Projektlaufzeit
01.01.2003 -
Projektart
Projektstatus
Geschlossen
Kurzbeschreibung
SAFEKINEX is aimed at fundamentally improving the understanding, risk assessment, efficiency and safety of processes where hydrocarbons are oxidised, especially at elevated conditions (high temperature and/or pressure).
Ort
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung
und -prüfung (BAM)
Unter den Eichen 87
12205 Berlin
In chemical industry it refers to large-scale hydrocarbon (partial) oxidation processes. These processes form the basis of much of the (petro-) chemical process industry and in particular of the production of feedstock for polymer production (such as ethylene and ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, maleic and terephtalic acid). The final products of these processes add much value to our well being and quality of life.
Where alternative hydrocarbon resources to crude oil are being sought, there will be a considerable increase in the importance of these thermal and catalytic oxidation processes in the future. Examples are oxidative dehydrogenation, biomass gasification and Fischer Tropsch processes. Many of these processes suffer from low conversion per reaction cycle resulting in handling large (flammable) masses, relatively large separation overhead and re-circulation feed back. Excess oxygen concentrations and poorly optimised process conditions result in contamination, undesired by-products, process-upsets, reaction run-away, and self-ignitions. Due to the large quantities of material involved, achieving even modest, increases in yields will lead to large cost savings.