Ethylene oxide （EO） is a sold-out intermediate material for producing various chemicals.Major chemical companies are interested in whether new EO plant can create profit.This research is undertaken to investigate th...Ethylene oxide （EO） is a sold-out intermediate material for producing various chemicals.Major chemical companies are interested in whether new EO plant can create profit.This research is undertaken to investigate the economic feasibility of EO production.Direct oxidation of ethylene using silver on alpha-A12O3 catalyst type is adapted to produce EO of 60 000 t/year.We conduct the conceptual design.Firstly,we synthesize the optimal structure and then determine optimal conditions and the size of the equipments.Feasibility study shows that profit and loss turning point turns out to be 3.2 years based on the present market price.In addition,we conducts the economic analysis to prepare the risk of raw material market price variation ranging from 70％ to 130％.展开更多
基金The MSIP(Ministry of Science,ICT&Future Planning),Korea,under the Convergence-ITRC(Convergence Information Technology Research Center)support program(NIPA-2013-H0401-13-1004)supervised by the NIPA(National IT Industry Promotion Agency)
文摘Ethylene oxide （EO） is a sold-out intermediate material for producing various chemicals.Major chemical companies are interested in whether new EO plant can create profit.This research is undertaken to investigate the economic feasibility of EO production.Direct oxidation of ethylene using silver on alpha-A12O3 catalyst type is adapted to produce EO of 60 000 t/year.We conduct the conceptual design.Firstly,we synthesize the optimal structure and then determine optimal conditions and the size of the equipments.Feasibility study shows that profit and loss turning point turns out to be 3.2 years based on the present market price.In addition,we conducts the economic analysis to prepare the risk of raw material market price variation ranging from 70％ to 130％.
