29 January 2015
Traditionally,
propylene is a byproduct of certain refining processes,
but those processes no longer produce enough propylene
to meet rising global demand.
This propylene shortage has sparked investment
in technology to create
propylene from propane, also known as
Oleflex technology
has been a leading technology for
converting propane to propylene
for more than 20 years.
The C3 Oleflex process
uses catalytic dehydrogenation to
Compared with competing processes,
UOP’s C3 Oleflex technology provides
the lowest cash cost of production,
the highest return on investment and
the smallest environmental footprint.
This superior performance is characterized
by low capital cost, high propylene yields,
low energy and water consumption, and use of
a fully recyclable platinum alumina-based catalyst system.
In addition to the C3Oleflex process,
UOP also licenses its C4 Oleflex technology,
a butane dehydrogenation process to
convert isobutane to isobutylene.
Since 2011, UOP has licensed the C3 Oleflex process
to more than a dozen producers to meet rising demand,
with a majority of licensed capacity in China.
China is the world’s largest energy consumer and
its propylene consumption accounts for
more than 15 percent of worldwide demand,
which is growing at about 5 to 6 percent per year.
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DETAILS
UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company,
announced today that
China commissioned its second unit to
produce propylene, a key ingredient in plastics,
using its C3 Oleflex™ process technology.
UOP Oleflex™ process producing
a total of 900,000 metric tons annually of propylene
in China
Zhejiang Shaoxing Sanjin Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
became the second company in China
to commission a UOP C3 Oleflex process unit
to produce propylene from propane,
increasing the global production capacity
from UOP technology to
approximately 3.8 million metric tons annually (MTA).
Zhejiang Shaoxing Sanjin Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
will produce 450,000 MTA of propylene
at its facility in Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, China.
Zhejiang Shaoxing Sanjin Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
is a fully owned subsidiary of
Zhejiang Fuling Holding Group,
located in Shaoxing City, China.
Established in 2003, the company specializes in
polypropylene production and
produces 600,000 metric tons of the substance annually.
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