Process Design and Techno-Economic Analysis of Small-Scale Ethylene Oxide Production by Hydrogen Peroxide Epoxidation
Ethylene oxide (EO) is an essential chemical intermediate, but challenges stem from its transportation and storage, as well as its conventional production involving hazardous EO/O2 mixtures. Alternative EO production routes were assessed, which resulted in a safer, small-scale (15 kta) process based on ethanol dehydr...