Emissions from Propane Dehydrogenation

The carbon dioxide emissions from propane dehydrogenation is estimated at about 0.9tCO2/t propylene Table 10.8. The data is derived from the descriptions for the Oleflex process. 

This table estimates the carbon dioxide emissions from propane dehydrogenation at about 0.9 t/t of propylene. This should be compared to the value for naphtha which is less than 0.4 t/t. This results from the lower thermodynamic efficiency of the process. However, again emission costs could be lowered by distributing some of the emissions to the hydrogen by-product. 

Maxwell, Non Acid Catalysis by Zeolites in Advances in Catalysis, No. 31, Academic Press, 1982 us Patent, 6, 211,104 

McIntosh, D. Seddon, Applied Catal., 6,1983, p. 307-314 and references therein Hydrocarbon Processing, March 1997, p. 116 

Hydrocarbon Processing, March 1995, p. 104 Hydrocarbon Processing Petrochemical Processes 2005 , AAB Lummus Global CATOFIN Process. 

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