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Trays for any application

Sulzer Chemtech offers the largest tray portfolio on the market. Whatever the requirements, we have the right tray! Continuous innovations and improvements are: • First movable valve • First fixed valve • First customer tray design program • Use of push valves on commercial trays • Alliance with Shell Global Solutions to widen our tray Portfolio • Incorporation of fixed valves on multi downcomer Trays • Development of VGPlus • Highest capacity tray ever tested – ConSep tray.

We have been a leader in the development of high performance trays for many years. We led the way with MVG high performance tray decks and continue to provide cutting edge high performance tray technology with VGPlus and Consep trays.

Our position on the tray market has been strengthened by the Alliance of Technology with Shell Global Solutions. The complete Shell Mass Transfer Technology portfolio including high performance trays and associated internals is available from Sulzer Chemtech since 2000.

The Shell-Sulzer alliance combines extensive resources and vast experience. Sulzer Chemtech has five decades of knowledge as global mass transfer supplier offering process know-how, design competence, manufacturing and installation practice, as well as a world wide presence and supply chain. Shell has designed, applied and operated high performance mass transfer technology for the past five decades. Now the combined research and development pushes these technologies continuously to new limits.

Our global expertise and wide array of conventional and high performance tray technologies allow us to provide you with an optimum solution for your demanding requirements of each service.

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    With planned outages commonly occurring at intervals of 2-5 years, a refinery turnaround is a prime opportunity to replace column and separator internals with the newest available technology. Planning for an outage with a “replacement-in-kind” strategy will address lost performance from refinery ...

  • Maximizing light cycle oil recovery in the FCC main fractionator

    Refiners operating FCCU's have adjusted their operating strategies to maximize light cycle oil production to meet the increased demand for automotive diesel. Catalyst formulations and reactor conditions can alter yields, but the refinery cannot take full advantage of the increased LCO recovery without ...