Iran to Establish Specialized Center for Producing, Recycling Catalysts
“A specialized catalyst manufacturing and recycling center will be built in the Science and Technology Park of Materials and Energy Research Institute to meet Iran’s needs to key catalysts,” Hamid Omidvar said.
He pointed to the endorsement of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a knowledge-based company active in the field of petrochemicals, and said, “This cooperation will focus on creation of knowledge-based companies in the Materials and Energy Research Institute.”
“We are trying to increase the number of knowledge-based companies stationed at the research institute up to 90,” Omidvar added.
In a relevant development earlier this year, an Iranian knowledge-based company active in production of industrial catalysts unveiled three improved catalysts used in making direct reduced iron or sponge iron.
These catalysts are used in steel industry and have received the necessary standards in terms of quality and performance during four years of use on a semi-industrial scale and in steel modules.
"We started production of these catalysts in 2005 in cooperation with Khuzestan Steel Company, and this company cooperated very well with us to check the performance of catalysts. The cooperation resulted in manufacturing 70% of the country's sponge iron catalysts by our company,” said Mehran Rezayee, the director of catalyst engineering and research department of the company.
“We used new compounds in formulation of the new products, which led to better regeneration properties in the new catalysts than the previous ones and they could be used on industrial scale in a shorter time,” he added.
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