Ethylene Industry ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (4): 5-8.

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Comprehensive Utilization of C4/C5 fractions

Zhou Zhaofang   

  1. SINOPEC-SK (Wuhan) Petrochemical Company Limited, Wuhan, Hubei, P.C. 430082
  • Received:2021-10-28 Revised:2022-09-10 Online:2022-12-25 Published:2022-12-30

Abstract:

In steam cracking for ethylene process, a large number of high value-added C4/C5 fractions are produced. Currently C4/C5 fractions are processed in butadiene extraction unit, MTBE/butene-1 unit and C5 separation unit. The by-products from the above-mentioned units such as the alkyne-containing butadiene tail gas, butadiene heavy component and C4 raffinate from butadiene unit, the residual C4 from MTBE/butene-1 unit and the C5 raffinate from C5 separation unit are not fully utilized. After continuous exploration and development by domestic research institutes, the process technologies for processing the above-mentioned resources have been improved and industrialized, and the comprehensive benefits have been further improved.

Key words: C4/C5 fraction, new process technology, comprehensive benefits