What happened to n-pentane?
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Our factory produces 15,000 tons of n-pentane with a purity of 99.5% each year, but we don’t have a suitable market for it. There is no demand for it as a foaming agent in the local area, so it is currently used as raw material for cracking processes – which results in losses. I would like to ask if anyone uses n-pentane? What’s it for?
If using it as a pyrolysis feedstock results in losses, it can simply be used as fuel for pyrolysis furnaces or mixed with liquefied gas and sold.
It’s better to burn it rather than use it as raw material; liquefied gas isn’t worth much either!
It can enter the isomerization unit to produce gasoline
The purity can be reduced to use it as a feedstock for pyrolysis
It should be possible to use it as a feedstock for pyrolysis – why would there still be losses?
Does your company still produce n-pentane with a purity of 99.5%, or do you know which company does?
Isn’t isopentane used as a foaming agent? ?
Heterogenization can be carried out to produce hetero-pentane, thereby increasing the octane number, which can then be used as a component in gasoline blending.
Our company has a high demand – nearly 100 tons per day – so feel free to get in touch with us