Clariant and Lummus awarded catalyst technology contract
Published by Poppy Clements,
Editorial Assistant
Hydrocarbon Engineering,
The process technology is exclusively licensed by Lummus Technology, while the tailor-made catalyst is supplied by Clariant. It is the first time Huizhou Boeko will license the CATOFIN technology at one of their sites.
The scope of the current award includes the technology license and basic engineering. Once complete, the plant will produce 550 000 million tpy of net isobutylene, which will serve as feedstock for the downstream production of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). The highly efficient CATOFIN process uses fixed-bed reactors and operates at optimum reactor pressure and temperature to maximise catalytic dehydrogenation of isobutane for high yields of isobutylene at low investment and operating costs.
“We are delighted to deliver our industry leading CATOFIN catalyst to this first Huizhou Boeko plant and look forward to a fruitful partnership. CATOFIN offers excellent reliability and productivity, yielding superior annual production output, which in turn leads to increased overall profitability for the plant,” said Jens Cuntze, Business President Catalysts and APAC at Clariant.
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/gas-processing/25032024/clariant-and-lummus-awarded-catalyst-technology-contract/
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