Advanced Granulation for Industrial Layered Engineered (AGILE) Catalyst


AGILE (Advanced Granulation for Industrial Layered Engineered Catalysts) develops shaping routes that turn catalyst powders into technical particles for fluidized and circulating reactors. Granulation and spray-fluidized-bed coating are used to build layered particles with controlled composition, porosity, and mechanical strength [201, 164, 188].

  • Particle growth and aggregation kinetics in spray-fluidized beds [204]
  • Placement of the active phase (zeolite, co-supports) inside the particle [188, 47]
  • Effect of shaping on intrinsic kinetics and thermal resistance [190, 121, 113] [patent 16, P1]
  • Scale-up rules for shaping processes

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