Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) UOP Oleflex TM propane dehydrogenation (PDH) and HPO (High Performance Oleflex) technologies have successfully helped Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Sailboat Petrochemical”) achieve an annual output of 700,000 tons of PDH unit that is better than the guaranteed indicators of the process package in important performance indicators such as energy consumption and material consumption, meeting the growing demand for high-quality propylene production and setting a new technical benchmark for the PDH industry.

As the HPO Oleflex TM industrial unit currently licensed by Honeywell UOP technology, the unit was successfully started up in April 2022 and successfully produced high-quality propylene products. It has been running smoothly and uninterruptedly for more than 12 months. Compared with most similar units, the unit has lower energy and material consumption, less process coke, less carbon dioxide emissions, lower catalyst dust, and longer expected life. It uses innovative technologies to significantly reduce the impact on the environment and effectively help the industry’s low-carbon transformation.

“The application of the new generation of OleflexTM PDH and HPO technology in the PDH unit project of Sultan Petrochemical reflects the trust and recognition of Honeywell by its partners.” Shi Wencai, Vice President and General Manager of Honeywell UOP China, said, “We are very pleased to see that Honeywell’s mature technology helps Sultan achieve more efficient and lower-carbon propylene production in the PDH unit, meet the growing demand for high-quality propylene in the Chinese market, and help transform and upgrade China’s manufacturing industry.”

Honeywell UOP OleflexTM PDH technology converts propane into propylene through catalytic dehydrogenation. The technology is based on a platinum-containing catalyst system with alumina as the carrier, which has the characteristics of low energy consumption and low emissions, can minimize the impact on the environment, help customers improve operational flexibility, operation rate and reliability, and has obvious energy consumption, environmental and cost advantages. Compared with similar technologies, Honeywell UOP’s OleflexTM technology has lower cash production costs, higher return on investment, and the overall process technology is more low-carbon and environmentally friendly, with carbon emissions reduced by 15%~35%.

In addition to using advanced OleflexTM PDH and HPO technologies, Honeywell also cooperated deeply with Sailboat Petrochemical in the areas of smart factories and advanced control, providing digital technologies such as UOP Connected interconnection services, process safety alarm management system, and carbon emission monitoring of PDH units to ensure long-term safety and optimized operation of the unit, achieve efficient management and excellent operation, and help Sailboat Petrochemical become a model of smart factories in the PDH industry.

The project leader of Sailboat Petrochemical said that through in-depth cooperation with Honeywell in process technology and intelligent technology, Sailboat Petrochemical has achieved further intelligent production and digital operation. Sailboat Petrochemical will work with Honeywell to give full play to the advantages of both parties, meet the growing demand for propylene production, and use innovative technologies to achieve low-carbon production, contributing to sustainable development and China’s “dual carbon” goals.

Currently, the scale of Sailboat Petrochemical’s OleflexTM HPO PDH unit ranks among the top in the industry, and its main production and operation indicators are better than other OleflexTM PDH units of the same scale. The first phase of the Sailboat project also uses Honeywell UOP’s advanced MTO light olefin production technology. The successful start-up and long-term stable operation of the PDH unit means that Sailboat Petrochemical has achieved complementary advantages of methanol to olefins and propane dehydrogenation to propylene in terms of obtaining propylene raw materials. It can flexibly adjust the production capacity of MTO and PDH units according to the market conditions of methanol and propane to achieve cost reduction and efficiency improvement.

Honeywell has a history of more than 100 years in the field of sustainable development. About 60% of the company’s new product research and development is based on improving customers’ environmental performance and social benefits. In China, Honeywell is also committed to fulfilling the company’s commitment to sustainable development and helping China’s sustainable development goals of striving to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality before 2060. Honeywell’s core business is in line with China’s market needs. The company and its Chinese partners work together to promote the sustainable development of many industries and help achieve a more low-carbon, efficient, safe and healthy sustainable future.
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