Hydrocarbon recovery unit for chemical plants
Maximize your hydrocarbon capture and reuse with an advanced recovery unit that enhances process efficiency and minimizes waste, helping you achieve both environmental compliance and cost savings in volatile organic compound management.
Recovers and Purifies Hydrocarbons from Polyethylene Processes
The BORSIG Hydrocarbon Recovery Unit is an expertly engineered solution tailored for petrochemical and polymer industries. By combining membrane separation with absorption, condensation, and extraction processes, it efficiently recovers and purifies hydrocarbons like butane, pentane, and hexane. This modular unit is adaptable for polyethylene and gas processing, handling applications from polymer degassing to vent gas purification. Designed for energy efficiency, it operates at moderate pressures and temperatures, ensuring high recovery rates and product purities while maintaining low maintenance needs. Integrating smoothly into existing systems, it supports continuous operation and rapid installation, while offering retrofit options for existing plant infrastructure. Engineered with safe operation in mind, the unit is available in corrosion-resistant materials and can be configured to meet specific plant conditions and local regulations.
Benefits
- Maximizes hydrocarbon recovery, minimizing product loss and enhancing profitability.
- Operates with high reliability and low maintenance, reducing operational downtime.
- Adapts to specific plant needs with flexible, modular design for easy installation.
- Ensures safety and compliance with local environmental regulations.
- Enhances energy efficiency, supporting sustainable production practices.
- Applications
- Propylene production,Slurry-type polyethylene plants,Polymer degassing,Ethylene oxide production,Vent gas processing,Polyethylene production,Ethylene production,Ethylene glycol production
- End products
- Polyethylene pellets,Polyethylene powder,Liquefied solvents like butane,Hexane,Purified nitrogen,Ethylene gas,Ethylene glycol,Pentane,Propylene gas,Ethylene oxide
- Steps before
- Absorption,Condensation,Extraction,Polymer Flashing,Stripping with Hot Nitrogen
- Steps after
- Product Purification,Nitrogen Re-Usage,Liquefied Solvent Re-Usage,Vent Gas Compression
- Input ingredients
- nitrogen,solvents,butane,pentane,hexane,vent gas
- Output ingredients
- liquefied solvent,purified nitrogen,separated butane,separated pentane
- Market info
- BORSIG is known for its expertise in manufacturing high-quality industrial engineered-to-order (ETO) equipment, including pressure vessels, heat exchangers, and compressors, with a strong reputation for engineering excellence and reliability in the petrochemical and chemical industries.
- Recovery rate
- Highest recovery rates
- Product purity
- Highest product purities
- Operating pressure
- Moderate pressures
- Operating temperature
- Moderate temperatures
- System flexibility
- Handling multiple components
- Operation reliability
- High reliability
- Maintenance level
- Low maintenance
- Design type
- Modular design
- Installation type
- Quick installation
- Implementation type
- Easy implementation
- Adaptability
- Adaptation to existing plants (retrofit design)
- Working mechanism
- Membrane separation combined with absorption,condensation,extraction
- Integrated steps
- Hybrid process for efficiency
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Modular design
- Customizable for plant conditions and regulations
- Retrofit capability
- Adaptation to existing plants
- System flexibility
- Handles multiple components
- Pressure range
- Moderate pressures
- Temperature range
- Moderate temperatures
- Installation
- Quick with package unit design
- Economic efficiency
- High recovery rates and product purities
- Ecological efficiency
- Minimize loss of products
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- Modular design
- Control panel type
- Package unit design
- Discharge method
- Process with hot nitrogen
- Compact footprint
- Yes,with retrofit design capability
- Modular design
- Yes
- Control system integration
- Available
- Retrofit design adaptability
- Feasible
- Hybrid process integration
- Absorption,Condensation,Extraction
- Package unit design
- Quick installation