| Product |
Product |
Key reactions |
Catalyst |
Company
(inventera) |
Status
(scale,year) |
HDPE/LLDPE/
PP |
Development of own catalyst
for the co-production of
HDPE/LLDPE/PP |
 |
Supported
Ziegler-Natta type(Ti-Mg) |
Korean
Petrochem.
Co. |
35,000 t/y
1977 |
Malonic acid
esters |
First commercial process
based on carbonylation |
 |
 |
Samsung
Fine Chem.
(KIST) |
2,000 t/y
1985 |
| Polybutene |
Direct synthesis process from C4 raffinate |
 |
 |
Daelim
Industrial Co.
(KRICT) |
12,000 t/y
1994 |
Diesel vehicle
exhaust filter |
Catalytic combuster of diesel
vehicle emission |
 |
Precipitated
Pt |
SK Corp. |
1996 |
| Acrylic acid |
Catalyst development for gas
phase oxidation of propylene |
 |
Mo-Bi-O(1st)
Mo-V-O(2nd) |
LG Chem. |
17 ton(1st), 23ton (2nd) replacements 1996 |
Claus plant tail
Gas treatment |
Reduce SOx in Claus tail gas
to H2S and recycle to achieve zero sulfur emission |
 |
 |
Pohang Iron
& Streel Co.
(POSTECH) |
8000 m3 tail gas/h
1995 |
Sulfur
removal
By partial
oxidation and
reduction
(SPOR) |
Repeated oxidation and
reduction of SOx/H2S.
Can replace Claus process
altogether or be attached to it for tail gas treatment |
 |
 |
Pohang Iron
& Streel Co.
/Daelim Eng.
(POSTECH) |
Demonstration plant
(5 ton S/day)
1997 |
CFC substitutes
(HCFC,HFC) |
Replacement of ozone
depleting CFC¡¯s |
|
various |
Ulsan
Petrochem.
(KIST) |
7500 t/y, 1994
12000 t/y, 1996 |
Low temperature
catalytic combuster |
Forced circulation catalytic
combuster |
 |
noble
metal/alumina
fiber mat |
KIER |
Samhyun Co.
1995 |
Single layer
Pd/Rh catalyst
for CCC
applications |
A new three way catalyst for
Close Coupled Catalytic
Converter(CCC) attached
Close to engine |
 |
 |
Hyundai
Automobile/
Heesung-
Engelhard |
|
Neopentyl glycol
(NPG) |
Catalytic process to produce
NPG from isobutyraldehyde through hydroxypivaldehyde |
 |
Raney Ni |
LG Chem. |
18000 MT/y
1997 |
Treatment of
PTA plant vent
stream |
Low temperature oxidation
Of CO in the presence of Br |
 |
Pd-Cu/C |
Samsung
Petrochem.
Co.
(POSTECH) |
60000 NM3 vent
gas/h
1998 |
