توليد تجاري كاتاليزگر در ايران - چالش ها و راهكارها

Commercial Catalyst Production in Iran - Challenges and Guidelines

Catalysts, as accelerating agents of chemical conversions, are of great importance in petroleum and petrochemical industries. The catalyst production technology is knowledge-based, highly competitive and secretive and; consequently, in the scientific literature very little information can be found in this field. Despite extensive research efforts on development of catalyst formulations in lab and pilot scales, none of the domestic formulations has been implemented at industrial level. The few practices in catalyst production technology transfer from foreign companies have been unsuccessful due to improper implementation of technology transfer and acquisition, as well as, improper selection of the technology supplier. In this work, the development of commercial catalysts from lab to industry along with the related difficulties in their commercialization is studied and guidelines for their domestic production are provided. Unsuccessful domestic and certain successful foreign experiences for domestic catalyst production, as benchmarks, are also reviewed.