Commodity Production Costs
Bio-Paraxylene Production from Raw Sugar
This report provides an economics of p-Xylene production from raw sugar (sucrose) considering a plant located in Germany. Initially, sucrose is hydrolyzed into glucose and fructose, which are converted to sorbitol. Sorbitol is then reacted in condensation section forming p-Xylene.
Commodity Production Costs
Paraxylene from Mixed Xylenes (Only Adsorption and Isomerization)
This report examines the costs related to a typical process for p-Xylene production from mixed xylenes via adsorption and isomerization in the United States. The remaining xylenes as well as the ethylbenzene are isomerized and recycled to the adsorption unit.
Commodity Production Costs
Paraxylene from Mixed Xylenes (Ethylbenzene Dealkylation)
It presents the economics of a process for p-Xylene production from mixed xylenes in the United States, via isomerization followed by ethylbenzene (EB) dealkylation. In this process, a mixture of C8 aromatics is sent to an adsorption unit for the recovery of p-Xylene. The remaining xylenes are isomerized to equilibrium and the EB is dealkylated to benzene by-product.
Commodity Production Costs
Paraxylene from Mixed Xylenes (P-Xylene Crystallization)
This report analyses the economics of a process for p-Xylene production from mixed xylenes in the United States. In this process, a mixture of C8 aromatics is sent to a crystallization recovery unit for p-Xylene separation. The remaining xylenes are isomerized to equilibrium and the EB is dealkylated to benzene by-product.
Commodity Production Costs
Paraxylene from Mixed Xylenes (O-Xylene Recovery)
It presents the economics of a typical process for p-Xylene production from mixed xylenes in the United States. In this process, o-xylene is also generated as by-product.
Commodity Production Costs
Paraxylene from Toluene (STDP with Pentasil Zeolite Catalyst)
This report examines the costs related to a process for p-Xylene production from toluene in the United States. In this study, p-Xylene is produced via a selective toluene disproportionation process. High-purity benzene is also obtained as by-product.
Commodity Production Costs
Paraxylene from Toluene (STDP with Aluminosilicate Zeolite Catalyst)
This study presents the economics of a toluene disproportionation process similar to PxMax developed by ExxonMobil for p-Xylene production in the United States.
Commodity Production Costs
Paraxylene from Toluene (Conventional TDP)
This report presents the economics of p-Xylene production from toluene in the United States. In this study, p-Xylene is generated via a typical toluene disproportionation process (TDP).
Commodity Production Costs
Paraxylene from Toluene and C9 Aromatics (TDP and Transalkylation)
This report examines the costs of a typical disproportionation and transalkylation process for p-Xylene production from toluene and C9 aromatics in the United States. Benzene is obtained as by-product.
Commodity Production Costs
Paraxylene from Toluene and C9 Aromatics (Transalkylation)
This report presents the economics of a typical transalkylation process for p-Xylene production from Toluene and C9 aromatics in the United States.
Commodity Production Costs
Bio-Paraxylene Production from Glucose (Catalytic Process)
This report examines the costs of p-Xylene production from glucose syrup in the United States. Initially, glucose is converted to hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), which reacts with hydrogen to produce dimethylfuran (DMF). Finally, DMF reacts with ethylene using hexane as a solvent, yielding paraxylene.
Commodity Production Costs
Bio-Paraxylene Production from Glucose (Fermentation Process)
This study approaches an economic analysis of p-Xylene production from glucose syrup in the United States. In this process, glucose is fermented to isobutanol intermediate, which is then converted to p-Xylene through dehydration, dimerization and dehydrocyclization.