This report presents a cost analysis of Cyclohexane from benzene and hydrogen The process examined is a liquid phase hydrogenation process. In this process, benzene is hydrogenated in a liquid-phase reactor in the presence of a nickel-based catalyst. The reactor's overhead is sent to a second reactor to convert the non-reacted benzene. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): US Patent 5,668,293, issued to Institut Francais du Petrole in 1997 Keywords: Benzene Hexahydride, Cycloalkane, Liquid-Phase Reaction, Hydrogenation Reaction, IFP
This report presents a cost analysis of Cyclohexane from benzene and hydrogen. The process examined is a liquid phase hydrogenation process. In this process, benzene is hydrogenated in a liquid-phase reactor in the presence of a nickel-based catalyst. The reactor's overhead is sent to a second reactor to convert the non-reacted benzene. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): US Patent 5,668,293, issued to Institut Francais du Petrole in 1997 Keywords: Benzene Hexahydride, Cycloalkane, Liquid-Phase Reaction, Hydrogenation Reaction, IFP
This report presents a cost analysis of Caprolactam production from benzene. The process examined involves the following steps: benzene is hydrogenated to cyclohexane; cyclohexane is oxidized to a mixture of cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone; cyclohexanol is dehydrogenated to cyclohexanone; cyclohexanone undergoes an oximation reaction with hydroxilamine; and the oxime produced is rearranged to Caprolactam. Ammonium sulfate is also generated as by-product. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): (1) "Caprolactam", Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 7th edition (2) "Cyclohexane", Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 7th edition Keywords: Cyclohexanone, Cyclohexanol, Lactam Synthesis, Lactam Purification, Ammonium Sulfate Crystallization
This report presents a cost analysis of Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) production from polymer grade (PG) ethylene and 1-octene using a solution process. The process under analysis is similar to NOVA Chemicals SCLAIRTECH process. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): EP Patent 0527144, issued to DuPont in 1996 Keywords: Ethene, DuPont Canada, Cyclohexane, Stirred-Reactor, Swing Technology, Multi-Reactor
This report presents a cost analysis of Benzene production from pyrolysis gasoline (pygas). The process examined is a typical extractive distillation process. First pygas is fractionated into 3 hydrocarbon cuts, a C5s stream and a heavies stream are generated as by-products. The remaining C6s fraction is then fed to an extractive distillation system to recover benzene. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): "Benzene", Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 7th edition Keywords: BTX, Aromatics, Hydrotreatment, Diprolene, Distapex, Lurgi, ED
This report presents a cost analysis of Hexamethylenediamine (HMDA) production from butadiene and hydrogen cyanide In the process examined, butadiene reacts with hydrogen cyanide to produce adiponitrile as an intermediate. Subsequently, the adiponitrile is hydrogenated to produce HMDA. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): (1) WO Patent 2015009847, issued to Invista Technologies in 2015 (2) US Patent 4395573, issued to Monsanto in 1981 Keywords: HMDA, Rhône-Poulenc, DuPont, Hydrocyanation
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