Zhejiang Satellite commissions propylene unit based on UOP technology

摘要

China has commissioned the first of 14 planned propylene production units using technology from UOP, a Honeywell company, to help close the global supply and demand gap for the key plastic building block. China's Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (ZSPCL) became the first Chinese producer to start production of propylene using UOP C3 'Oleflex' process technology, which efficiently produces propylene from propane, using catalytic dehydrogenation. The company is currently producing high quality, on-spec product for acrylic acid and derivative production. Traditionally, propylene is a by-product of making ethylene.