19 December 2017
DETAILS
SIBUR has launched
a terephthalic acid production upgrade
at the POLIEF Blagoveshchensk site
to expand its annual capacity to 350,000 tonnes.
The project seeks to improve
the site’s production efficiency and environmental safety.
Terephthalic acid (PTA) is used to produce
polyethylene terephthalate resin (PET),
a basic material for the production of modern polymer packaging
for mineral water, dairy products, juices, sunflower oil,
and products of the textile, medical and other industries.
The Russian terephthalic acid market is undersupplied
and the production upgrade at SIBUR’s Blagoveshchensk site
will help to substitute a major part of imports.
The project is scheduled for completion in 2019.
Design documents were approved by
the General Board of State Expert Review (Glavgosexpertiza).
The general designer is GSE-Giprokauchuk,
a Russian design institute.
Russian contractors will be engaged
for construction and commissioning works.
Eleven existing production facilities will be upgraded.
The project is designed to renovate
150 units of core production equipment, and
most of the ancillary equipment,
thus enhancing its industrial safety, reliability and efficiency.
The site’s atmospheric emissions are expected to shrink twofold
thanks to the construction of a modern gas catalytic oxidiser
and the upgrade of all gas emissions treatment systems.
Transition to rotary pressure filters will translate
into 1.5 times lower industrial wastewater discharges
from the terephthalic acid production.
In addition, the production upgrade will virtually prevent
excessive evaporation into the atmosphere
resulting from a significant release of heat
during terephthalic acid synthesis.
After the reconstruction, vapour will go through cooling systems
to return to the process flow,
improving the site’s energy efficiency multifold.
Dmitry Konov,
Chairman of SIBUR's Management Board
“The investment project at the Blagoveshchensk site
seeks to meet the increasing demand from the food industry.
It is also an important step of our production upgrade strategy
intended to maximise energy efficiency
and environmental safety of our facilities,”
Contact Sibur
- Anna Lebed
- Tel.: +7 (495) 937-17-26
Fax: +7 (495) 777-55-00 - E-mail: LebedAI@sibur.ru
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