Catalytic Reforming & Isomerisation
In this refinery application series on Catalytic Reforming & Isomerisation; explore how Alfa Laval's welded heat exchanger technologies have been applied to debottleneck, increase capacity, reduce CAPEX, increase energy efficiency & reduce utilities.
Application Leaflet
Gasoline production is still the main purpose of many refineries. Maximizing yield and quality of the gasoline requires additional processing to get the most out of light oil, condensate and naphtha process streams. Read the application leaflet

Blog post
This blog illustrates how welded plate heat exchangers compare with traditional technologies in the catalytic reforming process.

Article
Valero has cut energy cost & emissions from it's refinery using Alfa Laval Heat Exchanger Solution. We explore Valero's use of welded heat exchangers in this article

Case story
An european refinery has optimized the recycle gas flow in it's catalytic reformer with Alfa Laval Lifting Controller tool

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