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200,000,900 LB. PER YEAR ETHYLENE PLANT FOR PETROLEUM CHEMICALS, INC. ON STREAM Lummus Designs, Engineers and Constructs Plant to Pipeline 99.7+ Percent Ethylene
Petroleum Chemicals, I n c . new ethylene plant a t Lake Charles, Louisiana is now on stream. Initial etliylene product capacity is 600,000 lbs/per d a y b n t L u m m u s has designed the plant for rapid ex pansion to a rate of 900,000 lbs/per day. Ethylene will b e produced in t w o grades — t h e highest grade is 99.7 synthetic rubber prod ucts, tetraethyl lead a n d liquid detergents. Cracking section of the plant features an im proved Lummus heater which embodies years of research and development by Lummus' Oil Heater Division. All major compressors i n t h e Lummus designed low temperature fractionation unit are driven bythree 12,500 H P gas turbines. Gas turbine exhaust serves as preheated air for three high pressure steam generators. High efficiency expanders pro vide low temperatures fox' maximum ethylene re covery. This plant brings t h e total of Lmnmus designed ethylene plants to 14, with a combined capacity o£ over 1 billion pounds per year. Lummus has designed, engineered and con structed over 800 plants for the process industries throughout the world in the last 5 0 years. W h y not discuss your next project with a. Lummus repre sentative. T H E L U M M U S C O M P A N Y , 385 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N. Y., Houston, Washington, D . C., Montreal, London, Paris, T h e Hague, Maracaibo. Engineering Oevelopmeni Center: Newark, N. J-
Visit The Lummus Exhibit, Fifth W o r l d Petroleum Consress Exposition, N e w Y o r k Coliseum, June 1-5.. 1959-
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