Economic evaluation and comparison of the industrial photosynthesis of {var_epsilon}-caprolactam via solar or lamp operated photooximation of cyclohexane

Conference · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:20030619

Sattler, C; Mueller, F J; Riffelmann, K J; Ortner, J; Funken, K H

A solar photochemical plant was drawn up for the manufacture of {var_epsilon}-caprolactam which is the base chemical for nylon-6. For the design and for the calculation of costs the lamp operated concept of Toray Ltd. was adapted to solar requirements. In a base case a unit with a capacity of 10,000 t/a was considered. Using that concept and economic evaluation was made to check the cost of solar production against the equivalent lamp-operated process. The results of the economic calculations suggest that solar production of {var_epsilon}-caprolactam may be profitable and large areas in the world are suitable for industrial solar photochemistry.

• Research Organization: Solare Energietechnik, Koln (DE)
• OSTI ID: 20030619
• Resource Relation: Conference: Renewable and advanced energy systems for the 21st Century, Maui, HI (US), 04/11/1999--04/15/1999; Other Information: 1 CD-ROM. Operating system required: Windows i386, i486, Pentium or Pentium Pro, MS Windows 3.1, 95 or NT3.51; Macintosh, Power Macintosh with a 68020 or greater processor, System software version 7.1, 3.5 MB RAM; UNIX; PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: Renewable and advanced energy systems for the 21st century, RAES'99: Proceedings, by Hogan, R.; Kim, Y.; Kleis, S.; O'Neal, D.; Tanaka, T. [eds.], [1125] pages.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
CHEMICAL REACTORS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
CYCLOHEXANE
AMIDES
SYNTHESIS
PRECURSOR
NYLON