Equipment for the construction of the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) production unit has started arriving at the construction site of the MTO Gas Chemical Complex (GCC MTO).
A heat exchanger, manufactured by the Chinese company Wuhan East Petrochemical Equipment Ltd, will be used in the construction of the PET unit under the supervision of the American licensor, Chemtex. The main purpose of the new equipment is to maintain the optimal temperature in the PET reactor to ensure the required parameters of the final product.
Temperature regulation will be supported by a special heat transfer liquid (HTF), which will be heated by steam to a temperature of 285°C. Every hour almost 246 tons of HTF will pass through the heat exchanger.
With impressive dimensions (length - nearly 11.5 meters, diameter - 3.2 meters, weight - over 80.5 tons), the heat exchanger was delivered to the construction site of the MTO GCC by ground. During transportation, the equipment covered over 5,000 kilometers across China and along Kazakhstan’s southern border, and then arrived in Uzbekistan through the Yallama border post.
Wuhan Petrochemical Heavy Equipment Co., Ltd. specializes in the manufacturing and servicing of equipment for the petrochemical, coal, gas, mining, nuclear, and other industries.