Handbook of Petrochemicals Production Processes, 1st Edition

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part 1: Acetic Acid

Chapter 1.1: Chiyoda Acetic Acid Process ACETICA(R) (Yasuo Hosono)

Part 2: Aniline

Chapter 2.1: DuPont/KBR Aniline Process (Eric W. Wong and Ronald Birkhoff)

Part 3: 1,3-Butadiene

Chapter 3.1: BASF Butadiene Extraction Technology (Robert Brunner)

Chapter 3.2: UOP KLP 1,3-Butadiene from Acetylene Process (Steve Krupa, Tim Foley and Stephen McColl)

Part 4: Cumene

Chapter 4.1: ABB Lummus Global Cumene Production via CDCumene(R) Technology (Stephen Pohl and Sanjeev Ram)

Chapter 4.2: UOP Q-Max(TM) Process (Gary A. Peterson and Robert J. Schmidt)

Part 5: Ethylbenzene

Chapter 5.1: Lummus/UOP Liquid-Phase EBOne Process and CDTECH EB(R) Process (Stephen Pohl and Sanjeev Ram)

Chapter 5.2: Polimeri Europa Ethylbenzene Process (Fabio Assandri and Elena Bencini)

Chapter 5.3: ExxonMobil/Badger Ethylbenzene Technology Brian Maerz and C. Morris Smith)

Part 6: Ethylene

Chapter 6.1: ABB Lummus Global SRT(R) Cracking Technology for the Production of Ethylene (Sanjeev Kapur)

Chapter 6.2: Stone & Webster Ethylene Technology Colin P. Bowen)

Chapter 6.3: KBR SCORE(TM) Ethylene Technology (Steven Borsos and Stephen Ronczy)

Part 7: Methanol

Chapter 7.1: Lurgi MegaMethanol(R) Technology (Alexander Frei)

Part 8: Oxo Alcohols

Chapter 8.1: Johnson Mattey Oxo Alcohols Process (Jane Butcher and Geoff Reynolds)

Part 9: Phenols and Acetone

Chapter 9.1: Polimeri Europa Cumene-Phenol Processes (Maurizio Ghirardini and Maurizio Tampieri)

Chapter 9.2: Sunoco/UOP Phenol Process (Robert J. Schmidt)

Chapter 9.3: KBR Phenol Process (Alan Moore and Ronald Birkhoff)

Chapter 9.4: QBIS(TM) Process for High-Purity Bisphenol A (Ed Fraini, Don West and George Mignin)

Part 10: Propylene and Light Olefins

Chapter 10.1: Lurgi MTP(R) Technology (Waldemar Liebner)

Chapter 10.2: UOP/Hydro MTO Process (Peter R. Pujado and James M. Andersen)

Chapter 10.3: UOP Oleflex(TM) Process (Joseph Gregor and Daniel Wei)

Chapter 10.4: ABB Lummus Global Propylene Production via Olefins Conversion Technology (Catherine A. Berra and James T. C. Wu)

Chapter 10.5: Propylene via CATOFIN(R) Propane Dehydrogenation Technology (V. K. Arora)

Part 11: Styrene

Chapter 11.1: Lummus/UOP "Classic" Styrene Technology and Lummus/UOP SMART(TM) Styrene Technology (Stephen Pohl and Sanjeev Ram)

Chapter 11.2: Stone & Webster (Badger) Styrene Technology (Vincent Welch)

Chapter 11.3: Polimeri Europa Styrene Process Technology (Leonardo Trentini and Armando Galeotti)

Part 12: Terephthalic Acid

Chapter 12.1: EPTA: The Lurgi/Eastman/SK Process (Frank Castillo-Welter)

Part 13: Xylenes

Chapter 13.1: ExxonMobil PxMaxSM p-Xylene Toluene (Terry W. Bradley)

Chapter 13.2: ExxonMobil XyMaxSM Xylene Isomerization (Terry W. Bradley)

Chapter 13.3: UOP Parex(TM) Process for p-Xylene Production (Scott E. Commissaris)

Part 14: Polyethylene

Chapter 14.1: Basell Spherilene Technology for LLDPE and HDPE Production (Maurizio Dorini and Gijs ten Berge)

Chapter 14.2: Borstar LLDPE and HDPE Technology (Tarja Korvenoja, Henrik Andtsjo, Klaus Nyfors, and Gunnar Berggren)

Chapter 14.3: Chevron Philips Slurry-Loop-Reactor Process for Polymerizing Linear Polyethylene (Mike Smith)

Chapter 14.3: ExxonMobil High-Pressure Process Technology for LDPE (Charles E. Schuster)

Chapter 14.5: Polimeri Europa Polyethylene High-Pressure Technologies (Mauro Mirra)

Chapter 14.6: Basell Hostalen Technology for Bimodal HDPE Production (Dr. Reinhard Kuehl and Gijs ten Berge)