Information about polyolefins

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• Typical processes

• Polyolefins Flowsheet

• LDPE:

• HDPE:

a) Suspension processes: stirred tank reactor

b) Suspension processes: loop reactor processes

c) Gas phase processes

d) Combined suspension/gas phase processes

• LLDPE:

Solution process

• PP:

a) Suspension process

b) Suspension processes: Shperipol process

c) Gas phase processes: fluidized bed reactor

d) Gas phase processes: vertical reactor

e) Gas phase processes: horizontal reactor

LITERATURE: BREF on Polymers, Oct. 2006

• Benchmarks

• LDPE:

Emission and consumption data of LDPE plants

Emission and consumption data per tonne of EVA copolymer (ethylene-vinylacetate copolymer (EVA))

• HDPE:

Emission and consumption data of HDPE plants

• LLDPE:

Emission and consumption data of LLDPE plants

BAT associated emission and consumption levels (BAT AEL) for the production of LLDPE

LITERATURE: BREF on Polymers, Oct. 2006

• Products

• low density polyethylene (LDPE)

• high density polyethylene (HDPE)

• linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE)

• polypropylene (PP)

• Solar Integration

• Roche (Austria)

• Energy auditing

• Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd (India)

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