2009/04/15 by Heinz Zimmermann, Roland Walzl · 3 citations
Engineering · #Process Optimization and Integration #Heat transfer and supercritical fluids #Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
paper · doi:10.1002/14356007.a10_045.pub3
openalex publication_date 2009/04/15 · openalex created_date 2022/02/13 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
The article contains sections titled: 1. Introduction 2. Physical Properties 3. Chemical Properties 4. Raw Materials 5. Production 5.1. Ethylene from Pyrolysis of Hydrocarbons 5.1.1. Cracking Conditions 5.1.2. Heat Requirements for Hydrocarbon Pyrolysis 5.1.3. Commercial Cracking Yields 5.1.4. Commercial Cracking Furnaces 5.1.5. Tube Metallurgy 5.1.6. Thermal Efficiency of Ethylene Furnaces 5.1.7. Coking and Decoking of Furnaces and Quench Coolers 5.2. Quenching of Hot Cracked Gas 5.3. Recovery Section 5.3.1. Products 5.3.2. Cracked Gas Processing 5.3.2.1. Front-End Section 5.3.2.2. Hydrocarbon Fractionation Section 5.3.3. Utilities 5.3.4. Process Advances 5.3.5. Plant Size 5.4. Ethanol based Production of Ethylene 5.4.1. Chemistry of Dehydration 5.4.2. Bioethanol as Intermediate to Ethylene 5.4.2.1. First- and Second-Generation Bioethanol 5.4.2.2. Raw-Material Costs 5.4.3. Production of Ethylene by Dehydration 5.4.4. Environmental Issues 5.4.5. Future Outlook 5.5. Other Processes and Feedstocks 6. Environmental Protection 7. Quality Specifications 8. Chemical Analysis 9. Storage and Transportation 10. Uses and Economic Aspects 11. Toxicology and Occupational Health