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ICC - Title: Nylon 6 Production from Caprolactam (Continuous Process)
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ICC - Plant Capacity Unit Name: kilo metric ton per annum
ICC - Plant Capacity Unit Short Name: kta
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ICC - Process Overview Text: <h6>Product</h6> <p><b>Nylon 6</b>. Nylon 6 (a.k.a. Polycaprolactam, Polyamide 6) is one of the main commercial nylons along with Nylon 6-6. The term ‘Nylon’ refers basically to polyamides, which are high polymers containing the amide repeat linkage in the polymer backbone. Those polymers not only were the first engineering thermoplastics, but still are the most important ones among these types of material.</p> <h6>Raw Materials</h6> <p><b>Chemicals</b>. </p> <b>Caprolactam</b>. Caprolactam is the key raw material used in the production of nylon 6 fibers and resins, essential in textiles, carpets, and engineering plastics. Its high tensile strength and durability make it invaluable in automotive and industrial applications. Caprolactam is produced via the cyclohexanone oxime process. It is stored as solid flakes or granules and remains in high demand due to the growing global need for synthetic fibers and resins.</p>
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ICC - Process Schematic Text: <p>The process under analysis comprises three major sections: (1) Polymerization; (2) Monomer Recovery; and (3) Finishing.</p><p>Polymerization. Initially, caprolactam flakes from storage facilities are passed through a crusher, in order to crush lumps formed due to storage. The crushed caprolactam falls into a steam jacketed tank, where it is melted, and subsequently pumped to a mixing tank, along with catalysts, additives and the caprolactam recycle. From the mixing tank, a homogenized feed stream is heated and sent to reaction. The polymerization is carried out continuously in pre-polymerizer, operated at higher pressures, and in a long, vertical, tubular reactor (the so-called VK tube), operated at lower pressures (slight vacuum). Water is used to initiate the caprolactam polymerization. In the pre-polymerizer, a water-rich reaction media accelerates hydrolysis and the initial coupling of the monomers. The polymer itself is formed in the VK tube, in which the polycondensation reaction approaches equilibrium in a low water environment.</p><p>Monomer Recovery. The monomers solution recovered from several process steps is concentrated and recycled to the process, while the evaporated water is condensed and routed to the water extraction unit downstream.</p><p>Finishing. The polymer melt from the reactor is cut into chips. Subsequently, the chips are passed through a water extraction unit for the removal of residual monomers and cyclic oligomers. Finally, the Nylon 6 chips are obtained after a drying step. </p>
ICC - Short Description: This report presents the economics of Nylon 6 production from caprolactam in the United States. The process examined is a typical continuous ring-opening polymerization of caprolactam via the hydrolytic mechanism, carried out in two stages, similar to technologies developed/licensed by Thyssenkrupp (Uhde Inventa-Fischer) and Air Liquide (Lurgi Zimmer). An aminoacid is the intermediate for condensation.
ICC - Main Product: Nylon
ICC - Plant Capacity: 100.00
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Nylon 6 Production from Caprolactam (Continuous Process)

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