Abstract:The steam cracker unit at ORLEN Unipetrol is a significant European producer of monomers. Due to heavy feedstocks, the steam cracker can produce (besides ethylene, propylene and benzene) very valuable hydrocarbons such as dicyclopentadiene. The staff of ORLEN Unipetrol (formerly Chemopetrol) has been investigating the possibility of producing dicyclopentadiene for almost 40 years. As a result of many years of research activities of several generations of researchers, the technology for production of dicyclopen… Show more
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