Steam cracking turning greener
Steam crackers form an essential part of our industrial landscape. For decades, they have been used to convert larger or saturated hydrocarbons into versatile basic materials. Such as ethene, which in turn is the basis for omnipresent plastics like polythene. End users, engineering companies, steel mills, consultants and universities are all investigating ways to improve efficiency and reliability in this energy-intensive process, as evidenced by recent desk research.
By KCI Editorial