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Conventional Chlor-Alkali Electrolysis
CABB AG
Pratteln, Switzerland (Commissioning OCT - 2016 (planned))
Capacity: 47,000 t/year of Cl2
Process: Chlor-Alkali
Licence: thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers
Contract: EPC LSTK
Key Highlights: Hg Conversion
Piping: ~ 650 lines
Static Equipment: ~ 47 specifications
Rotating equipment: ~ 24 specifications
Package equipment: ~ 3 packages
P&ID‘s: ~ 50 dwgs.
LV Motors: ~ 50 nos.
MV Motors: for Cl2/H2 compressor
I/O‘s: ~ 1134 nos.
Concrete: ~ 2500 m3
Tessenderlo
Belgium (Commissioning 2006)
Capacity: 306,000 t/year of NaOH; 272,000 t/year of Cl2
Process: thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers
Speciality: EPC
Key Highlights:
Steel Structure: ~ 2500 tons
Soil removal: ~ 12000 m3
Piping material: ~ 450 tons
Static Equipment: ~ 600 tons
P&ID‘s: ~ 130 dwgs.
LV Motors: ~ 95 nos.
MV Motors: for Cl2/H2 compressor
Installed Power: ~ 100 MVA for TR,~ 7 MVA for motors
I/O‘s: ~ 3500 nos.
Vestolit
Marl, Germany (Commissioning 2007)
Capacity: 236,900 t/year of NaOH; 210,000 t/year of Cl2
Process: thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers
Speciality: Turnkey
Key Highlights:
Steel Structure: ~ 1000 tons
Soil removal: ~ 5000 m3
Piping material: ~ 300 tons
Static Equipment: ~ 300 tons
P&ID‘s: ~ 50 dwgs.
LV Motors: ~ 75 nos.
MV Motors: for Cl2/H2 compressor
Installed Power: ~ 80 MVA for TR, ~ 3 MVA for motors
I/O‘s: ~ 1000 nos.
OLIN Corporation
McIntosh, Alabama/USA (Commissioning 1998)
Capacity: 225,000 t/year of NaOH
Process: thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers
Speciality: L (EP)
ERCO Worldwide (USA) Inc.
Port Edwards, Wisconsin/USA (Commissioning 2010)
Capacity: 110,800 t/year of Cl2; production is split into KOH and NaOH
Process: thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers
Speciality: L (EP)
Covestro (former Bayer Material Sc.)
Baytown TX USA (Commissioning January 1999)
Capacity: 320,000 t/year of NaOH
Process: thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers (IEM Electrolysis)
Speciality: Electrolyzer supply; EPC for cell room
Key Highlights:
For this Covestro’s first CA plant in USA, thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers was responsible for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for cell room.
24 sets of BiTAC 873 started the operation in 1999 and some of them are converted to n-BiTAC for better performance.
KEM ONE
Lavera, France (Commissioning 2017 (planned))
Capacity: 400,000 t/year of Cl2
Process: Chlor-Alkali
Licence: thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers
Contract: EP
Key Highlights: Hg Conversion
PCC Rokita SA
Brzeg Dolny, Poland (Commissioning 2015)
Capacity: 62,285 t/year of Cl2
Process: Chlor-Alkali
Licence: thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers
Contract: EP
Key Highlights: Hg Conversion
Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas
Point Comfort TX USA (Commissioning December 1993)
Capacity: 820,000 t/year of NaOH
Process: thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers (IEM Electrolysis)
Speciality: Basic and detailled Engineering of total chlor-alkali plant Electrolyzer supply
Key Highlights:
The operation started with 690,000 t/year of NaOH and the capacity was increased to 820,000 t/year of NaOH in 1998.
Formosa Plastics Point Comfort still operates one of the largest monopolar cell room.
Befar Group Co, Ltd
P.R. China (Commissioning December 2013)
Capacity: 180,000 t/year of NaOH, 160,000 t/year of Cl2
Process: thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers
Speciality: L (EP) + Supervision and Training
Key Highlights:
Project: Plant Expansion
Scope of Supply: BM 2.7 – Electrolyzers, Uhde EVALUATOR Monitoring System, Brine Secondary Purification, Maintenance Room
BorsodChem
Hungary (Commissioning 3 phases in 2005, 2006 and 2012)
Capacity: 200,000 t/year of NaOH
Process: thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers (IEM Electrolysis)
Speciality: Electrolyzer Supply, Basic Engineering of cellroom
Key Highlights:
2 different generations of BiTACs in one single cellroom.
The first generation to be replaced by the latest nx-BiTAC.
1st Phase. 100,000 mtpy - NaOH
BiTAC®- 861 x 8 (Start-up September, 2005)
To be converted into nx-BiTAC by replacing elements in Autumn, 2015
2nd Phase. 50,000 mtpy - NaOH
n-BiTAC - 861 x 4 (Start-up September, 2006)
3rd Phase. 50,000 mtpy – NaOH
n-BiTAC - 861 x 4 (Start-up October, 2013)
TOSOH CORPORATION
Nanyo, Japan (Commissioning 1999)
Capacity: 325,000 t/year of NaOH
Process: thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers (IEM Electrolysis)
Speciality: Electrolyzer Supply
Key Highlights:
Various types of BiTAC series have been operated at Nanyo Plant and total production capacity of BiTAC series is approx. 800,000 mtpy-NaOH.
BiTAC® - 827 x 16 (Start-up June, 1998)
BiTAC® - 840 x 12 (Start-up December, 1996)
BiTAC® - 875 x 16 (Start-up June, 1999) (*increased 883 in 2007)
BiTAC® - 880 x 6 (Start-up June, 2004) (*elements of 2 electrolyzer were used into BiTAC875 to 883)
n-BiTAC - 880 x 6 (Start-up July, 2007)
nx-BiTAC - 885 x 2 (Start-up October, 2014)
Luxi Chemical
Shandong, China (Commissioning 2010)
Capacity: 200,000 t/year of NaOH
Process: thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers (IEM Electrolysis)
Type: n-BiTAC880x2x6
Haobang Chemical
Shandong (Commissioning 2013-2015)
Capacity: 600,000 t/year of NaOH
Process: thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers (IEM Electrolysis)
Type: n-BiTAC 890x2x14, n-BiTACⅡ 890x2x2