Acetylene

Applications

  • Acetylene Filling plant: for welding and burning in the metal industry
  • Acetylene Filling plant: as raw material for medical- and food applications
  • Burning gas on the furnaces of the crackers. (mixed up with natural gas)

Produced by

Nak 3 and Nak 4

Quality control

In-line gaschromatograph in NAK3 and Nak4 measuring on C2H4, C2H6, C3H6, C3H8.

Properties

Impurities Unity Specification Typical Analyse  Methode
Nak3 Nak4 Polychem Lab. Internationale norm
C2H2 %(v/v) Min. 99,5 99,7 99,8   **
C2H4 ml/m3 Max. 2000 1000 400    
C3H6 ml/m3 Max. 200 50 10    
C3H6 + C3H8 ml/m3 Max. 3000 1000* 3000    
Sum C2+C3 imp. ml/m3 Max. 4000        
H2S ml/m3 Max. 10 < 10 < 10 300BV088 Drägertubes
O2 (gas) ml/m3 Max. 10 <  5 <  5 140MV015 Electrochemical
DMF ml/m3 Max. 2000 < 1000 < 1000 140MV021 GC
H2O mg/m3 Max. 100 < 10 < 20 300MV048 Capacitif

* Depending on the % C3H6 in the supply to the DMF Absorber and the settings of the C2H4/C2H6 stripping column.

** Purity is defined as: 100% - (∑ C2H4+C2H6+C3H6+C3H8+H2O+H2S+other impurities***)

*** Other impurities zijn: ∑ of N2 + O2 + CH4 < 2000 ml/m3

Battery limit conditions:

  Unity  

Pressure
Temperature

 Ato

Max. 0,3
Ambient

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