Kömpel, H.
Harald Kömpel is Head of Technologies within the refining and petrochemical division at thyssenkrupp Uhde Engineering Services GmbH, Germany. He has 26 years of experience in the refining, hydrocarbon and petrochemical processing fields, with a focus on light olefins and their downstream products. Mr. Kömpel holds a degree in chemical engineering from the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany.
From olefins to oxygenates: Fuel additives, solvents and more
Oxygenates are hydrocarbons containing oxygen atoms as part of their molecular structure.
Secure the best benefit from C4 hydrocarbon processing—Part 2: Economic evaluation
Summarizing the outcome of the technical evaluation in Part 1 of this technical study, a tailor-made process route should be chosen for proper C<sub>4</sub> hydrocarbon processing to obtain the best benefits from case to case.
Secure the best benefits from C4 hydrocarbon processing—Part 1: Separation sequences
Crude C<sub>4</sub> streams from the steam cracker unit or the fluidized catalytic cracker unit contain valuable hydrocarbons, such as butadiene and C<sub>4</sub> olefins.
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