Total Petrochemicals successfully operates methanol-to-olefin demonstration unit based on UOP technology

摘要

UOP, a Honeywell company, has announced that Total Petrochemicals has successfully demonstrated UOP technology that will enable the use of feedstock other than petroleum to produce plastics and other petrochemicals. A demonstration unit built by Total Petrochemicals at its complex in Feluy, Belgium, used UOP/Hydro metha-nol-to-olefins (MTO) technology to convert methanol to ethylene and propylene. The propylene was then successfully converted to polypropylene product. According to UOP, the demonstration proves that propylene produced from methanol at a semi-commercial scale is suitable for plastics production. Methanol is commonly produced from natural gas and coal.