Lower temperature
Favours ammonia equilibrium.
A wider operating window.
Developing ammonia catalysts for greater activity at lower temperature.
Catalyst science
Building on a century of Haber–Bosch.
Greater activity
Needed to sustain the reaction rate.
Applications
EXISTING PLANTSCONTINUOUS OPERATION
More from installed assets.
At current pressure, higher single-pass conversion could support more output or lower recycle duty.
NEW PLANTS
More freedom in new design.
At a selected conversion, lower pressure could reduce compression demand.
Flexible operation may suit renewable-powered designs.
Benefits depend on plant constraints.
Validation programme.
Development targets
25–35%Conversion at 30 bar
1,000 hStability campaign
Performance
Activity and conversion against commercial references.
Durability
Long-duration stability under controlled conditions.
Scale-up
Repeatable preparation in a practical catalyst form.
Qualification
Validation under partner-relevant conditions.
Development targets, not performance claims. Plant benefits require validation.
In-house testing.
- Operation
- Continuous
- Pressure
- 0–32 bar
- Temperature
- Up to 600 °C
- Campaigns
- Multi-week
Team
Catalysis, engineering and operating experience.
Willem BrekelmansCEO, Catalyzer
Giel KrooijmansIndustrial lab operations
Eduard GeusIndustrial advisor
Arno van HoofCatalysis & sorbents advisor
Jacco HoekstraCatalysis research
John GeusCatalysis research
Marc EversDeep-tech investor
Development network
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