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Client
PKN ORLEN
Year
2019
Contract
LS of engineering services
EMHS
1.500
Location
Poland
SOW
Feasibility study, technology licensor selection
The scope of the feasibility study for a new TAEE plant (high-octane oxygenate blendstock) at PKN ORLEN's Płock Refinery included:
- Production of 100,000 ton/year TAEE based on available refinery feeds and bioethanol
- Maximization of TAEE yield, i.e. to obtain high selectivity (high ether yields with low by-product formation).
- Achievement of operating flexibility, enabling a wide range of feedstock properties changes
- Optimization of energy efficiency and utilities consumption
- Estimation of the total investment cost
Technical proposal received from technology licensors were analyzed and compared using a comprehensive scoring model addressing the following aspects:
- Product characteristics
- Technical aspects of the technology
- Operational aspects
- Economics
- Licensor-related aspects