About Hengye Inc.
In 2014, Hengye Inc. was established in Houston, Texas to offer the flexibility and reliability required to meet the growing, dynamic needs in the American adsorbent and catalyst marketplace. Our fully equipped team brings a wide range of services from start to finish, including new unit designs to meet the needs of future constructions and vessel sizing for existing units. Feed streams are unique and Hengye is able to manufacture and select the ideal product to meet specification requirements and maximize the value of product streams. Our sales team, paired with our engineers, will provide the data and technical education to support and bring confidence to those who use Hengye products.
Contact Information
Direct: +1 (832) 288-4288
Toll Free: +1 (844) 308-3271
Fax: +1 (832) 288-4230
email: info@hengyeinc.com
Hengye Inc.
11999 Katy Freeway, Suite 588
Houston, Texas 77079 USA
All Products
Molecular Sieve
Hengye offers a wide range of molecular sieve products, which are specialized to perform specific separation tasks that allow our users to create a cleaner, higher value end product that meets environmental and industrial requirements. Hengye offers type 3A, 4A, 5A, 13X and specialty zeolites, which have different adsorption capabilities and selectivity and are used in a wide range of industrial processes such as natural gas purification, air separation, petroleum refining, ethanol dehydration, and more. Depending on your requirements, our various molecular sieves can adsorb a range of contaminants from compounds such as water, which has a relatively small molecular diameter, to molecularly larger compounds such as heavy mercaptans and sulfides.
Type 3A molecular sieve is used to dehydrate unsaturated hydrocarbon streams and selectively removes water from these streams. This dehydration process allows these hydrocarbon streams to be separated in cryogenic units or transported.
• used to dehydrate unsaturated hydrocarbon streams
• capable of removing water to meet most specifications
• allows hydrocarbon streams to be further processed
Type 4A molecular sieve is used for the dehydration of hydrocarbon streams and can selectively remove contaminants from both liquid phase and vapor phase streams. Type 4A is capable of adsorbing molecules that are smaller than 4 angstroms in diameter, such as water, while allowing larger molecules, such as methane, to pass along to the desired product stream. This purification process allows the hydrocarbon streams to be further separated in cryogenic recovery and is more easily transported.
• used for the dehydration hydrocarbon streams
• capable of removing water to meet most specifications
• allows hydrocarbons to be further processed and transported
• offers an advantageous adsorption capacity
Type 5A molecular sieve is commonly used in air prepurification units to produce oxygen, hydrogen, and other purified gases by removing water, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and more from he feed stream. The removal of these contaminants is essential for compressed air systems and for purifying gas streams. In gas processing applications, Type 5A is able to adsorb certain mercaptans while still small enough to block larger hydrocarbons from entering the crystal.
• can be used to create high purity gas streams
• capable of removing water, carbon dioxide, and some mercaptans
• allows gas to be further separated, processed or otherwise used
• low cost, while remaining effective compared to 13X molecular sieve
Type 13X molecular sieve is commonly used to deeply dehydrate feed gas prior to cryogenic separation by removing water, carbon dioxide, and hydrocarbons from feed gas. The removal of these contaminants will allow the feed gas to be further separated into the desired product stream. Type X crystals are shaped differently from Type A crystals are tend to offer much larger pore sizes, about 9 Angstroms in diameter. 13X molecular sieve is often used to produce oxygen or in cryogenic distillation processes to deeply dehydrate LNG and LPG streams. There are many variations of Type X crystals with most common being Type 13X.
• used to deeply dehydrate feed gas
• capable of removing water, carbon dioxide, and hydrocarbons
• allows gas to be further separated or otherwise used in compressors
• offers an advantageous adsorption capacity for a wide range of impurities
Specialized molecular sieves are required in a variety of applications in many different sizes and forms. Specialized clays, blending ratios, ion exchanges, and more can be used to create these non-standard grade molecular sieves. Our specialized zeolites have carefully controlled properties that offer superior abilities such as zeolites with high density to allow more capacity per bed and zeolites with proprietary blending processes, which allows deep dehydration or ultrahigh purification abilities. Aside from being designed with specifications that allow improved adsorption or efficiency, zeolites can also be promoted or exchanged with cations to offer very specific functions such as mercury removal, separating nitride and light hydrocarbons from air, or for use in >fluid catalytic crackers.As the manufacturer, Hengye has the capability to produce custom designed products that fit your exact specifications.
• small beads and activated powder
• custom blending ratios
• carbon molecular sieve
• CalciumX, SodiumX, LithiumX, and more…
Our molecular sieve, or zeolite, is manufactured through a specialized production process that creates reliable, uniform zeolite crystals. These zeolite crystals can be used in powder form or blended with clays to form beads or extrudates. Mixing zeolite with clay produces products that are more durable and easier to handle than powders, which enables molecular sieve technology to be utilized in a wide range of industrial processes. Choosing the right particle size is crucial for your operation and the choice is typically based on the operating pressure requirements, the method of adsorption (PSA vs TSA), production requirements, and overall cost concerns. If given the option in particle size, it’s important to consider the desired Mass Transfer Rate, pressure requirements, and cost control, while minding the requirements for crush strength and adsorption capacity per cycle. The blending of zeolite and clay is performed in a controlled environment with clean equipment to optimize the performance of the zeolite products and ensure that each production batch will meet or exceed industry standards as provided in our Specification Sheets.
Standard Options
Beads: 4×8 mesh, 8×12 mesh
Pellets: 1/8 Inch, 1/16 Inch
Non-Standard Options
Beads: 6×8 mesh, 10×20 mesh, 20×40 mesh, and custom options
Pellets: 1/8 Inch, 1/16 Inch, and custom options
Activated Alumina
Activated alumina is a versatile product that is available in a wide variety of grades and forms and used in many applications including bulk dehydration, purifying water, chloride adsorption, sulfur removal, sulfur recovery, and more.
Activated alumina is commonly used in bulk dehydration processes and frequently used as a guard layer to protect more expensive adsorbents and catalysts. As an desiccant, activated alumina is most commonly used to selectively remove water from gases or liquids and can be applied in both PSA and TSA units.
Regenerable activated alumina relies on its physical adsorption properties to adsorb moisture and other contaminants from liquid or vapor streams and can be applied in both PSA and TSA units. Activated alumina can be used to purity various feed streams, such as removing fluorine from drinking water, for purifying hydrocarbon streams, or for drying liquids and gases. Activated alumina offers a high physisorption capacity while maintaining durability and is suitable for cryogenic air purification including use in air dryers and the purification of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, oxygen, and more.
Non-regenerable activated alumina relies on a promoter to offer chemical adsorption capabilities for specialized processes. The promoter reacts with contaminants to create a chemical bond and removes the contaminant from the process stream; this is also the reason why promoted aluminas cannot be regenerated. Promoted activated alumina is more commonly used in liquid phase processes, due to its chemisorption capabilities, which can function at higher temperatures compared to nonpromoted alumina.
Standard Options
Beads: 1/4 inch, 3/16 inch, 1/16 inch, 7×14 mesh
Non-Standard Options
Beads: 1/2 inch, 14×28 mesh, powder, and more…
Granular: Options available
Additional Products
In additional to our activated alumina products, we also offer similar products such as pseudoboehmite, and more….
Silica Gel
Silica gel commonly appears as beads or in granular form and come in a variety of sizes and grades for various applications. Generally, silica gel is used to remove water from process streams. In natural gas processing for example, there are specialized silica gels that help separate light hydrocarbons by reducing the dew point, while simultaneously dehydrating natural gas and gasoline.
Silica gel is often used as a bulk desiccant to remove water from atmospheric air, for use in desiccant air dryers, and as a guard layer to protect more expensive adsorbents and catalysts in dehydration units.
• used in bulk desiccant dehydration applications to control moisture and humidity
• can handle dynamic applications and offers a high physical strength
• protects metals, equipment, and electronics from rusting or water damage
• high capacity and ideal for bulk dehydration applications
White, nonindicating silica gel is most commonly used for bulk dehydration and appears as white beads or in granular form. This silica gel can be used to selectively remove water from gases or liquids and can be applied in both PSA and TSA units. Maintaining a moisture free environment is important for many applications such as in the shipment and storage of dry goods to help prevent the rusting of instruments, gauges, and equipment. This silica gel can be used in both static or dynamic applications and offers a high physical strength and adsorption capacity.
• used in bulk desiccant dehydration applications to control moisture and humidity
• can handle dynamic applications and offers a high physical strength
• protects metals, equipment, and electronics from rusting or water damage
• high capacity and ideal for bulk dehydration applications
Silica gel is available in indicating forms, whether a blue color that turns to pink or a yellow that turns to green. These color indicating silica gels are great for alerting the user when water adsorption capacity has been reach and the product is ready to be regenerated or replaced. These products are ideal product for both static and dynamic applications including use in power transformer breathers and desiccant air dryers.
• used in common desiccant applications to control moisture and humidity
• can handle dynamic applications and offers a high physical strength and adsorption capacity
• changes color as it adsorbs water and reaches adsorption capacity
We offer specialized silicas such as silica alumina for use in the Natural Gas industry, which help separate light hydrocarbons by reducing the dew point, while simultaneously dehydrating natural gas and gasoline. Our specialized industrial silicas include wide pore options, non-cracking types, and more. We also have silica gels for beer clarification, edible oil production, water purification, cat litter, and more.
Catalysts
Our catalysts are promoted with compounds that increase catalytic function such as titanium dioxide or soda. Catalysts are specialized products that are used to lower the required temperature for a reaction to occur. Typically, a catalyst has a high surface area, which offers a location to assist the occurrence of these desired reactions. Hengye manufactures various types of catalysts from applications such as chloride scavenging for use in reformate stream purification and sulfur removal from natural gas or petroleum streams.
In the Claus process, sulfur is recovered from H2S and can be used for an array of purposes including fertilizer additives. Our SulCat Series offers multiple catalysts for the Claus Process, whether high alumina, promoted or blended, or a Claus Catalysts with high titanium dioxide content to facilitate the conversation of various sulfur compounds into hydrogen sulfide to be suitable for recovery. Hengye offers these product variations to suit the needs of our users, depending on environmental requirements and feed composition. Alumina SulCat can be used for recovery of sulfur from H2S. Promoted SulCat, Blended SulCat, or Super SulCat can be used to recover sulfur from H2S while also converting COS and CS2 into H2S to further remove the content of sulfur from the stream.
Hydro SulCat is a specialized sulfur catalyst for tail gas hydrogenation. For increased sulfur recovery, some units are equipped with a tail gas unit where SO2 is recovered to be recycled back into the sulfur recovery unit to react with H2S and form sulfur.
HYZSM5 is a specially manufactured synthetic zeolite with an MFI Framework that is used in Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units (FCCUs) to provide high catalytic activity, low coke formation, and reliable stability. Due to its cation, this catalyst is used in acid-catalyzed reactions for hydrocarbon isomerization and alkylation such as the isomerization of meta-xylene to para-xylene. This framework can also be used with an impregnation to produce more specialized catalysts to accelerate reactions.
• used in Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units (FCCUs) and methanol to propylene or gasoline processes
• capable of producing a product stream with a higher value
• can be used in alkylation, isomerization, aromatization, dewaxing
• offers high reactivity as a catalyst with low coke formation
Specialized deoxidant catalysts are used to create pure streams of specialized gases such as hydrogen, neon, xenon, and krypton. These deoxidant grade catalysts are commonly used in the lighting industry to fill the bulbs with specialty gases and in metallurgy applications.
All Applications
Hengye products are currently being utilized in multiple industries including petroleum refining, natural gas production, air separation, ethanol, and many more. Hengye has been serving the ethanol dehydration market since 2001 and currently has products in more than sixty plants. Our quality and service has facilitated the growing use of our products in this industry. Market feedback, plant size criteria, and production demands has allowed Hengye to design a product that is ideal for ethanol dehydration with optimized selectivity for water over ethanol and increased capacity per cycle. The same technology is utilized to deeply dehydrate feed streams, which prevents freezing in cryogenic processes and liquefaction.
Molecular sieves are commonly used for purifying ethylene and propylene oxide, with a high capacity for deep dehydration and contaminant removal. We have an array of products, specialized to meet the needs of each olefin, cracked gas feed stream including: ethylene, butene, xylene, and more…
Hengye offers adsorbents for isomerization processes, which remove water and sulfur from the process stream. The resulting purified isomerization stream can then enter the isomerization reactor to allow the conversion of normal paraffins to isoparaffins. In catalytic reforming, hydrogen is created as a byproduct, and is of high value in other refining processes; hydrogen is also produced in steam methane reforming processes. For reliable, clean hydrogen streams, refineries select our specialized hydrogen purification products, which remove water, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, and methane to create an end product that is about 99.9% pure hydrogen.
Hengye Inc. manufactures various adsorbents for the natural gas processing to remove contaminants and create high value products. Our adsorbents are specialized designed to offer a high capacity and selectivity for water, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide. Depending on the composition of your feed stream and the demands for your final product, Hengye will assist in your selection for the ideal adsorbent to give heightened results. If the natural gas is heavily sour, Hengye’s specialized sulfur removing adsorbents can be used to remove mercaptans and sulfides, which will allow the product stream to meet environmental requirements and customer specifications. When mercury is present, Hengye offers two options for silver impregnated molecular sieve, which can amalgamate with the mercury to remove it from the stream. Mercury removal is important both to meet environmental requirements and to prevent corrosion of equipment downstream.
Our quality and service has facilitated the growing use of our products in Ethanol Dehydration Units (EDUs). Market feedback, plant size criteria, and production demand has allowed Hengye to design a 3A Molecular Sieve, EthaDry, that is ideal for ethanol dehydration with optimized selectivity for water over ethanol and increased capacity per cycle to provide a high purity end product. Our goal in creating this specialized adsorbent is to help ethanol plants flourish and increase output without needing to expand current operations. This product is built to withstand typical operation conditions when properly maintained and aims to add an overall positive return-on-investment for ethanol producers.
Full Service Supplier
Hengye offers other adsorbents and services for the convenience of our users.
Aside from our standard catalogue of products, we also manufacture and/or supply the following:
• Pseudoboehmite
• Molecular Sieve, Carbon
• Activated Carbon
• and more…
In addition to our turnkey change out services, we offer everything you need to refill your adsorption unit.
