Honeywell (HON) announced that Zhejiang Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (ZPC) will use a range of process technology from Honeywell UOP, the leading licensor of refining and petrochemical process technology, for the second phase of an integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province. The complex is one of several new large industrial sites that are part of China’s current national economic development plan.
In the first phase of the project announced in 2017, ZPC selected Honeywell UOP technologies for hydro processing and heavy oil upgrading, and to make aromatics for plastic resins, films and fibers that are the basis for millions of products.
For this second phase of the project, Honeywell UOP will supply a wide range of technology licenses, engineering design, key equipment, and state-of-the-art catalysts and adsorbents, more than doubling the plant’s aromatics capacity. In addition, the Honeywell Experion® Process Knowledge System will provide process controls and automation systems for the complex.
The second phase of the project will include: A two-train LD Parex™ aromatics complex including the UOP Sulfolane™, Isomar™ and Tatoray™ processes for the production of 4.8 million metric tons per year of paraxylene, a primary ingredient in plastics. A refining section with three Honeywell UOP Unicracking™ process units to convert vacuum gas oil and distillate into petrochemical feedstock. Two Continuous Catalyst Regeneration (CCR) Platforming™ units to produce aromatics and blend stocks for making high-octane fuels, and a reverse Butamer™ unit to produce normal butane. Honeywell Experion® Distributed Control Systems designed and configured especially for Honeywell UOP processes.
