Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) Plants for Sale

Used 2,400 BPD MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether) Plant built in 1992. The plant has capacity of producing 2,400 BPD of MTBE (or 3360 BPD, if include other hydrocarbons), equivalent to 100,000 TPY. The MTBE train uses C4 fraction from a petroleum refinery and methanol as raw materials. MTBE is produced by the catalytic etherification of isobutylene with methanol. Core process equipment is boiling point fixed bed reactor followed by final conversion in a catalytic distillation column. The process uses an acidic ion exchange resin catalyst in fixed bed reactor and catalytic distillation structure.

USed 110,000 TPY TAME (Tertiary Amyl Methyl Ether) Plant built in 1992. The Tertiary Amyl Methyl Ether (TAME) train uses C5 fraction from a petroleum refinery and methanol as raw materials. TAME is produced by the catalytic etherification of isoamylene with methanol. Core process equipment is boiling point fixed bed reactor followed by final conversion in a catalytic distillation column. The process uses an acidic ion exchange resin catalyst in fixed bed reactor and catalytic distillation structure.

Used 2,810 TPD MTBE/TAME (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether / Tert-amyl Methyl Ether) Plant. The process consists of the following basic steps: (A) Reaction: reacting isobutylene with methanol to produce MTBE/TAME; (B) Purification: Separation of MTBE/TAME from the butane/n-butylene and excess methanol stream; (C) Methanol Recovery: Recovering the unreacted methanol for recycle to the reaction step and producing a methanol-free butane/n-butylene stream for other chemical or refinery uses. (D) Oxygenate Removal: Removing DME from the butane/n-butylene stream to produce an HF alkylation feed stream.