Polypropylene Plant

Brief Overview
 

Capacity:

70,000 TPY
 

Technology:

Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Japan
 

Built:

1975
 

Shut Down:

March 2000
 

Status:

Plant in very good shape and well maintained
 

Major Upgrades:

1979 New high yield catalyst 
 

Products Produced:

- homo polymer
- co polymer
- blo co polymer
- random polymer

Documentation:

Available
 

Major Equipment:

- catalyst preparation
- polymerization
- separation
- drying
- hexane recovery
- controls
- extrusion

- (4) reactors 88,58,46.8 and 33.5 cbm
- Humbold Bird decanter VS 1000x1500
- DYFB dryers
- Hexane recovery system, hexane evaporator
- Werner Pfleiderer twin screw extruders
- Controls
- Documents
- Area 100 x 100 m