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Client
PKN ORLEN
Year
2019
Contract type
LS of Engineering Services
EMHS
1.500
Location
Poland
SOW
Feasibility Study Technology Licensor selection
Project scope of the Feasibility Study for a new TAEE Plant (high octane oxygenate blendstock) at PKN ORLEN, Plock Refinery, to:
- Produce 100,000 ton/year TAEE based on available refinery feeds and bioethanol
- Maximise TAEE yield, i.e. to obtain high selectivity (high ether yields with low by-product formation).
- Achieve operating flexibility, enabling a wide range of feedstock properties changes.
- Achieve energy efficiency and utilities consumption optimisation.
- Estimate Total Investment Cost
Technical proposal received from technology Licensors have been analyzed and compared according to a comprehensive Scoring Model based which addressed the following aspects:
- Product Characteristics
- Technical Aspects of the Technology
- Operational Aspects
- Economics
- Licensor Related Aspects