Heterogeneous Catalysis

With its tailor-made super-alloyed metal foam, Alantum offers companies in the chemical and petrochemical industries worldwide unique opportunities for enhanced heterogeneous catalysis in chemical processes.

Thanks to the large surface area, high thermal conductivity, mechanical durability and corrosion resistance, the new technology with metal foam as a catalyst substrate offers significant advantages including increased heat and mass transfer, reduced diffusion resistance, optimized product selectivity, and increased reactor throughput.

Catalyst coated metal foam finds applications in the syngas production and processing, in  hydrogenation and dehydrogenation processes, in the manufacturing of methanol and hydrocarbon from syngas. Process intensification is the driving force behind the improvement of these large scale industrial processes, supported by state-of-the-art modelling capabilities.
Leading catalyst companies, engineering firms and global chemical and petrochemical corporations investigated the use of ceramic and metallic structures in a wide range of chemical processes for several decades now and confirmed the feasibility and the benefit of foam in the applications. Alantum now is the first large scale commercial manufacturer to meet the customers demand for the suitable substrate for heterogeneous catalysis.

Alantum provides comprehensive client technical support through pioneering research and development work using its in-house resources and development partners in the area of catalysis, testing, reactor design, process intensification and modelling (CFD).

Alantum has gained a fundamental knowledge of how foam micro-structure influences its macro-scale mixing, heat and mass transfer behaviour and can provide design guidelines for various catalytic processes including but not limited to SMR (Steam Methane Reforming), SNG and syngas-to-chemicals processes.

Alantum can deliver the type of substrate structure (discs, pellets, chips, monoliths) that provides optimized process conditions with respect to catalytic activity, pressure drop, maintenance, and catalyst lifetime.