ABB/BASF wins technology job on China butadiene project

21 June 2004 15:56  [Source: ICIS news]

HOUSTON (CNI)--ABB/BASF has been selected by China National Bluestar to provide technology for a 30 000 tonne/year butadiene extraction plant in Tianjin, China, the company said.

 

Engineering on the project has begun and start-up is expected in 2005.

 

The butadiene extraction unit will use ABB Lummus Global/BASF’s proprietary technology, which uses n-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) as a solvent. ABB says the solvent better enables the separation of butadiene from mixed butanes, resulting in a higher purity butadiene product and lower operating costs.

 

This project will be the fourth plant in China to utilise NMP-based technology.

 

Bloomfield, New Jersey-based ABB Lummus Global is the process engineering and construction unit of Swiss-based power and automation technology major ABB.

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