Solving maldistribution: Catalyst loading and why it matters

Edwin Maas is the Licensing Technology Manager, Reactor Internals, at Shell Catalysts & Technologies. He has more than 40 yr of experience in the industry and has been a subject matter expert at Shell for 17 yr.

Julien Sigaud is a Senior Hydroprocessing Technologist at Shell Catalysts & Technologies. He is responsible for designing Shell reactor internals, providing support to customers having issues with the operability of their reactors and supporting Shell’s reactor internals licensing business.

Guillaume Poussin is the Group Managing Director at CREALYST-Group. He has more than 15 yr of experience in the study and development of technologies concerning particle behavior during filling processes of cylindrical vessels for different applications (e.g., for catalysts and adsorbents and the agricultural storage of grain).

Thiago Caldas is the Business Development Co-Director at CREALYST-Oil. He is an expert in catalyst and adsorbent loading supervision and homogeneous dense loading, as well as in reactors, adsorbers and reformer furnaces. He has 10 yr of experience in the industry and is responsible for sales and marketing at CREALYST-Oil for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.