Jacket Water Coolers at Polypropylene Plant
06 March 2008 14:49
Gasketed plate heat exchangers have been supplied for jacket water cooling duties at the CSPC Nanhai Petrochemical Complex by Tranter, one of the world's leading specialists in the design and manufacture of heat exchange technology.
BACKGROUND
In November 2002 China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Shell Company made a final investment decision to proceed with development of a joint venture world scale petrochemical complex, to be built in China. The joint venture company is called CSPC. The venture is investing US$4.3 billion to build an integrated petrochemical complex which is centred around an 800,000t/y naphtha cracker.
In total the complex will produce some 2.3 million t/y of product. The complex is located in the Daya Bay Economic and Technical Development Zone, Guangdong Province, China.
PRODUCTS FROM THE CSPC PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX
Apart from the 800,000t/y ethylene plant, other production units are:
- 240,000t/y polypropylene
- 200,000t/y linear low density polyethylene/high density polyethylene
- 250,000t/y low density polyethylene
- 550,000t/y styrene monomer
- 250,000t/y propylene oxide
- 320,000t/y mono ethylene glycol
- 60,000t/y propylene glycol
- 135,000t/y polyols
CONSTRUCTION OF POLYETHYLENE AND POLYPROPYLENE PLANTS
During the first quarter of 2003, CSPC awarded Italy's Tecnimont a $220 million contract for the construction of polymer plants. Tecnimont is responsible for building the low density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low density and high density polyethylene (LLDPE/HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) units.
Tranter won the contract by Tecnimont to do design, engineering and manufacture of the required plate heat exchangers for this project. The plate heat exchangers are now installed and have been working since 2005 in these LDPE/HDPE/PP plants.
The units were designed for use in the most demanding environmental conditions and provided with ASME Code design. For external corrosion protection, the units covered with 3-layer epoxy paint.
For more information on this company:
Tranter International - Plate Heat Exchanger Supplier for the Hydrocarbon Industry
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