The Next Generations of

High-Performance Symphony®
Reforming Catalysts

OIL PETROCHEMICALS
REFINING

octane gasoline or BTX aromatics,

Given the many challenges faced by the enabling refiners to boost reforming
refining industry, making the most out of unit profitability with a quick return on
every unit barrel is the key to maximizing investment.
profitability.
| Symphony®
Reforming Catalysts

With several manufacturing facilities and

Reforming units in particular are key
contributors to the profitability of a
refinery, as they produce high value
blendstocks for the gasoline pool,
feedstocks for petrochemicals production
and hydrogen required by other refinery
units to produce low-sulfur products.
over 120 years of cumulated reforming
catalyst manufacturing experience,
Axens guarantees consistent catalyst
supply, the highest catalyst quality and
reliable delivery for both reduced and
oxide forms to minimize the downtime
during catalyst changeout.

Symphony® Reforming catalysts are Symphony® catalysts use Axens propri-

industrially proven high-performance, etary innovative manufacturing technology
leading stability reforming catalysts, to produce alumina with the highest stan-
covering CCR, semi-regenerative and dards to guarantee highest C5+ selectivity
cyclic applications, to produce high- at the lowest operating cost.

More than

170 Symphony® catalyst

references since launching
Guaranteed
Manufacturing Quality

Over

130 licenced
6 new catalyst
developped in less than
Reforming Units 5 years

More than
Axens is a
120 years of cumulative
experience in reforming
One Stop Shop
for catalyst supply and
catalyts manufacturing Integrated services

› Axens Group is a One Stop Shop for catalyst supply and integrated
services. Axens Group covers the entire life cycle through dedicated Audit
& Consulting Service, providing optimized Internals, Equipment, Licences;
supporting refiners with Product Life Management and Digitalization tools.
More details on the back page.
 Symphony® Catalysts 
offer the best specific area B E N E F I T S
stability in the market
• Best hydrothermal (surface area) stability in the
With its proven global commercial experience, Axens market
provides the right catalyst solutions to meet clients needs • Maximum liquid reformate and hydrogen yields
and unit operation targets. over the entire range of product octanes

The newest Symphony® catalysts family has been quickly
adopted by the market with high client confidence
thanks to their outstanding performances. Suitable for all
designs, Axens catalysts are used today on all continents
for all applications ranging from high Octane gasolines
production to high severity applications aiming at BTX
production.
• Longest cycles lenght for Fixed-Bed application
• Improved mechanical properties resulting
in lower fines make, reduced pressure drop
issues and lower operating costs
• Remarkable improvements in unit profitability and
highest Return-on-Investment

CCR CATALYSTS PS 100 PS 110 CR 157 AR 151

DENSITY Low Density Low Density High Density High Density

APPLICATION Gasoline / Aromatics Gasoline / Aromatics Gasoline / Aromatics Gasoline / Aromatics

PROMOTERS Multi-Promoted Multi-Promoted Multi-Promoted Multi-Promoted

Higher Yields High Yields High Yields

High Yields
MAIN Maximized Activity High Activity Maximized Activity
High Activity
ATTRIBUTES Low fines make Low fines make Low fines make
Low fines make
Lowest coke make Low coke make Low coke make

PR SERIES® PR SERIES®
FIXED-BED CATALYSTS P 152 P 252 NEW PR 150 PR 250 NEW PR 156 PR 256 NEW

DESIGN Cyclic Cyclic / Semi-Regenerative Semi-Regenerative

DENSITY Standard Standard Standard

Re / Pt Monometallic Balanced Unbalanced

STABILITY

S-TOLERANCE

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TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
Symphony® Symphony®
Catalysts for CCR Design Catalysts for Fixed-Bed Design

S Y M P H O N Y ® S U P P LY
Pre-reduced
Catalyst:
Axens can supply
Symphony® catalysts
in both oxidized and
pre-reduced forms
depending on
refinery needs
› Symphony®
Commercial Success
The Symphony® family offers cata-
lysts of choice for any new cata-
lytic reforming unit design, as well
as replacements in existing units.
Axens has been successful with
over 120 Symphony ® Fixed-Bed
references including P 150,
PR 150 and PR 156 and more than
40 Symphony ® CCR references
including PS 100, PS 110, CR 157 and
AR 151 in less than 8 years.
› Symphony Superior
®
Hydrothermal Stability
Axens is one of the world’s largest
suppliers of aluminas for catalysts
and adsorbents. It marries ultra-high
purity raw materials with superior
technical expertise to manufacture
naphtha reforming catalysts with
exceptional specific surface area
stability.
Thanks to its multiple
manufacturing facilities
Axens has the capacity
to provide catalyst
quickly for emergency
reload cases
On-the-Fly
Replacement:
Axens provides
On-the-Fly catalyst
change out in CCR units
of various designs
The Symphony® catalysts family • Superior reliability through reduced
maintain start of run catalyst organic chloride addition and
performance well beyond the consequent lower downstream
competition. The outstanding surface equipment corrosion & fouling
area stability results in: • Low olefins make and lower
• Superior regenerability including coking at high severity gasoline
in severe regeneration conditions and aromatics applications
• Superior retention of requisite • Higher selectivity toward valuable
acid and metal sites for optimized products
catalyst performance
TESTIMONY
After three years of collaboration, we are thrilled this R&D
development has come to fruition between Woven Metal
Products and Axens. This new and improved scallop and
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center pipe for Radial flow Reactors, we believe, are some
of the best products to ensure process improvements.
We are excited about market adoption and future client
implementation.
… Russell Hillenburg 3
President of Woven Metal Products.
 Licenses & Basic Engineering
Solid expertise backed-up by decades of experience:
Axens Symphony integrated offer
• As a reference company for technology licensing with
as a One Stop Shop strong basic engineering capabilities either in grassroots
Axens Symphony® offers integrated services such and revamping studies
as technical consultancy and engineering studies. • In product management of integrated offers
encompassing several entities
• In customers support, in training and technical support

Audit & Consulting

• Master Planning / Feasibility Studies
• Margin improvement
• Crude management Services
• Linear programming
• Energy and water audits
• Strong partnership with clients Adsorbents Digitalization
& Gradings With over 40 connected units,
• Adapted solution Connect’In™ from Axens is
Internals // Equipment to handle any driving continuity in technical
• Axens Texicap™: Asbestos-free contamination issue services by:
patented composite material ensure • Mitigation of pressure • Ensuring highest standards
true radial flow while maximizing drop issues of cybersecurity and data
Fixed-Bed reactor vessel loading, by • Improved silicon ownership
up to 20%​ management offer • Instant collection and
• New reactor internal (scallop and • Maximized catalyst viewing of process KPI’s,
center pipe) design to improve catalyst lifetime and full data analysis
utilization by ensuring balance flow through customized
from top to bottom of the catalyst bed dashboards
• Reactor revamp allowing switching • Instant data cleansing,
to radial flow while retaining existing normalization and use of
reactor vessels​ Axens high fidelity models
• Axens Catapac™ dense loading • Use of “What-if” tools
technology: Allowing loading up to based on Axens models
20% more of catalyst in a given reactor to accelerate the decision
vessel via dense loading methods making process
• Performance benchmarking
• Collaborative interface with
live interaction with Axens
Product
experts
Life
• Unlocking additional value
Management
form existing assets by
Catalyst management
maximizing profit
to provide sustainable
and reactive support
by predicting catalyst
regeneration or
replacement

Axens is a group providing a complete range of solutions for the conversion of oil
and biomass to cleaner fuels, the production and purification of major petrochemical
intermediates as well as all of natural gas treatment and conversion options. The
integrated offer includes technologies, equipment, furnaces, modular units, catalysts,
adsorbents and related services, commercialized under “Axens Solutions”, “Heurtey
Petrochem Solutions” and “Axens Horizon” brands.
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