MAN Diesel & Turbo has secured an order for 24 compressor units for an integrated chemical complex in Chongqing, China, the company said on Wednesday.
The order size is about €50 million. Designed as a combined plant, the chemical complex will be involved in the large-scale production of industrial gases and chemical raw materials for further processing, e.g. to produce plastics such as polyurethanes (PU) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
MAN delivers the process gas screw compressor units. The total capital investment is over €4 billion.
Screw compressors for process gas applications are a core product of MAN Diesel & Turbo. Thanks to their robust and low-maintenance design, screw compressors are increasingly being used in the chemical and petrochemical industries, as here in this process for manufacturing acetylene from natural gas, the company said.
The acetylene produced is the base product for all downstream production facilities of the combined plant. With a motor power of 8500 KW, eight of the 24 compressors are currently the largest and most powerful units of their kind in the world.
"This large-scale order for process gas screw compressors is an important strategic reference for the strongly growing chemical industry in China," said Dr. René Umlauft, CEO of MAN Diesel & Turbo.
The design and manufacture will be undertaken in the Oberhausen works of MAN Diesel & Turbo and part of the units will be assembled at the Changzhou site of MAN in China.
The delivery period is between 14 and 24 months.