Catalyst work

Yes. These are mostly industrial catalysts and adsorbents used in oil refining, petrochemicals, gas processing, and chemical plants. The important distinction is that catalysts accelerate chemical reactions, while molecular sieves, activated alumina, and many adsorbents mainly remove or separate impurities.

What each one does

Type	Main work	Typical use
FCC catalyst	Breaks heavy petroleum molecules into smaller hydrocarbons	Producing gasoline, LPG, light olefins
Hydroprocessing catalyst	Uses hydrogen to remove sulfur, nitrogen and other contaminants and improve fuel quality	Diesel, gasoline, refinery feed treatment
Hydrogenation catalyst	Adds hydrogen to unsaturated molecules	Oils, chemicals, petrochemicals
Reforming catalyst	Converts hydrocarbons into higher-octane reformate and produces hydrogen	Gasoline/refinery operations
Zeolite catalyst	Provides selective acidic/catalytic sites and molecular-size selectivity	FCC, cracking, isomerization, petrochemicals
Molecular sieve	Selectively adsorbs molecules based largely on size/polarity	Drying gases, separation, purification
Activated alumina	Adsorbs water and some contaminants	Gas drying, compressed air, water treatment
Adsorbents	Capture impurities on their surface	Gas purification and drying
Catalyst support	Holds the active catalytic material and provides surface area/structure	HDS, hydrogenation, reforming
Industrial desiccants	Remove moisture	Natural gas, air, solvents, packaging/industrial systems

Your proposed business products

1. ZSM-5 zeolite → Petrochemical/refining
Used as a shape-selective acidic catalyst, particularly for cracking and upgrading hydrocarbons. In FCC, ZSM-5 additives can shift product distribution toward light olefins such as propylene rather than simply creating more total feedstock.

2. FCC catalyst → Refineries
The main catalyst in a fluid catalytic cracking unit. It converts heavier refinery streams into products such as gasoline-range hydrocarbons, LPG and olefins.

3. Molecular sieve 3A → Gas/chemical plants
Primarily used for water removal while excluding larger molecules.

4. Molecular sieve 4A → Gas/chemical plants
General-purpose molecular sieve for drying gases and liquids and removing small polar molecules such as water.

5. Molecular sieve 5A → Gas separation
Useful for selective adsorption/separation of molecules in gas-processing applications.

6. Molecular sieve 13X → Gas purification
High-capacity adsorbent used for water, CO₂ and other impurities in gas purification.

7. Activated alumina → Drying/adsorption
Strong, regenerable water adsorbent used in compressed-air and gas-drying systems.

8. Alumina catalyst support → Chemical industry
A high-surface-area carrier for active metals such as nickel, cobalt, molybdenum or platinum.

9. HDS catalyst → Refineries
Hydrodesulfurization catalyst. Removes sulfur compounds from petroleum streams using hydrogen, producing cleaner fuels.

10. HDN catalyst → Refineries
Hydrodenitrogenation catalyst. Removes nitrogen-containing compounds from refinery feedstocks.

11. Hydrogenation catalyst → Chemical industry
Adds hydrogen to compounds such as olefins, aromatics or other unsaturated chemicals. Nickel, palladium, platinum and other metals can be used depending on the process.

12. Reforming catalyst → Refineries
Used in catalytic reforming to convert suitable hydrocarbons into higher-octane reformate and produce valuable hydrogen.

13. Claus catalyst → Sulfur recovery
Helps convert hydrogen sulfide-derived sulfur species into elemental sulfur in sulfur-recovery units.

14. Dehydration catalyst/adsorbent → Gas processing
Removes water from natural gas and other gas streams to prevent corrosion, hydrates and downstream process problems. Note that dehydration is often an adsorption process, rather than a catalytic reaction.

15. Catalyst regeneration services/products → Refinery industry
Restore catalyst activity or remove accumulated contaminants such as coke, depending on catalyst and process. This can be a major industrial service business.

A useful way to organize your business

You could divide the catalog into 3 business divisions:

A. Refinery catalysts

• FCC catalyst
• ZSM-5
• HDS catalyst
• HDN catalyst
• Reforming catalyst
• Hydrogenation catalyst
• Claus catalyst

B. Gas purification & separation

• 3A molecular sieve
• 4A molecular sieve
• 5A molecular sieve
• 13X molecular sieve
• Activated alumina
• Dehydration adsorbents
• Other adsorbents

C. Catalyst materials & services

• Alumina catalyst support
• Other catalyst supports
• Catalyst regeneration
• Spent-catalyst handling/recovery
• Catalyst testing/technical services

One important business point: don't market these as products that simply “increase gas quantity.” Their legitimate industrial functions are conversion, cracking, purification, drying, separation, sulfur/nitrogen removal, and product selectivity. For example, an FCC catalyst can increase the yield of certain valuable products from a given refinery feed, but it does not create additional matter from nothing.