Ethylene Production - Emerson

1 Ethylene ProductionNOTE: The following chapter is thefirst of many to be released as partof a Chemical sourcebook. Thesechapters will be released to eDocsas they are completed and whenfully developed, compiled into is one of the most importantpetrochemical intermediates and is a feedstock formany various products. End products made withethylene include food packaging, film, toys, foodcontainers, bottles, pipes, antifreeze, carpets,insulation, housewares, etc. Chemicals that aremade from Ethylene in order to produce these endproducts are polyethylene, Ethylene dichloride, Ethylene oxide, ethylbenzene, and vinyl acetate,just to name a Ethylene capacity utilization has remainedabove 90% since 2004 until 2008's economicmeltdown. In 2007, 2 million tonnes per year (tpy)of Ethylene capacity was added, according to theOil & Gas Journal. As of January 1, 2009, globalcapacity was million tpy.

1-2 Figure 1‐2.General ethylene furnace schematic I. Furnace The two primary feedstocks for ethylene production are naphtha and natural gas (ethane,

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