Debottlenecking of a catalyst impregnation production line
Location: West Virginia, USA
Project phase: APS and APD studies
Project duration: 14 months


- Carrying out balances (material, heat, utility, power)
- Optimization of the production rate to improve the efficiency of the chain
- Implementation of PFDs (process flow diagram) and PIDs (piping and instrumentation diagram)
- Sizing of equipment and drafting of technical specifications
- Implementation in the existing workshop
- Update of the existing functional analysis
- CAPEX, planning
Total amount of the project : AXENS – Catalyst production, Virginia :
Range A < €10 million
Range B: between €10 and €20 million
Range C: between €20 and €50 million
Range D > €50 million
Note: Optimization of production capacity by +40%.
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