Aromatic derivatives
Efficiently transform aromatics into value-added intermediates
Global demand for plastics and resins such as polystyrene, styrenic resin, polycarbonate and phenolic resin is driving the need for aromatic derivatives. Honeywell Technologies UOP can help you get more value out of your feedstocks by producing these products with reduced investment costs.
Through proprietary and alliance technologies, our processes produce benzene derivatives with high efficiency and low energy consumption to minimize costs and increase returns. UOP offers a full portfolio of solutions for:
- Ethylbenzene & Styrene
- Cumene
- Phenol
- PET Resins
Our breakthrough catalysts and adsorbents help you achieve your desired production and product quality objectives. And with our committed R&D pipeline, you can be assured that you’ll have the highest product quality and newest technologies when you choose UOP.
Learn more about our Aromatics Derivative Solutions:
Ethylbenzene & Styrene
The Lummus/UOP EBOne™ process is a liquid-phase alkylation process that uses a proprietary, zeolite-based catalyst system developed and manufactured by UOP to produce ethylbenzene, the precursor of styrene monomer. New developments in our aromatics catalysts can translate to exceptional run lengths of three to five years, eliminating the need for frequent regenerations or reloads and also significantly reduce utility requirements.
Cumene
The UOP Q-Max™ process is flexible and can be designed to process refinery, chemical or polymer-grade propylene. It employs our proprietary QZ series of regenerable catalysts to produce high-quality cumene while operating at low benzene-to-propylene ratios. The latest generation alkylation catalyst, QZ-2500H, was commercialized in 2013. It reduces byproduct transalkylation catalyst requirements, lowers utility consumption and minimizes the capital expense for downstream fractionation equipment.
Phenol
The UOP Phenol™ process produces the highest quality phenol and co-product acetone at the lowest feedstock and utility requirements and the lowest capital investment. Low-pressure, low-temperature cumene oxidation offers high yield and improved safety, as well as high product selectivity, resulting in a very low cumene feed consumption. The quality of the phenol and acetone products meets the most stringent feed specifications required for bisphenol-A/polycarbonate (phenol) and food/pharmaceutical (acetone) applications.
PET Resins
The UOP Sinco Solid State Polycondensation (SSP) process provides the final step in your polyester value chain to produce bottle-grade PET resin. UOP’s modular SSP process units are designed for trouble-free operation with simple, infrequent maintenance to help keep operational costs low and profits up. Along with operational robustness, we back the quality of the product resin chips with our performance guarantee.
