Keeping Braskem PP5 on track; An interview with inspection engineer Roberto Funger

摘要

The Braskem petrochemical refinery near the town of Duque de Caxias is nestled amidst humid green hills less than an hour's drive from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The sprawling site hosts several chemical plants involved in the production of raw materials and further processed chemical products including polypropylene and polyethylene. Valve World visited the site to speak with Mr. Roberto Funger, Senior Inspection Engineer in the Maintenance Department at the refinery. The Braskem petrochemical site includes three different plants. The large UNIB 4 plant receives Ethane and propane from a neighbouring Petrobras site. This is processed through furnaces which refine the gas to produce the raw material for polyethylene and polypropylene. Polyethylene is produced in unit PE9 and polypropylene is produced in PP5. Small quantities of by-products such as gasoline are also produced on site.