Journal
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
Volume 3, Issue 3, Pages 451-459Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/sc500649k
Keywords
Petrochemicals; Shale gas; Production cost; Linear programming; Network model
Categories
Funding
- National Science Foundation through its Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) program [0835414]
- Emerging Frontiers & Multidisciplinary Activities
- Directorate For Engineering [0835414] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Ask authors/readers for more resources
A model of the United States petrochemical industry was constructed to explore the chemical manufacturing supply chains that will be impacted by changes in the price and availability of natural gas and natural gas liquids. Production costs of intermediate and end products (polymers, fertilizers, etc.) are impacted, for example, as shale gas production provides expanded primary feedstocks to the chemical industry at a lower cost than petroleum processing. The predicted impact of changes in natural gas and natural gas liquids prices on the production cost and energy intensity of intermediate and final end products is reported. In moving from a 2012 base level group of processes to a variety of long-term projected configurations of chemical manufacturing, acetaldehyde Predicted production cost changes in intermediates, such as butadiene, and end is identified as a potential bottleneck intermediate. products, such as polystyrene, are explored.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available