Jinneng Science & Technology Co. Ltd. has let a contract to CB&I, Houston, to provide technology licensing and design of a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit at its chemical plant in the Qihe County Industrial Park in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.
Alongside engineering design for the project, CB&I will license its proprietary Catofin catalytic dehydrogenation process technology for the PDH unit that, once completed, will produce 900,000 tonnes/year of propylene to become the world’s largest single-train unit of its kind, the service provider said.
As part of the order, CB&I’s catalyst partner, Clariant International Ltd., Muttenz, Switzerland, will deliver its tailor-made Catofin catalyst and heat-generating material for the unit, CB&I said.
CB&I disclosed neither a value of the contract nor a timeframe for the project’s completion.
Jinneng’s plant currently produces 1.5 million tpy of coke, 200,000 tpy of carbon black, 100,000 tpy of benzene hydrogenation, 60,000 tpy of silica under a coal-to-chemical production model, according to the operator’s web site.
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