The dominant outlet for propylene is polypropylene (PP), accounting for around 63% of global propylene consumption and is one of the fastest growing derivatives. Other important propylene derivatives are acrylonitrile, oxo alcohols, propylene oxide, cumene and acrylic acid.
Supply issues are the reason behind increasing propylene prices. As the spare propylene capacity has been absorbed by the higher growth rates of propylene derivatives to ethylene derivatives, the price ratio or propylene to ethylene has trended towards 1.0.
Asia will be the most significant consuming region for propylene accounting for 46% of global demand in 2011. The market is driven by China which is expected to account for three quarters of the total Asian growth over the next five years.
The two main sources of propylene are as a byproduct from the steam cracking of liquid feedstocks such as naphtha as well as LPGs, and from off-gases produced in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) units in refineries. The remainder of propylene is produced using on-purpose technologies such as propane dehydrogenation (PDH) and metathesis.
Propylene is a colourless, flammable gas that burns with yellow, sooty flames. It is a dangerous fire risk because it is highly flammable and explosive when mixed with air or oxygen.
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The dominant outlet for propylene is polypropylene (PP), accounting for around 63% of global propylene consumption. PP is one of the most versatile of the bulk polymers due to a combination of good mechanical and chemical properties. Hence its applications are very wide.
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The two main sources of propylene are as a byproduct from the steam cracking of liquid feedstocks such as naphtha as well as LPGs, and from off-gases produced in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) units in refineries. The remainder of propylene is produced using on-purpose technologies such as propane dehydrogenation (PDH) and metathesis.
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