Process technology and economics of acrylic acid production: propylene oxidation and Reppe process. Glacial acrylic and acrylic ester production also presented. Regional supply/demand forecasts.
Latest developments in urea production technology are presented. Economics for a state of the art urea production facility is are also given. Regional supply/demand forecasts.
Latest development in p-xylene production technology. Production economics via Parex process, crystallization/isomerization, Mobil's MSTDP/Parex, MSTDP/Proabd MSC, UOP's PX Plus/MSC, IFP's Eluxy/isomerization, MTPX/ Parex. Regional supply/demand forecasts are given.
A review of radiation cured coatings is presented. The economics of making several common UV/EB curable reactive solvents and resins is given. Producers and markets are presented.
Process and economics of methanol to olefins technology: Mobil and UOP/Hydro process are compared. Hybrid case looking at using MTO combined with steam cracker is also assessed.