2016 AIChE Spring Meeting and 12th Global Congress on Process Safety

Session: Feed Flexibility – Converting Ethylene Plants from Heavy Feeds to Light Feeds

Chair

Alain Chepda, Total Petrochemicals & Refining

Co-Chair

Thomas Emmert, The Linde Group

Presentations

08:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

08:05 AM

(199a) Global Ethylene Operating Rates - What Is It Really Telling Me?

Steve Lewandowski

08:30 AM

(199b) Feed & Byproduct Flexibility for New and Existing Crackers

08:55 AM

(199c) Cracker Feedstock Flexibility from Naphtha to Ethane: Design Criteria and Concepts for Quench Water and Quench Oil System

Thomas Emmert, Sam Antonas

09:20 AM

Intermission

09:40 AM

(199d) Ethane Cracking in Existing Liquid Crackers - Effects on CGC, Cold Fractionation and Refrigeration

10:05 AM

(199e) Conversion of a Flexible Cracker to a Mostly Ethane Feed

10:30 AM

Concluding Remarks