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Equipment For Light Olefins

ATOFINA/UOP Olefin Cracking Process

The ATOFINA/UOP Olefin Cracking process converts C4 - C8 olefins to propylene and ethylene at a high propylene-to-ethylene ratio. This process was developed to help you utilize low value by-product streams containing C4 - C8 olefins from steam crackers, refineries and methanol-to-olefins (MTO) plants.

When combined with a steam cracker, the process allows naphtha crackers to achieve higher propylene/ethylene ratios to help meet the growing gap between propylene demand and supply from conventional steam cracking plants.

For refineries, the technology utilizes FCC by-product streams and coker naphtha to increase propylene and ethylene production while reducing the olefin content of gasoline blending streams with little or no loss of octane.

In MTO complexes, the technology increases the yield of light olefins for a given amount of methanol feedstock and dramatically reduces the C4+ by-product streams.

To find complementary products and services, click on the following links:
UOP/HYDRO MTO Process
Heat & Mass Transfer Equipment
Basic Engineering Design
Plant Startup Services
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