Propylene Oxide From Propylene And Isobutane Cost Analysis Propylene Oxide E41a

This report presents a cost analysis of Propylene Oxide (PO) production from chemical grade (CG) propylene and isobutane using a tert-butyl hydroperoxide process. The process examined is similar to Huntsman process. In this process, isobutane is oxidized to produce t-butyl hydroperoxide, which reacts with propylene to produce Propylene Oxide. t-Butanol is generated as by-product in the process. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): US Patent 5349072, issued to Texaco in 1994 (assigned to Huntsman in 2011) Keywords: Propene, Methylpropane, Oxidation, Epoxidation, TBHP, tert-Butyl Alcohol, TBA, PO/TBA