Polyethylene Terephthalate Production Process - Cost Analysis - PET E12A

Download or read book Polyethylene Terephthalate Production Process - Cost Analysis - PET E12A written by Intratec and published by Intratec Solutions. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents a cost analysis of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) production from ethylene glycol and purified terephthalic acid (PTA). The process examined is similar to Invista NG3 process. In this process, PET oligomers are first polymerized in a melt-phase step, and then passed through a solid-state polymerization step. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): US Patents 5786443 and 5730913, both issued to DuPont in 1998 (both assigned to Invista in 2004) Keywords: Thermoplastic Polymer, Polyester, High Intrinsic Viscosity, Melt-Phase Polycondensation