The new 750,000 tonne unit will use existing pipeline connections between INEOS’ phenol and acetone production site in Gladbeck, the Evonik Chemiepark in Marl and the BP refinery and cracker complex in Gelsenkirchen. (1,2,4) Cumene is also used in the manufacture of phenol, acetone, acetophenone, and methylstyrene. Table 3.4 Cumene from refinery-grade propylene by Badger process—Utilities summary 21 Table 3.5 Cumene from refinery-grade propylene by Badger process—Summary of waste streams 23 Table 3.6 Cumene from refinery-grade propylene by Badger process—Total capital investment 25 A building-block chemical, almost all cumene (approximately 98 percent) is consumed as a chemical intermediate in the production of phenol and acetone, two chemicals that are widely used to make plastics. By now, most merchant cumene producers have converted to zeolite catalyst, and almost all new investments are in zeolite technology. Synthesis of phenols. However, the ratio of phenol and acetone produced does not match up with the ratio of phenol and acetone consumed. b) conversion of cumene to cumene hydroperoxide. Manufacture of phenol. The association between water and phenol is unusually strong; when crystalline phenol is left out in a humid environment, it picks up enough water from the air to form liquid droplets. Most of the phenol used today is produced from benzene, through either hydrolysis of chlorobenzene or oxidation of isopropylbenzene (cumene).

As demand for BPA grows, phenol becomes the limiting factor. c) decomposition of cumene hydroperoxide (a) Production of cumene. Cumene Methodology. Cumene hydroperoxide is obtained by oxidizing cumene with air, usually in a cascade of stirred-tank reactors or bubble columns at temperatures in the range of 100-140 °C and a pressure of 6-7 bar and usually with small amounts of a buffer to prevent acids from building up. INEOS Phenol has today announced it is to build a world scale, state of the art cumene unit in Marl Germany, to be completed in 2021. Cumene is the name often given to (1-methylethyl)benzene (isopropylbenzene). The cumene peroxidation process is the largest source of phenol and acetone production. Cumene is the main feedstock for phenol/acetone production and demand is driven by market growth for the derivatives of phenol and acetone such as bis-phenol A, phenolic resins and caprolactam. Cumene is used as a thinner for paints, lacquers, and enamels and as a component of high octane fuels. Apr 20, 2020 Xherald -- Cumene or Phenol And Acetone Market Global Report 2019The Cumene or … The process has three stages: a) production of cumene. A “Phenol & Acetone” REACH Consortium was formed through which manufacturers have joined efforts to prepare by 30 November 2010 consistent registration dossiers covering phenol and its derivative substances including phenol, acetone, cumene, alphamethyl styrene, acetophenone, di-isopropyl benzene, CHP and “high boiler”. The Marl Chemical Park is the third largest integrated industrial site in Germany and hosts more than twenty differing companies. (1,8) Sources and Potential Exposure Cumene is a constituent of crude oil and finished fuels. At Marl, INEOS operates a 260,000 te/a Cumene plant on behalf of INEOS Phenol.The INEOS operations are a part of the 650 hectares of the Marl Chemical Park which is located in the northern Ruhr region of Germany. PHENOL ACETONE PLANT • 40,000 metric tons Phenol • 23,000 metric tons Acetone • 2,500 metric tons Alpha Methyl Styrene (AMS) Production Phenol Acetone. While cumene manufacture was dominated by processes using solid phosphoric acid (SPA) catalyst systems for decades, the industry landscape changed dramatically beginning in the mid-1990s with advances in zeolite catalyst technology.

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. As the market continues to grow, it is demand for phenol that determines capacity utilization, not acetone.