TAI-CHUNG OLEOCHEMICAL COMPLEX – Taiwan

Customer : DAHIN COMPANY Ltd. - Taiwan

General contractor : De Smet Engineers & Contractors

Scope of works : Supply and supervision

Equipment delivery : 2000

Main sub-contractors involved :
De Smet Engineering (S.E. Asia) PTE Ltd
Kvaerner Process Technology Ltd – U.K.

Plant capacity :
Feed : 100,000 TPY CNO, PKO or RBDPS

Products :
93,000 TPY fatty acids
12,500 TPY glycerine
50,000 TPY fatty alcohol

Processing units : - Pretreatment - Splitting - Sweetwater evaporation - Glycerine refining - On-line fractional distillation - Fatty acid esterification - Ester hydrogenation - Fatty alcohol refining

Utilities : - Thermal oil network - Tempered water network - Hydrogen generation

Auxiliaries : - Product flaking and pastillation - Tank farm