Propylene Production from Soybean Oil
Propylene Production Costs Report | Issue M | Q2 2024
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300 kta United States-based plant | Q2 2024 | 107 pages | Delivered in PDF |
This report presents a cost analysis of a 300 kta (kilo metric ton per annum) United States-based plant. You can add a customized cost analysis, assuming another location (country), when ordering a premium edition of this report.
Report Abstract
It presents the economics of Polymer Grade (PG) Propylene production from soybean oil in the United States, via a typical fluid catalytic process (FCC). In this process, soybean oil is cracked into olefin-rich light gases, including propylene. In order to yield greater amounts of propylene, the light gases are fed to a secondary FCC reactor.
The report provides a comprehensive study of Propylene production and related Propylene production cost, covering three key aspects: a complete description of the Propylene production process examined; an in-depth analysis of the related Propylene plant capital cost (Capex); and an evaluation of the respective Propylene plant operating costs (Opex).
The Propylene production process description includes a block flow diagram (BFD), an overview of the industrial site installations, detailing both the process unit and the necessary infrastructure, process consumption figures and comprehensive process flow diagrams (PFD). The Propylene plant capital cost analysis breaks down the Capex by plant cost (i.e., ISBL, OSBL and Contingency); owner's cost; working capital; and costs incurred during industrial plant commissioning and start-up. The Propylene plant operating costs analysis covers operating expenses, including variable costs like raw materials and utilities, and fixed costs such as maintenance, labor, and depreciation.
Process Schematic
The process under analysis comprises two major sections: (1) Cracking; and (2) Fractionation.
Cracking. First, a hydrotreating step increases the cracking potential of the soybean oil. Subsequently the oil is purified from contaminants (e.g. alkali metals, water) by means of ion exchange. The cracking reactions occur in a vertical reactor riser, in which the soybean oil stream contacts regenerated zeolite catalysts. The soybean is vaporized by the hot catalyst and cracked to lighter products, in such a way that the resultant vapors move up the riser carrying the catalyst. A C4-C5 stream from fractionation section is also cracked in a secondary fast-fluidized bed reactor. The catalysts are then fed to a regenerator where coke deposited in the catalysts is burned with air at high temperatures and recycled to the reactors. The circulating catalyst rate is a key operating variable related to both heat supply and conversion.
Fractionation. The reactors outputs are sent to main fractionation, in which they are separated in various products. Initially, light cycle oil and clarified oil are obtained as fuel oil. The main stream is compressed and separated in a high-pressure separator, used to separate liquid (heavy components) from gases (light components). The liquid is purified in a stripper that strips off C2- from the liquid phase (not shown in the diagram). Then, it is further fractionated so pyrolysis gasoline, LPG and PG Propylene are obtained. The off-gas from high-pressure separator is also purified in contacting with two heavy streams and in an absorption column by means of a MDEA solvent. The treated stream is sent to two distillation columns, where methane, ethane and by-product ethylene are recovered.
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Plant Capital Cost Summary
Summary outlining the capital cost required for building the Propylene production plant examined
Plant Capital Cost Details
Detailing of fixed capital (ISBL, OSBL & Owner’s Cost), working capital and additional capital requirements
Plant Cost Breakdowns
Breakdown of Propylene process unit (ISBL) costs and infrastructure (OSBL) costs; plant cost breakdown per discipline
Operating Costs Summary
Summary presenting the operating variable costs and the total operating cost of the Propylene production plant studied
Operating Cost Details
Detailing of utilities costs, operating fixed costs and depreciation
Plant Capacity Assessment
Comparative analysis of capital investment and operating costs for different Propylene plant capacities
Production Process Information
Block Flow Diagram, descriptions of process unit (ISBL) and site infrastructure (OSBL)
Process Consumptions
Raw materials and utilities consumption figures, by-products credits, labor requirements
Process Diagrams
Process flow diagrams (PFD), equipment list and industrial site configuration
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