oxo process

[′äk·sō ‚prä·səs]

(chemical engineering)

Catalytic process for production of alcohols, aldehydes, and other oxygenated organic compounds by reaction of olefin vapors with carbon monoxide and hydrogen.

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The client has selected London-based Davy Process Technology, in co-operation with Union Carbide Corporation, to license its proprietary LP OXO process technology for the unit.

Saudi Arabia-Butanol Plant Project

N-butanol is an oxo alcohol which is majorly derived from propylene and syngas by oxo process.

N-Butanol Market Worth $9.4 Billion By 2018

The decision to build the new plant was announced in October 1999 when Sasol reached an agreement with Davy Process Technology (DPT) to license its Low Pressure Oxo process technology to enable the production of alcohols from the longer-chain alpha olefin components available.

Sasol's R1 Billion World Scale Alcohol Plant Set to Increase Profitability

Our low-pressure oxo process provides lower capital and operating costs and improves product mix, helping maintain our leadership in these businesses.

Union Carbide Starts Production at New 300-Million-Pound Butanol Unit

Included will be Union Carbide's Meteor Process, recognized worldwide as the leading ethylene oxide/glycol production technology; the LP Oxo Process, acknowledged as the premier technology in the production of butanol and other oxo alcohols; and state-of-the-art, proprietary ethoxylation and alkoxylation technology for the manufacture of surfactants, ethanolamines and polyethylene and polyalkylene glycols.

Union Carbide-PETRONAS Malaysian JV Moves Forward with Awarding of Construction Contracts; New Companies to be Named 'OPTIMAL'

The oxo process is based on a new rhodium catalyst system that improves operating costs and product mix while lowering investment costs.

Union Carbide Begins Work on Second 300 Million-Pound Butanol Plant at Taft, La

The Union Carbide/Kvaerner LP Oxo Process today accounts for about 60 percent of the world's production of propylene-derived oxo products.

Union Carbide/Kvaerner Oxo Process Licensed to Sinopec Qilu of China for Expansion Project

Both will employ state-of-the-art oxo process technology.

UNION CARBIDE TO BUILD BUTANOL FACILITY ON GULF COAST

These include butanol and other oxo process derivatives, and new Unipol Process capacity for ethylene/propylene rubber and other elastomers.

UNION CARBIDE INCREASES SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM

The new oxo unit will be capable also of using propylene feedstock to produce 2-ethylhexanol (2EH), the world's most widely used application of the low-pressure oxo process.