Clariant Inks Contract to Supply Catalysts to PDH Unit in China

Swiss speciality chemicals firm, Clariant, has been awarded a contract by Jinneng Science & Technology Company, to design the world’s largest single-train propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in collaboration with US-based EPC firm, CB&I. The plant will be located in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China and have the capacity to produce 900-ktpa of propylene when completed.

The project is based on CB&I’s Catofin PDH technology combined with Clariant’s custom-made Catofin catalyst and heat generating material. The two have previously collaborated on numerous projects to design PDH units both in China and around the world.

“The Catofin process is a proven technology of producing olefins, such as PROPYLENE or ISOBUTYLENE, from light PARAFFIN feedstocks with high operational reliability and efficiency. Based on Clariant’s catalysts, the technology allows maximum conversion of raw materials at optimum reactor pressure and temperature, resulting in high yields at lower operating costs. Incorporated into the process, Clariant’s patented metal-oxide heat generating material further increases the catalyst’s selectivity and yield, while conserving energy and reducing emissions,” Clariant informed in a press note.

Jinneng Science & Technology Company is a major industrial producer of fine chemicals and coal chemicals.