Data and supplementary results underlying the PhD thesis: Reimagining petrochemical clusters by defossilising chemical building blocks

This repository contains all data and supplementary results underlying the doctoral dissertation titled "Reimagining petrochemical clusters by defossilising chemical building blocks" by James Tonny Manalal, written at Delft University of Technology under the supervision of Prof. dr. ir. C.A. Ramírez Ramírez and Dr. ir. M.D.M. Pérez-Fortes. The overarching aim of this PhD thesis was to understand<strong> </strong>the impacts of defossilising the production of chemical building blocks in existing petrochemical clusters. The reference and alternative technologies were modelled in Aspen Plus with design, operating capacities and process complexities similar to those in current chemical building block production (CBB) plants in the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The technologies were then assessed using key performance indicators at both process and cluster levels. Finally, this thesis evaluated the technology portfolio required for defossilising the production of CBB (methanol, ethylene, propylene, benzene, p-xylene) and examined how limitations in alternative feedstock availability could affect the design and performance of a defossilised brownfield petrochemical cluster. The repository includes the supplementary information related to Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 of the PhD thesis.