With more than 50 years expertise in industrial hydrogen catalysts, Clariant has established a leading position and provides

high performance solutions for fuel cells,

offering tailor-made catalysts for desulfurization, reforming, water gas shift, CO purification, and off-gas combustion.

Clariant offers high-performance HyProGen® catalysts for all major fuel cell technologies and applications that are based on hydrocarbons (e.g., LPG, Natural Gas),
methanol, and ammonia fuels.

Key fuel cell markets include:

Large stationary fuel cell applications
Small stationary fuel cell applications
Mobile fuel cell applications
Portable-power fuel cell applications
On-site hydrogen production

Clariant has extensive experience in coating precious metal and base metal catalysts on to various substrate materials and shapes. Clariant has superior coating technology,
which results in uniformly coated pieces with great adhesion and provides optimum performance for demanding applications.
Natural gas (NG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) are the most common feedstocks
for almost all commercial hydrogen production and stationary fuel cells.

Hydrodesulfurization (HDS) is a common process in traditional hydrogen plants. In

this process, organic sulfur is hydrogenated to H2S and then removed using zinc
oxide.

Clariant offers HyProGen 100 series catalysts for hot and ambient sulfur removal.

Hot desulfurization - The HyProGen®100 series products are used in fuel cell
installations worldwide and offer very high sulfur pick-up capacity, even under
demanding condition.

Ambient desulfurization - For ambient desulfurization, HyProGen 120 series is one

of the most efficient in the industry across a broad temperature range. HyProGen 120
series catalysts are an ideal solution for natural gas fuel cells where up to 300 ppm
moisture is typically present.

Clariant’s HyProGen reforming catalysts offer the flexibility for use in a variety of
operating systems, to fit the design and efficiency demands for each customer.
Reforming catalysts from Clariant allow multi-fuel flexibility and combine high activity
with reliability and robustness.
The HyProGen 200 series are tailored for fuel cell applications in terms of
shape and performance requirements. They operate across a broad temperature
range (400–900 °C), and can be used with a variety of fuels
including NG, biogas, LPG, gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and synthetic fuels.
HyProGen 300 series catalysts - Specialized base and precious metal formulations

The water-gas shift process is designed to remove the bulk of carbon monoxide
while also generating hydrogen. Operating conditions for this process vary – from
industrial applications that employ two stages to maximize conversion, to new single-
bed operations. Clariant catalysts offer performance for the full range of operations.
The HyProGen 300 series are tailored for fuel cell applications in terms of shape and
performance requirements and utilize either base or precious metals depending on
the operating requirements.
HyProGen 500 series catalysts provide high selectivity and wide temperature
operating windows. These innovative solutions are showing significant promise
especially for newer portable fuel cells, allowing size reduction and increased
portability.
Clariant has significant experience in the development and manufacturing of off-gas
treatment catalysts for industrial applications and combustion engines.

EnviCat emission control catalysts are optimized for fuel cell applications,
providing superior high-temperature stability.

EnviCat emission control catalysts effectively remove hydrogen, carbon monoxide

(CO), and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as methane, from industrial off-
gases. In an oxidation process, these contaminants react with oxygen to be converted
into carbon dioxide and water. The EnviCat series offers a conversion efficiency of up
to 99% and beyond. Easily installed, the catalysts can be configured to an operation’s
individual dimensions.
Clariant offers customers a complete service regarding the optimal application of any catalyst we supply. This includes close technical collaboration to identify the
best match of catalyst of process technology; subsequent follow-up service to assist our customers in maintaining the optimum operating performance of the
catalysts, including troubleshooting. This service is available to our customers throughout the life of the catalyst. Our global Applied Catalyst Technology team offers
a wide range of personnel with specific expertise in catalyst characterization, research, catalyst installation, start-up, plant operation, and performance evaluations.