DESIGNING ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS
LUMMUS
FOR T H E PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
385 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK 17, NEW YORK
Air Reduction's New Vinyl Acetate Plant On Stream Engineered and constructed by Lummus, the $3,000,000 facility with capacity of 30 million pounds has smooth start-up; makes 9 9 . 9 9 + % pure product. T h e new $3,000,000 installation for the production of vinyl acetate monomer has recently gone on stream at Calvert City, Kentucky. Engineered and constructed by T h e L u m m u s Company for A i r Reduction Chemical Company, a Division of Air Reduction Com pany, Inc., the unit started up smoothly and was immediately making 9 9 . 9 9 + % pure p r o d u c t even better than specification. Designed for flexible operation, the 30,000,000 pound per year unit has proved operable in a wide range from lA of design capacity to over design capacity. T h e plant is of outdoor con struction throughout, with process control centralized in a modern control room employing electronic devices. I t is located adjacent to Airco's N a t i o n a l Carbide Divi-
sion acetylene generating plant, from which it receives its principal raw material —acetylene. T h i s is converted into vinyl acetate mono mer which is, in turn, a basic mate rial for adhesives, latex paints and textile finishes.
for the chemicalprocess industries. You may find it profitable t o look to L u m m u s for your next plant project.
T H E LUMMUS COMPANY,
385 M a d i s o n Avenue, N e w Y o r k Airco executives who attended 17, Ν . Υ. Engineering and Sales the formal opening commended O f f i c e s : N e w Y o r k , H o u s t o n , t h e a b i l i t y a n d d i s p a t c h w i t h M o n t r e a l , London, Paris, T h e which the L u m m u s organization H a g u e , Bombay. Sales Offices: carried through the project from Chicago, Caracas. H e a t Exchanger inception to completion. Plant: H o n e s d a l e , Pennsylvania. T h e success of this project is one F a b r i c a t e d P i p i n g P l a n t : E a s t more indication of L u m m u s ' abil Chicago, Indiana. Engineering De ity to handle exacting installations velopment C e n t e r : N e w a r k , N . J .
Acetylene is purified in unit at left. In larger unit (center), preheated acetylene a n d acetic acid vapors react to form impure monomer. Distillation towers in this unit purify monomer and recover unreacted acetic acid.
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