Yantai Wanhua test runs Shandong PDH plant

09-Jan-15

Shandong-based Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes is undergoing test runs at China's biggest propane dehydrogenation plant by feeding in pressurized LPG and aims to start initial production in March, as per sources in Platts. The plant has a propylene production capacity of 750,000 m tpa and can consume up to 900,000 mt of propane and 600,000 mt of butane annually. "It may take a while to increase the operation rate [for commercial production]," the source said. "Maybe it will start at a very low level, it usually takes three months to reach 100% of production."