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UOP OLEFLEX PROCESS FOR
LIGHT OLEFIN PRODUCTION
Joseph Gregor and Daniel Wei
UOP LLC
Des Plaines, Illinois
INTRODUCTION
The UOP* Oleflex* process is catalytic dehydrogenation technology for the production
of light olefins from their corresponding paraffin. An Oleflex unit can dehydrogenate
propane, isobutane, normal butane, or isopentane feedstocks separately or as mixtures
spanning two consecutive carbon numbers. This process was commercialized in 1990,
and by 2002 more than 1,250,000 metric tons per year (MTA) of propylene and more
than 2,800,000 MTA of isobutylene were produced from Oleflex units located through-
out the world.
PROCESS DESCRIPTION
The UOP Oleflex process is best described by separating the technology into three dif-
ferent sections:
Reactor section
OSBL erected costs (off-site utilities, tankage, laboratory, warehouse, for example)
Technology fees