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BASF readies electric ethylene cracker furnace demonstration plant

by Alex Scott
September 16, 2023 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 101, Issue 31

 

A transformer is positioned at a demonstration chemical plant.
Credit: BASF
A transformer needed to generate sufficient voltage is put in place at the BASF demonstration plant.

BASF is close to completing the construction of a demonstration steam cracker furnace in Ludwigshafen, Germany, for making ethylene with renewable electricity rather than fossil fuel as a heat source. The approach promises to cut the carbon footprint of ethylene production by 90%. Construction of the demo plant has taken almost a year. It features nine transformers, each of which can convert several thousand amps of current into heat. The project is being developed jointly by BASF, Linde, and Sabic.

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