Chemical Catalysts and Adsorbents
Sulfuric Acid Catalysts
BASF designs catalysts for maximum performance. Since 1913, we have run production plants with the lowest levels of sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions in the world. That’s because the large surface area of our sulfuric acid catalysts delivers an unrivaled SO2 emission profile.
With our latest innovations, the market-leading the O4-116 Quattro catalyst and the disruptive X3DTM technology, we successfully transitioned a state-of-the-art portfolio into the step-change technologies that are required in modern operations.
To our customers, that means effortless regulatory compliance, no additional emission reduction costs, higher conversion and bigger profits. These results last. Because of their exceptional physical stability, our catalysts offer a longer lifetime, energy savings and minimal downtime risks.
At BASF, all of that comes with total service dedication, reliable customer support backed by the inventor of sulfuric acid catalysts, and decades of experience.
Why BASF?
Because BASF designs sulfuric acid catalysts to maximize outcomes, their exceptional stability and large surface area deliver consistent, lasting results. Our customers receive a longer-lasting catalyst with exceptionally low SO2 emissions, energy savings and reduced downtime risks, which translates to improved regulatory compliance, saved costs and more profit. Our knowledgeable specialists deliver all that along with dedicated customer support.
When customers work with BASF, they benefit from our decades of experience in:
- Conversion evaluation
- Performance optimization
- Technical assistance
- Customer sample analysis
- On-site plant support
- Spent catalyst disposal assistance
- Process performance evaluation
X3DTM - A step-change technology
In 2022, BASF introduced the novel X3D™ technology, a new additive manufacturing technology for catalysts based on 3D printing. Catalysts produced with this step-change technology feature an open structure resulting in reduction of the pressure drop across the reactor and a high surface area, significantly improving the catalysts’ performance. BASF can apply the technology to a wide variety of existing catalytic materials. BASF’s Sulfuric Acid catalysts O4-111 X3D™ and O4-115 X3D™ are the first catalysts produced with the new technology and already being used in industrial plants. Read more here.
The Quattro family - never stop innovating
In 1913, the first patent on the vanadium-based catalyst was granted to BASF - and it is still the chemical foundation of all sulfuric acid catalysts on the market.
Based on that tradition, BASF introduced the Quattro family of sulfuric acid catalysts a few years ago. This innovative catalyst family with its unique shape has a greater catalytic surface area, higher strength and a longer production lifetime compared to other sulfuric acid catalysts, boosting performance, reducing emissions and further increasing your plant capacity.
Technologies
BASF catalysts are proven in our plants and designed to enhance yours. Our oxidation catalysts are optimized for manufacturers that produce:
- Fertilizers
- Chemicals
- Detergents
- Dyes
- Pigments
- Pharmaceuticals
- Steel
- In Metallurgical Processes
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Where We Operate
Click on the map to see the locations of BASF’s research, sales and supply efforts for Sulfuric Acid Catalysts.
Elyria, Ohio, USA
BASF TODA America
120 Pine St, Elyria, OH 44035
Ludwigshafen, Germany
Carl-Bosch-Straße 38,
67063 Ludwigshafen
Shanghai, China
NO. 300 Jiangxinsha Road, Pudong,
Shanghai 200137, P.R. China
Beachwood, Ohio, USA
BASF Corporation – R&D, Application Technology Center
23700 Chagrin Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44122
Seneca, South Carolina, USA
554 Engelhard Drive,
Seneca, SC 29678-1700