Handbook of petrochemicals production processes

Contributors Preface Acknowledgments Part 1: Acetic Acid Chapter 1.1: Chiyoda Acetic Acid Process ACETICA(R) (Yasuo Hosono) Part 2: Aniline Chapter 2.1: DuPont/KBR Aniline Process (Eric W. Wong and Ronald Birkhoff) Part 3: 1,3-Butadiene Chapter 3.1: BASF Butadiene Extraction Technology (Robert Brunner) Chapter 3.2: UOP KLP 1,3-Butadiene from Acetylene Process (Steve Krupa, Tim Foley and Stephen McColl) Part 4: Cumene Chapter 4.1: ABB Lummus Global Cumene Production via CDCumene(R) Technology (Stephen Pohl and Sanjeev Ram) Chapter 4.2: UOP Q-Max(TM) Process (Gary A. Peterson and Robert J. Schmidt) Part 5: Ethylbenzene Chapter 5.1: Lummus/UOP Liquid-Phase EBOne Process and CDTECH EB(R) Process (Stephen Pohl and Sanjeev Ram) Chapter 5.2: Polimeri Europa Ethylbenzene Process (Fabio Assandri and Elena Bencini) Chapter 5.3: ExxonMobil/Badger Ethylbenzene Technology Brian Maerz and C. Morris Smith) Part 6: Ethylene Chapter 6.1: ABB Lummus Global SRT(R) Cracking Technology for the Production of Ethylene (Sanjeev Kapur) Chapter 6.2: Stone & Webster Ethylene Technology Colin P. Bowen) Chapter 6.3: KBR SCORE(TM) Ethylene Technology (Steven Borsos and Stephen Ronczy) Part 7: Methanol Chapter 7.1: Lurgi MegaMethanol(R) Technology (Alexander Frei) Part 8: Oxo Alcohols Chapter 8.1: Johnson Mattey Oxo Alcohols Process (Jane Butcher and Geoff Reynolds) Part 9: Phenols and Acetone Chapter 9.1: Polimeri Europa Cumene-Phenol Processes (Maurizio Ghirardini and Maurizio Tampieri) Chapter 9.2: Sunoco/UOP Phenol Process (Robert J. Schmidt) Chapter 9.3: KBR Phenol Process (Alan Moore and Ronald Birkhoff) Chapter 9.4: QBIS(TM) Process for High-Purity Bisphenol A (Ed Fraini, Don West and George Mignin) Part 10: Propylene and Light Olefins Chapter 10.1: Lurgi MTP(R) Technology (Waldemar Liebner) Chapter 10.2: UOP/Hydro MTO Process (Peter R. Pujado and James M. Andersen) Chapter 10.3: UOP Oleflex(TM) Process (Joseph Gregor and Daniel Wei) Chapter 10.4: ABB Lummus Global Propylene Production via Olefins Conversion Technology (Catherine A. Berra and James T. C. Wu) Chapter 10.5: Propylene via CATOFIN(R) Propane Dehydrogenation Technology (V. K. Arora) Part 11: Styrene Chapter 11.1: Lummus/UOP Classic Styrene Technology and Lummus/UOP SMART(TM) Styrene Technology (Stephen Pohl and Sanjeev Ram) Chapter 11.2: Stone & Webster (Badger) Styrene Technology (Vincent Welch) Chapter 11.3: Polimeri Europa Styrene Process Technology (Leonardo Trentini and Armando Galeotti) Part 12: Terephthalic Acid Chapter 12.1: EPTA: The Lurgi/Eastman/SK Process (Frank Castillo-Welter) Part 13: Xylenes Chapter 13.1: ExxonMobil PxMaxSM p-Xylene Toluene (Terry W. Bradley) Chapter 13.2: ExxonMobil XyMaxSM Xylene Isomerization (Terry W. Bradley) Chapter 13.3: UOP Parex(TM) Process for p-Xylene Production (Scott E. Commissaris) Part 14: Polyethylene Chapter 14.1: Basell Spherilene Technology for LLDPE and HDPE Production (Maurizio Dorini and Gijs ten Berge) Chapter 14.2: Borstar LLDPE and HDPE Technology (Tarja Korvenoja, Henrik Andtsjo, Klaus Nyfors, and Gunnar Berggren) Chapter 14.3: Chevron Philips Slurry-Loop-Reactor Process for Polymerizing Linear Polyethylene (Mike Smith) Chapter 14.3: ExxonMobil High-Pressure Process Technology for LDPE (Charles E. Schuster) Chapter 14.5: Polimeri Europa Polyethylene High-Pressure Technologies (Mauro Mirra) Chapter 14.6: Basell Hostalen Technology for Bimodal HDPE Production (Dr. Reinhard Kuehl and Gijs ten Berge) Chapter 14.7: Basell Lupotech G Technology for HDPE and MDPE Production (Cyrus Ahmadzade and Gijs ten Berge) Chapter 14.8: Basell Lupotech T Technology for LDPE and EVA-Copolymer Production (Andre-Armand Finette and Gijs ten Berge) Chapter 14.9: UNIPOL(TM) PE Gas-Phase Process: Delivering Value to the PE Industry (Mardee McCown Kaus) Chapter 14.10: NOVA Chemicals SCLAIRTECH(TM) LLDPE/HDPE Swing Technology (Keith Wiseman) Part 15: Polyethylene Terephthalate Chapter 15.1: UOP Sinco Solid-State Polymerization Process for the Production of PET Resin and Technical Fibers (Stephen M. Metro and James F. McGehee) Part 16: Polypropylene Chapter 16.1: Basell Spheripol Technology for PP Production (Maurizio Dorini and Gijs ten Berge) Chapter 16.2: Basell Spherizone Technology for PP Production (Riccardo Rinaldi and Gijs ten Berge) Chapter 16.3: Borstar Polypropylene Technology (Jouni Kivela, Helge Grande, and Tarja Korvenoja) Chapter 16.4: UNIPOL(TM) Polypropylene Process Technology (Barry R. Engle) Chapter 16.5: Chisso Gas-Phase Polypropylene Process (Takeshi Shiraishi) Part 17: Polystyrene Chapter 17.1: BP/Lummus Technology for the Production of Expandable Polystyrene (Robert Stepanian) Chapter 17.2: BP/Lummus Technology for the Production of General-Purpose and High-Impact Polystyrenes (Robert Stepanian) Chapter 17.3: Polimeri Europa General-Purpose Polystyrene Process Technology (Francesco Pasquali and Riccardo Inglese) Chapter 17.4: Polimeri Europa Expandable Polystyrene Process Technology (Dario Ghidoni and Riccardo Inglese) Chapter 17.5: Polimeri Europa High-Impact Polystyrene Process Technology (Francesco Pasquali and Franco Balestri) Part 18: Vinyl Chloride and Polyvinyl Chloride Chapter 18.1: Vinnolit Vinyl Chloride and Suspension Polyvinyl Chloride Technologies (Ulrich Woike and Peter Kammerhofer) Chapter 18.2: Chisso Polyvinyl Chloride Suspension Process Technology and Vinyl Chloride Monomer Removal Technology (Seiichi Uchide) INDEX