01. Pipelines
Via a pipeline bridge the production plant is supplied with raw materials from the tank farm. These tanks are located at BP Europa SE, Gelsenkirchen storage, and they are supplied by daily delivery by our shareholders and further suppliers. Deliveries take place by tank trucks, rail tank cars and/or tank barges via “Rhine-Herne channel”. This passage is used for our additional storage, which is located in Rotterdam. This is our storage centre for imported goods from all over the world.
Furthermore, reversing ways, our finished products are stored in appropriate tanks. The same logistics are available for delivery of our finished products. Depending upon location of the various tanks, that is the so called "north and/or south storage”, the length of pipelines differs. To the northern part the difference accumulates to approx. 1,200 meters and to the southern part to approx. 400 meters.
02. Benzene extractive distillation
With approximately 68 meters the "C101" is our highest column. At a pressure of 17 bar and a temperature of over 200 °C in this column our intermediate product is “boiled". Here we separate our main product benzene from the heavier aromatics toluene and xylenes.
03. Benzene column
04. View at benzene extractive plant
05. View out of purchase/ sales office
06. View from south part
07: Hydrogenation unit
The hydrogenation reflects the starting point of our production. In a first step the hydrogenated cleaning of raw materials takes place in this part of the plant. The intermediate material produced here is going to be processed in further steps to pure products.
08: Druckraffination
Die Druckraffination stellt für unsere Rohstoffe den Einstieg in die Produktionsanlage dar. In einem ersten Schritt erfolgt in diesem Teil der Anlage die chemische Reinigung der Rohstoffe. Das hier erzeugte „Druckraffinat“ wird dann in weiteren Verarbeitungsschritten zu Reinprodukten weiterverarbeitet.
09: Druckraffination
Die Druckraffination stellt für unsere Rohstoffe den Einstieg in die Produktionsanlage dar. In einem ersten Schritt erfolgt in diesem Teil der Anlage die chemische Reinigung der Rohstoffe. Das hier erzeugte „Druckraffinat“ wird dann in weiteren Verarbeitungsschritten zu Reinprodukten weiterverarbeitet.
10: Way to the hydrogenation unit
Way to the hydrogenation unit
11: Environmental protection flare
Normally the flare is not in operation. Only if we are faced with unexpected operating conditions, pollutants resulting of our plants chemical processes get burned under low emissions. Thus our flare serves the protection of environment and humans. The height of our flare is approx. 32 meters.
12: Toluene extractive destillation
These columns, on the left “C301/C302” and on the right “C201”, are producing purest toluene. The height of both columns is approx. 50 meters.
13: Xylene /Arsol® distillation
These columns are producing xylene and Arsol® (Aromatic Solvent). Our xylene column C202 on the left side is about 49 meters high. On the right side with approximately 40 meters, the Arsol column is the smallest one.
14: Homologous plant
Homologous plant
15. Hydrogenation unit oven
16. Homologous plant
17: Plant Overview
The total view over our entire production plant shows a multiplicity of lines and pipes. However each product finds the right way.