Ethylene Production

In this first stage, you will find the relevance of the ethylene production process in the global

context and in particular in Mexico. In this delivery, the information you collect must provide a

broad context of the importance of solving the challenge. Key questions that can guide you

are:

What is the consumption of ethylene in M$$xico$?$

What percentage of the raw material is imported into m$$xico$?$

From which countries do these imports mainly come?

What are the main uses of ethylene? including production$-$consumption information

on the main products.

What are the most common catalysts used, and what are the most suitable operating

conditions?

What are the secondary products of the reaction?

What are the typical yields and selectivities of these reactions?

Look up the kinetics of the reaction.

In addition to giving the previous context, in this first stage your delivery will also contain the

overall material balance of the process with the specifications provided by your teacher.