or material replacement