Siemens and Technip partner on olefins cracker tech
Germany The Siemens Industrial Trent 60 is one of the most advanced aero-derivative gas turbines available today. The units powering the Dolphin Gas Project can provide up to 50 megawatts (MW) at 42.5 percent efficiency. The Industrial Trent 60, featuring Rolls-Royce Aero Engine technology, is ideally suited to meet the higher power, variable speed demands required by applications like natural gas liquefaction, gas transportation and gas injection for oil recovery.
The aim is to decarbonise olefin production processes by using a dynamic reactor system that will replace conventional furnaces to manufacture light olefins, which are used in packaging and polymers.
The first prototype is expected in H2 2022.
The new technology is to be presented to the Cracker of the Future Consortium, a group of companies including Borealis, BP, Repsol, TotalEnergies, Eni and project coordinator Brightlands Chemelot Campus.
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