Lummus Technology won a technology contract from Korea Petrochemical Ind. Co. Ltd. (KPIC) for a C4 acetylenes selective hydrogenation unit (AHU).
The 37,000 tpa plant will be part of an expansion to KPIC’s Onsan Chemical Plant in Ulsan, South Korea to lower its emission. The unit will upgrade a byproduct waste stream by selectively hydrogenating C4 acetylenes to produce larger quantities of butadiene and raffinate products which will be used to produce rubber and supply KPIC’s olefins conversion unit.
Under the contract, Lummus will provide the license and basic engineering for the Lummus/BASF SELOP C4 acetylene selective hydrogenation technology.
