This facility produces polyvinyl chloride polymer resin
(PVC) by polymerizing vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) in water/PVC slurry. After the polymerization step is completed,
residual vinyl chloride is stripped from the polymer slurry (2 strippers). Filters convert the slurry to a wet
cake. Pneumatic conveying systems
transfer the dryed PVC polymer resin to product silos before it is shipped to
the customers. Product goes through (6) Bird centrifuges and then to (6) natural
gas fired rotary kilns to dry the wet cake.
Pneumatic conveying systems transfer the dryed PVC polymer resin to
product silos before being shipped to the customers.
The raw material VCM arrives by rail and is unloaded
into the 5 MM lb capacity storage sphere.
There are also two large bullet tanks for additional VCM storage
capacity. There is no VCM gas holder in
this process.
Although it may appear to be (6) individual lines, the
product comes together at two main places in the process so that the resultant
end product is completely homogeneous.
These common locations are the reactor dump tank and the stripper feed
tank. There are also only (2) stripper
columns; therefore it would be more accurate to describe the plant as having
(2) trains rather than (6).
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