DES PLAINES, Ill., Jan. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell
(NYSE: HON) announced today that Zhejiang Petrochemical Co.
Ltd. (ZPC) will use a range of process technology from Honeywell
UOP, the world's leading licensor of refining and petrochemical
process technology, for the second phase of an integrated refining
and petrochemical complex in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province. The complex is one of
several new large industrial sites that are part of China's current national economic development
plan.
In the first phase of the project announced in 2017, ZPC
selected Honeywell UOP technologies for hydroprocessing and heavy
oil upgrading, and to make aromatics for plastic resins, films and
fibers that are the basis for millions of products.
For this second phase of the project, Honeywell UOP will supply
a wide range of technology licenses, engineering design, key
equipment, and state-of-the-art catalysts and adsorbents, more than
doubling the plant's aromatics capacity. In addition, the Honeywell
Experion® Process Knowledge System will provide process controls
and automation systems for the complex.
"This second phase of the complex by itself will process 20
million tons per year of crude oil and produce another six million
tons per year of aromatics when completed," said Bryan Glover, vice president and general
manager, Process Technology and Equipment, at Honeywell UOP. "It
will be the largest crude-to-chemicals complex in the world, with
more than 50 percent of the crude converting to petrochemicals. Due
to its sheer scale, the complex will help China move closer to achieving
self-sufficiency in paraxylene while serving as a major new source
of propylene, jet fuel and more."
The second phase of the project will include:
- A two-train LD Parex™ aromatics complex -- including the UOP
Sulfolane™, Isomar™ and Tatoray™ processes -- for the production of
4.8 million metric tons per year of paraxylene, a primary
ingredient in plastics
- A refining section with three Honeywell UOP Unicracking™
process units to convert vacuum gas oil and distillate into
petrochemical feedstock
- Two Continuous Catalyst Regeneration (CCR) Platforming™ units
to produce aromatics and blend stocks for making high-octane fuels,
and a reverse Butamer™ unit to produce normal butane
- Honeywell Experion® Distributed Control Systems
designed and configured especially for Honeywell UOP processes
Honeywell UOP is the world's leading licensor of process
technology for the production of aromatics. As of 2018, UOP
licensed more than 100 complexes and more than 700 individual
process units for the production of aromatics, including more than
300 CCR Platforming process units, 158 Sulfolane units, 85 Butamer
units, 80 Isomar units, 58 Tatoray units, 100 Parex units
worldwide.
Honeywell UOP (www.uop.com) is a leading international supplier
and licensor of process technology, catalysts, adsorbents,
equipment, and consulting services to the petroleum refining,
petrochemical, and gas processing industries. Honeywell UOP is part
of Honeywell's Performance Materials and Technologies strategic
business group, which also includes Honeywell Process Solutions
(www.honeywellprocess.com), a pioneer in automation control,
instrumentation and services for the oil and gas, refining,
petrochemical, chemical and other industries.
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