2020 CATALYST HANDBOOK INDUSTRY CATEGORIES PROCESS CATEGORIES COMPANY INDEX REFINING FCC 26 LCO, wt% Bottoms upgrading FCC additive (BCA-105) 28 24 22 Application: BCA-105 additives crack heavy fuel oil (bottoms) to middle distillates. 20 Description: BCA-105 additives selectively crack the heaviest portion of the feedstock not otherwise converted by the base catalyst to lighter, more valuable products (Fig. 1 and Fig. 2). BCA-105 is a high-activity matrix additive that can be used to quickly modify the zeolite-to-matrix ratio of the catalyst inventory to achieve the optimum yield structure dictated by product economics and feed quality. 18 62 Supplier: Johnson Matthey Website: www.matthey.com/en/products-and-services/chemical-processes/ additives/bottoms-upgrading-additives Contact: additives.info@matthey.com 64 66 68 Conversion, wt% 70 72 Fig. 1. Conversion for LCO with BCA-105. 14 12 Slurry, wt% Advantages: BCA additives enable the refiner to respond quickly and dynamically to changes in crude type, product pricing and demand by addition of the additive as needed, rather than changing out the base catalyst (e.g., switch between diesel and gasoline mode operations without changeout delay). Base BCA-105 10 8 6 4 62 64 66 68 Conversion, wt% 70 72 Fig. 2. Conversion for slurry with BCA-105. Copyright © 2020 Gulf Energy Information. All rights reserved.https://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/ http://www.matthey.com/en/products-and-services/chemical-processes/additives/bottoms-upgrading-additives http://www.matthey.com/en/products-and-services/chemical-processes/additives/bottoms-upgrading-additives