【Haichuan Chemical Salary News】Zhejiang Petrochemical Reports Profits from Andebasel’s Polyolefin Technology Transfer
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Recently, Zhejiang Petrochemical Co., Ltd. announced that it has obtained multiple polyolefin technology licenses from LyondellBasell Industries to provide technology for the $26 billion crude oil-to-chemicals project under construction in Zhoushan City. Lianhe Basell stated that the two 450,000 tons per year polypropylene (PP) plants in Zhoushan will utilize its Spherizone process technology ； Two low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plants, with capacities of 300,000 tons per year and 400,000 tons per year, will utilize its Lupotech T process technology ； A 350,000 tons per year high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plant will utilize its Hostalen ACP process technology. With a total capacity of nearly 2 million tons, these new permits represent the maximum capacity that LyondellBasell can have under license at a single location. The design goal of the Zhejiang Petrochemical Zhoushan plant is to convert 40 million tons per year of crude oil into 10.4 million tons per year of p-xylene and 2.8 million tons per year of olefins. Construction of the first phase is scheduled to begin in 2019, while the second phase will start in mid-2020.
Process Technology: On February 15, 2017, Zhejiang Petrochemical Company announced that it had awarded contracts to two divisions of Honeywell International: Honeywell UOP and Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS). These companies will provide a range of process technologies, engineering designs, equipment, and advanced automation controls for the new 40 million tons per year integrated oil refining and petrochemical complex being built in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, China. UOP and HPS will provide sets of refining and petrochemical process technologies as well as automation control systems for the first development phase of this project, which will be capable of processing 20 million tons per year of crude oil and producing 5 million tons per year of aromatics. UOP’s scope of delivery for the project includes technical licensing, design, key equipment, as well as all related catalysts and adsorbents. The projects involve two series of aromatic compounds production facilities that utilize UOP’s LD Parex process, including its Sulfolane, Isomar, and Tatora process technologies, to produce 4 million tons per year of p-xylene. The residue catalytic cracking (RFCC) complex, based on UOP’s RCD Unionfining and RFCC processes, is used to convert 5 million tons per year of residue into fuel. The propane dehydrogenation unit, based on the UOP Oleflex process, will produce 600,000 tons per year of polymeric-grade propylene. A hydrocracking unit, based on the UOP Unicracking process, is used to convert vacuum gas oil into petrochemical feedstocks. Two sets of continuous catalytic reforming (CCR) units, based on UOP’s CCR platinum reforming process, are used to produce aromatics and blending components for high-octane fuels. The naphtha hydrogenation unit, based on UOP’s Unionfining process, is used for desulfurization. For the control of all refining and petrochemical processing units at this production facility, HPS will utilize its Experion distributed control system, as well as processes designed and configured for Honeywell UOP, in order to integrate all process control-safety systems and automation software. On May 10, 2017, Honeywell UOP announced that Zhejiang Petrochemical Company would use its four Polybed pressure swing adsorption (PSA) units to supply high-purity hydrogen to a new integrated oil refining and petrochemical complex in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province. The consortium will use Honeywell Experion distributed control systems from Honeywell Process Solutions, and the PSA units will be controlled by Honeywell C300 controllers integrated into the Experion system. Sibie and Chevron Ruums: On April 20, 2017, Sibie announced that it had received a technical license and an engineering design contract from Zhejiang Petrochemical Company to build a single-unit facility with an annual capacity of 220,000 tons for the production of diphenyl carbonate (DPC) for its refining and petrochemical complex, using Versalis technology. Previously, Zhejiang Petrochemical Company had awarded two contracts to SIBA for providing technical licensing and engineering design for three units in the new consortium. One alkylation unit utilizes SIBA’s proprietary CDAlky advanced sulfuric acid alkylation technology, while the two diesel hydrocracking units are equipped with Isocracking technology, which is owned by CLG, the joint venture between SIBA and Chevron. CLG is a joint venture between Chevron and Xiebei. Zhejiang Petrochemical Company has also recently signed another contract with DuPont Clean Technology, a subsidiary of DuPont de Nemours & Co, to provide engineering services, technical licensing, and proprietary equipment for the MECS sulfuric acid regeneration (SAR) unit of this integrated complex. Designed to meet the current emission requirements set by China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection for sulfur dioxide, NOx, and sulfuric acid fumes, Zhejiang Petrochemical Company’s new MECS SAR unit will be capable of recycling 858 tons per day of waste sulfuric acid, and producing sulfuric acid at 98.3 wt%, sulfuric acid at 99.2 wt%, and fuming sulfuric acid at 20%.
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