Texas petrochemical plant chemical processes

Ludwig, E. E., Applied Process Design For Chemical and Petrochemical Plants. Vol. 2, 3rd Ed. Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, Texas, 1997. 

Figure 7.4 Typical column fabrication tolerances. (From Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants, Volume 2, Second Edition, by Ernest E. Ludwig. Ccgiyi ht 1979 by Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas. Used with permission. AU rights reserved.)...

Commercial plants Thirty plants worldwide have been built or are now under construction with a total phenol capacity over 2.8 MMtpy. Three grassroots phenol plants, using KBR s phenol technology started up in 1999/2000 100,000-tpy for Aristech Chemical, Ohio 225,000-tpy for Shell Chemical, Texas and 37,500-tpy for Shanghai Gaogiao Petrochemicals, Shanghai, China. An additional three plants are in design. More than 50% of the world s phenol is produced via this process. 

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