Aromatics Plants for Sale

The typical aromatics complex includes a combination of process units for the production of para-xylene, primarily. Many complexes also produce additional aromatic products like benzene and ortho-xylene. The key process technologies include:

Reforming –  Selectively reforms naphtha to aromatics (BTX) and high purity hydrogen.

Para-xylene Separation – Recovers high purity para-xylene from mixed C8 aromatics isomers.

Xylene Isomerization – Re-establishes an equilibrium mixture of xylene isomers via xylene isomerization and conversion of ethyl benzene to benzene or xylenes.

Toluene and Heavy Aromatics Conversion – Disproportionates toluene and transalkylates toluene with C9/C10+  aromatics to produce benzene and xylenes.

Toluene Selective Disproportionation – Selectively disproportionates toluene to produce benzene and xylenes with near 90% para-xylene content, significantly above the equilibrium.

Aromatics Extraction – Extracts benzene and toluene from the reformate using an extractive distillation flow scheme.