Arranged catalysts for srtuctured hydrotreating reactors

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In general, many Canadian industries are progressing toward less expensive and smaller environmental footprint technologies, in particular the fine chemicals and energy industry. Catalysis has played a major role in achieving cleaner, less expensive, and more environmentally friendly solutions for countless applications. The project addresses competitive manufacturing of functional materials that enable advantaged catalytic performance. Our aim is to develop a robust arranged catalyst suitable for applications in three-phase structured hydrogenation reactors (e.g., fine chemical production; oil upgrading), which would allow increased productivity (up to order-of magnitude, as expected) at decreased energy and hydrogen consumption. One of the proposed applications of this strategy is hydrotreating of heavy oils with high metal content, which addresses Canada's needs in developing advanced functional materials for cheaper, safer and more environmentally benign technologies, as well as industry needs in innovative breakthrough approaches to heavy oil hydrotreating.