UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has been selected by Zhejiang Julong Petrochemical Co. Ltd (ZJLPC) to provide key technology for a new unit to produce propylene at its facility in Pinghu City, Zhejiang Province, China.
Honeywell's UOP will provide engineering design, technology licensing, catalysts, adsorbents, equipment, staff training and technical service for the project. The unit is expected to start up in 2013 and to produce 450, 000 metric tons of propylene per year.
China's propylene consumption accounts for more than 15 percent of worldwide demand and is growing at about five to six percent per year.
The new propane dehydrogenation unit at the facility will use UOP's C3 Oleflex™ technology to convert propane to propylene, a material used in the production of chemicals and materials such as films and packaging.
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