Overview

Uhde's technology portfolio in the field of aromatics and derivatives comprises almost the entire range of processes for the production of aromatics from various feedstocks. Our outstanding proprietary Morphylane^® process is used in plant complexes for the recovery of high-purity benzene, toluene and/or xylenes (BTX), mainly from refinery and petrochemical process streams, such as pyrolysis gasoline from steam crackers and reformate from catalytic reformers, but also from coke oven light oil in coke oven plants. Morphylane^® is the leading technology for the production of high-purity BTX aromatics by extractive distillation.

Uhde's latest development in the field of extractive distillation is the Single-Column Morphylane^® process which integrates the extractive distillation column and the stripper column of the conventional Morphylane^® design in a single column shell, thus reducing not only the space required but also the number of equipment items needed. The first industrial-scale plant to use this extremely economical technology was commissioned in late 2004.

Uhde also offers an optimised version of the Morphylane^® process for reduction of the benzene content in motor fuels to limits that meet the latest regulations.

All our aromatics plants are characterised by maximum product purity, high yields and extremely low energy consumption.

Uhde's broad experience and extensive expertise in aromatics recovery and its excellent pilot plant and laboratory facilities form a solid basis for continually improving and optimising the extractive distillation process, and thus for providing the most efficient and economic solution for the client.