Illinois-based UOP LLC, part of the Honeywell group, is to provide process technology, platinum-based catalysts and adsorbents to produce propylene to meet growing demand from China.

Yantai Wanhua Polyurethane's facility in China will use the UOP C3 Oleflex process to make 750,000t of propylene from propane annually.

The Oleflex process uses catalytic dehydrogenation to convert the propane into propylene, which is used in films and packaging.

Specifically, said UOP, the platinum-based UOP DeH-16 catalyst will be used to promote superior dehydrogenation during this production process.

In addition, the UOP Butamer process will be used to produce 565,000t of isobutane every year.

"As the demand for widely used petrochemicals, such as propylene and polyurethane, rapidly increases around the world, Honeywell's UOP is pleased to be at the forefront offering the process technology needed to meet that demand," said Pete Piotrowski, senior vice-president for process technology and equipment at UOP.

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Honeywell's UOP Selected to Provide Technology for Petrochemicals Production in China (13/10/11) 

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