MMA Plant

MMA Plant

MMA Plant

Agent Technology and Plants 

Technology Introduction:

There are three prevailing processes for MMA, or methyl methacrylate production, C-2 Process starting from ethylene, methanol and formaldehyde, C-3 Process (also called as ACH Process) which uses the byproduct of HCN from acrylonitrile production as the feedstock, and C-4 process which uses isobutene or tertiary butanol as the feedstock. SL TEC provides MMA plant based C-4 Process, consisting of three working units, i.e. oxidation unit, distillation unit and esterification unit.

Technical Features:

The MMA plant offered by SL TEC has advantages such as easy availability of feedstock, more environment friendliness, lower investment, lower production cost and etc.

Performance:

1. Product Specification

S/N	Item	Index
1	Purity, wt%	≥99.9
2	Colour, APHA	≤10
3	Water Content, wt%	≤0.05
4	Acidity, wt%	≤0.005
5	Polymerization  Inhibitor, ppm	10

2. Specific Consumption

S/N	Item	Consumption Rate
1	Tertiary Butanol (TBA), mt/mt of MMA	14.2
2	Methanol, mt/mt of MMA	3.35
3	Polymerization Inhibitor, kg/mt of MMA	30
4	De-foaming Agent, kg/mt of MMA	5
5	Extraction Solvent, kg/mt of MMA	32
6	Steam (3.6MPaG, 350oC) , mt/mt of MMA	19.2
7	Demineralized Water, mt/mt of MMA	2.56
8	Service Water, mt/mt of MMA	1.2
9	Cooling Water, mt/mt of MMA	5522
10	Low Temp. Water (5-10oC) , mt/mt of MMA	1869
11	Low Temp. Water (15-20oC) , mt/mt of MMA	73.6
12	Electricity, KWH/mt of MMA	3200
13	Instrument Air, Nm3/mt of MMA	472
14	Compressed Air, Nm3/mt of MMA	160
15	Nitrogen (0.5MPaG)	89.6