(Plastemart) -- Sinopec Zhenhai Refining & Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (ZRCC) has launched a new ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol (EO/EG) plant in China utilizing the revolutionary METEOR EO/EG process.
Licensed through The Dow Chemical Company, the Most Effective Technology for Ethylene Oxide Reaction (METEOR) process integrates process simplicity, inherent safety and superior catalyst technology into a single reactor design.
The ZRCC Plant, which first started up in April 2010, is the second plant in China to utilize the METEOR process. The first, operated by Sinopec-SABIC (Tianjin) Petrochemical Co. (SSTPC), began production in February 2010. Together, these METEOR plants attain significant reductions in feedstock consumption and greenhouse gas emissions when compared to industry averages.