23 February 2017
DETAILS
Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced that
Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Company, Ltd.
started its UOP Advanced Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) unit
during a 10-day test to confirm successful operation.
When the full unit goes on line,
it will have an annual production capacity
of 833,000 metric tons per year,
making it
the largest single-train MTO unit in the world.
Located in Lianyungang City in China’s Jiangsu Province,
the Sailboat facility will produce
* propylene for the production of
** acrylonitrile,
which is used to make clothing and fabrics,
and high performance polymers
used in automotive parts,
hard hats and other hard plastic products.
The plant also will produce
* ethylene
for the production of
** ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers,
which are used to make adhesives, foams,
medical devices, photovoltaic cells, and other products,
as well as
* C4 olefins for the production of
** butadiene, an ingredient in synthetic rubber.
Ethylene and propylene,
the two most widely used components
to make plastics in the world,
have traditionally been derived from
crude oil.
For regions such as China
that lack domestic sources of crude oil,
allows for the use of other more economical feedstocks
such as coal and natural gas.
Jiangsu Sailboat chose the Advanced MTO process
because it produces the highest yields
of light olefins at the lowest cost of production,
with the lowest catalyst consumption
and the lowest operating cost.
In addition, the unit is configured
for production of C4 olefins,
as well as ethylene and propylene.
Mike Millard,
Vice President and General Manager
of UOP’s Process Technology and Equipment business
“We expect China to invest more than $100 billion
in coal-to-chemicals technology in the next five years,”
“With China’s demand growth for
* propylene of 7 percent per year,
* ethylene demand growing nearly 6 percent,
* and butadiene at almost 4 percent,
provides an excellent solution to meet that demand.”
Contact:
John Simley
847-391-2278
john.simley@honeywell.com
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