To produce ethylene oxide (EO) and ethylene glycols (EGs) from ethanol by dehydration to ethylene and using oxygen as the oxidizing agent. Modern EO/EG plants…
Category: Petrochemical
To produce mono-(MEA), di-(DEA) and triethanolamines (TEA) from ethylene oxide and ammonia. Ammonia solution, recycled amines and ethylene oxide are fed continuously to a reaction…
The Polimeri/Lummus process is a phosgene-free route for the production of diphenyl carbonate (DPC)—a polycarbonate intermediate from dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and phenol. The Polimeri/Lummus DPC…
To produce dimethylformamide (DMF) from dimethylamine (DMA) and carbon monoxide (CO). Anhydrous DMA and CO are continuously fed to a specialized reactor (1), operating at…
GTC’s GT-DMT technology is a series of process enhancements for dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) production. This technology addresses oxidation, distillation, esterification, crystallization and wastewater treatment resulting…
To produce dimethyl ether (DME) from methanol using Toyo Engineering Corp.’s (TOYO’s) DME synthesis technology based on a methanol dehydration process. Feedstock can be crude…
The Polimeri/Lummus process is a non-phosgene route using CO, CH3OH (methanol) and O2 to produce dimethyl carbonate (DMC). DMC is a nontoxic intermediate used in…
Produce high-purity cyclohexane by liquid-phase catalytic hydrogenation of benzene. The main reactor (1) converts essentially all of the feed isothermally in the liquid phase at…
The Q-Max process produces high-quality cumene (isopropylbenzene) by alkylating benzene with propylene (typically refinery, chemical or polymer grade) using zeolitic catalyst technology. Benzene is alkylated…
Advanced technology to produce high-purity cumene from propylene and benzene using patented catalytic distillation (CD) technology. The CD Cumene process uses a specially formulated zeolite…