Catalyst Drying 

Catalysts are among the most technically demanding materials encountered in industrial drying applications. Whether the catalyst is an alumina-supported precious metal, a zeolite pellet for refinery FCC operations, a vanadia-based catalyst for sulphuric acid production, or a nickel-molybdenum hydroprocessing catalyst for petroleum refining, each type presents a unique combination of physical fragility, surface chemistry sensitivity, and thermal activation sequencing that demands precisely engineered drying protocols. Premature or excessive temperature during drying can sinter active surface sites, collapse pore structure, cause phase transformation in the support material, or mobilise dopants that are critical to catalytic selectivity. Insufficient drying leaves physisorbed and chemisorbed water on the catalyst surface that interferes with calcination and reduction steps, ultimately degrading activity and selectivity. Kerone Engineering Solutions designs and manufactures industrial catalyst drying systems that are engineered to the specific thermal sensitivity, pore structure, and production volume requirements of catalyst manufacturers and petroleum refinery operations.