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Maleic Anhydride Plant. Maleic Anhydride Plant. 17A Marlen Drive w Hamilton, NJ 08691 w USA Tel: (609) 586-8004 w Fax: (609) 586-0002 www.ippe.com. Please click on our logo or any link in this presentation to be redirected to our website, email or other documentation. Thank You!.
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Maleic Anhydride Plant Maleic Anhydride Plant 17A Marlen DrivewHamilton, NJ 08691wUSATel: (609) 586-8004wFax: (609) 586-0002www.ippe.com Please click on our logo or any link in this presentation to be redirected to our website, email or other documentation. Thank You!
General Overview • Start Up: 1970 • Shut Down: July 2007 • Capacity: 15 kmta (starting with benzene) • Technology: Benzene oxidation process • Upgrades: € 8MM invested in 2000
General Overview • Access to road and rail service with a harbor less than 100 km away • Large quantity of new spare parts • Process equipment was cleaned with water and is currently being kept under a nitrogen pad • Process area footprint is 100m by 50m and the highest structure is about 35m tall • There are no other chemical facilities located in the immediate area
General Overview Utilities Consumed: Raw Materials: • Electricity • Natural Gas • Water • Steam (produced from the exothermic reaction) • Benzene or Butane • Air • Vanadium Catalyst Products Produced: Consumption Figures: • Maleic Anhydride • 1235kWh of electricity • 22.5kw of LNG • 9 tons of steam • 5.7m3 of demineralized water • 9.8kg of Nitrogen Production Figures: • 11.9 tons of steam • 750 kWh through a thermic fluid
Process Description Summary of Operations • The plant produces 15 kmta of maleic anhydride starting with benzene due to a partnership with a neighboring coal processing plant which produced a benzols stream. • This process of extracting benzols from the benzols stream has been removed from the site. • The process currently uses benzene reacted with oxygen over a vandium catalyst to produce maleic anhydride • Maleic anhydride is a solid at room temperature, but the plant maintains the process temperature above the 40°C melting point to keep the product fluid. This process is very efficient regarding benzene conversion with only 2 ppm of residual benzene remaining (specification is 5 ppm). • The reaction is highly exothermic, producing 60 kmta of 18 bar steam. • The Gillendorf reactor runs at 4 bar pressure and is basically a large shell and tube exchanger with over 1,000 tubes packed with the vanadium catalyst.
Process Description Summary of Operations • The oxygen is obtained from air, which is compressed to the reactor pressure of 4 bar with a large 40,000 m3/hr Brown Boveri-Sulzer centrifugal compressor with a 1,250 kw electric drive. • The “100” section of the plant consists of the main reaction: oxidation of benzene. It also includes the condensation reaction and subsequent adsorption of the product into water with a packed tower. • The “200” section of the plant is dehydration utilizing a 32m2 Luwa wiped film evaporator. • The “300” section of the plant vacuum distills the crude Maleic Anhydride, removing residual impurities and residue. The vacuum is created by modern, liquid-ring vacuum pumps. • The control system for the plant is a relatively new Foxboro DCS system with flat screen monitors.
Process Description Utilities • A natural gas-fired hot oil furnace using Marlotherm as the heat exchange fluid is used for much of the process heating. • The reactor is cooled with a molten salt system circulating 80 metric tons per hour of salt. • There is a demineralized water system used in the adsorption process. • The system produces a very high quality water product due to the requirements for process water in the plant. Environmental, Health & Safety • A stainless steel carbon bed vent adsorption system was installed in 2001 to remove all benzene and other hydrocarbons from the process vents. • The final vent goes to the atmosphere, with a gas chromatograph on the vent stack to detect any residual hydrocarbons.
Equipment Section “100”: • Reactor –78m3 capacity, 316L • Exchanger – A285 grade C shell, (2) A201 grade B plates, (493) A179 tubes • Exchanger – 1,750 liter capacity • Exchanger – 373.5m2 capacity, AC (1278) tubes • Exchanger – 240m2 capacity, 316L • Exchanger – 316L • (2) Exchangers – A285 grade C • Sima Exchanger – 373.5m2, double jacket, A283 grade C shell, A42 C1 inside, A 179 tubes • Turbo Compressor – Cast Iron / CS • Tank – A42 C1 double jacket, 316L • Tank – 35m3 capacity, 316L • Tank – 55m3 capacity, SS 23 CN 18-10, • Salt tank with coil – 42m3 capacity, A42 C1 • Absorption Column – 316L
Equipment Section “200”: • Evaporator – 12m2 capacity, 316L • Luwa Evaporator – 316L • SMS Tank – 800 liter capacity, CS, double jacket, • Sima Tank –30m3 capacity, CS double jacket, 316L shell • (3) Tanks – 316L • (2) Exchangers – 316L • Exchanger – A42Cl shell, 316Ti tubes Section “300”: • Exchanger – CS shell, 316L tubes/top • Exchanger – NS22 S double jacket, 316L tubes • Exchanger – NSMC shell w/ 316L tubes • Tank – 316L shell and A37S coil • Distillation Column – 316L • Tank – CS double jacket, 316L shell