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Supercritical
single-phase hydrogenation is a technology that can improve the product
quality to levels impossible with the traditional multi-phase technology. The
costs for a process with the new technology are not increasing.
This means that the supercritical single-phase hydrogenation technology will
change a great number of processes for a wide range of industries like
pharmaceutical, fine chemical, food, surfactant,
petrochemical……
Härröd Research holds the basic patent for supercritical single-phase hydrogenation.
The patent is valid for all solvents and all substrates.
The aim of the company is to develop this technology
from the basic patent to industrial processes in co-operation with industrial partners.
Historical background
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1994 07
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Magnus Härröd and Poul Møller filed the patent
application on supercritical single-phase hydrogenation.
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1995 09
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Sander van den Hark and Maj-Britt Macher started
their PhD studies on the topic. They received their PhD in 2000
and 2001, respectively.
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2001 02
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Härröd Research was founded as
a spin-off company from Chalmers University of Technology.
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2002 07
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Härröd Research moved to a new
lab at a new site.
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2002 10
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The first pilot plant in the
world for hydrogenation at supercritical single-phase conditions was
commissioned at Härröd Research.
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2004 03
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A new patent on selective hydrogenation was filed.
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The basic idea
The lab
The pilot plant
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