The various approaches for converting renewable feedstocks to liquids that can serve, as close as possible, to “drop-in” replacements for or blend-stocks with petroleum-based gasoline are assessed.
The chemistry, process technology, and production economics for purified terephthalic acid (PTA) are presented. Dow and Invista PTA process technologies are highlighted. In addition, regional supply/demand outlooks to 2010 are provided.
The chemistry, process technology, and production economics of HDPE manufacture are presented. Process specific cost of production assessments are provided for the leading HDPE technologies. Capacity by licensor and S/D forecasts out to 2015 are given.
Chemistry, process technology, and production economics for Dow/Snamprogetti proposed process for making styrene from ethane and benzene. This approach is compared to conventional ethylene-based process. Styrene supply/demand outlook to 2010 is provided.
The chemistry, process technology and production economics for converting propylene to acrylonitrile are presented. Speculative economics for converting propane to acrylonitrile are also included as well as tri-regional market forecasts out 2010.
The chemistry, process technology and production economics of vinyl acetate manufacture are presented. Ethylene acetoxylation and acetylene-based processes are analyzed. Regional supply/demand forecasts out to 2015 are also provided.
The process technology and production economics of polycarbonate manufacture are presented. Both the conventional phosgene process and various approaches to non-phosgene technologies are assessed. Regional supply/demand forecasts out to 2010 are provided
The chemistry, process technology, and production economics for MMA are presented. Emphasis is given to comparing the new Lucite Alpha process to isobutylene-based routes, the conventional acetone cyanohydrin process, and BASF’s ethylene-based process.