Hydrogen peroxide production costs run at $1,000/Tpa, to generate a 10% IRR at a greenfield production facility, with c$2,000/Tpa capex costs. Today&#;s market is 5MTpa, worth c$5bn pa. CO2 intensity runs to 3 kg of CO2 per kg of H2O2. But lower-carbon hydrogen could be transformational for clean chemicals?
SL Tec supply professional and honest service.
Checkout
Added to cart
Hydrogen peroxide is a 5MTpa and $5bn pa commodity chemical market. It is an oxidizing agent, used in producing paper, detergents and in water treatment. And increasingly in producing materials that matter for the energy transition, such as propylene oxide for polyurethane insulation/EVs and for etching semiconductors.
Hydrogen peroxide production costs? This data-file estimates the economic costs of producing hydrogen peroxide, at $1,000/ton per ton of 100%-pure H2O2. An important definitional point is that H2O2 is often transported at 30-70% concentration, then later diluted for end use at 3-8% concentration. Clearly, the more you dilute the product, the more you dilute the price. But our numbers are per (hypothetical) ton of pure H2O2.
Capex costs of hydrogen peroxide plants also vary by technology, product concentration and product purity. Please see the data-file for further details. But our base case is around $2,000/Tpa of capex costs for a new, greenfield hydrogen peroxide plant. High purity hydrogen peroxide for the semiconductor industry costs more.
Capex costs of hydrogen peroxide production facilitiesHow is hydrogen peroxide produced? The dominant method is anthraquinone auto-oxidation. The key input is hydrogen, which reduces anthraquinone. The reduced anthraquinone can later be oxidized, in the presence of air, forming both H2O2 and H2O, and regenerating the anthraquinone. The process uses a palladium catalyst. It is exothermic, so heating inputs are low.
How much hydrogen is used up in making hydrogen peroxide? The key challenge is minimizing over-consumption of hydrogen (or in other words, maximizing hydrogen conversion and selectivity). Our estimates into hydrogen consumption of hydrogen peroxide production are tabulated in the data-file.
The CO2 intensity of hydrogen peroxide production is 3 tons/ton, as our base case estimate, for today&#;s production process. The largest contributor is the embedded CO2 of hydrogen, which also comprises one-third of total hydrogen peroxide production costs.
Could clean hydrogen be a game-changer? What if IRA incentives allow hydrogen peroxide plants to source cheaper hydrogen? Each $0.1/kg reduction in the input hydrogen price raises cash flow by 8% and IRRs/ROCEs by a full percentage point (1pp). Our best single note on booming blue hydrogen value chains is linked here.
Low carbon hydrogen can realistically reduce the CO2 intensity of hydrogen peroxide from 3 kg/kg, to below 0.5 kg/kg. Further downstream, this can reduce the total CO2 intensity of propylene oxide production from 2-3 kg/kg to 1 kg/kg. Further downstream, propylene oxide can react with CO2 in a molar ratio of 1:1 (forming polyether polycarbonates) or 2:1 (forming polycarbonate polyols), and switching in low-carbon hydrogen can make these overall value chains close to carbon neutral for the polyether polycarbons, and substantially lower carbon for downstream polyurethanes.
Leading hydrogen peroxide producers, such as Solvay, Evonik and Arkema, may thus benefit from low carbon hydrogen? Some recent notes on each company are in the data-file. Evonik purchased PeroxyChem for $640M in , consolidating the global hydrogen peroxide market. In June-, Solvay said it would develop Europe&#;s first hub for the production of &#;green hydrogen peroxide&#; by mid-, with a 9.5MW dedicated PV installation, yielding 756Tpa of green hydrogen, to reduce Solvay&#;s total CO2 footprint at its Rosignano plant by 15%.
Checkout
Added to cart
For more Hydrogen Peroxide Plantinformation, please contact us. We will provide professional answers.
The report provides a detailed analysis essential for establishing a hydrogen peroxide manufacturing plant. It encompasses all critical aspects necessary for hydrogen peroxide production, including the cost of hydrogen peroxide production, hydrogen peroxide plant cost, hydrogen peroxide production costs, and the overall hydrogen peroxide manufacturing plant cost. Additionally, the study covers specific expenditures associated with setting up and operating a hydrogen peroxide production plant. These encompass manufacturing processes, raw material requirements, utility requirements, infrastructure needs, machinery and technology requirements, manpower requirements, packaging requirements, transportation requirements, and more.
Hydrogen peroxide is a chemical compound that is widely used in various industries for a variety of applications. It is used for many household and medical applications in low concentrations (3-9%), such as bleach for clothes and hair. In the medical industry, it is extensively used as a mild antiseptic to prevent skin infections caused by small cuts, burns, or scrapes, which is growing its market demand further.
Industrially, it is used in higher concentrations for use in paper and textile industries. It is also a key agent in rocket fuels as well as in the production of foam, rubber, and organic chemicals. It is employed across a range of industries, including as a bleaching and deodorizing agent in textiles, hair, fur, and wood pulp.
In the pulp and paper industry, it is immensely essential as an organic and inorganic peroxide. Other uses of the commodity include making plasticizers, glycerol, dyes, antichlors, and antiseptics as a laboratory reagent and for electroplating, epoxidation, hydroxylation, oxidation, and reduction, among others, which are boosting its industrial demand.
The market for hydrogen peroxide is majorly driven by its demand for its use as a bleaching & deodorizing agent for textiles, a mild antiseptic to prevent skin infections, an oxidant for chemical and mechanical pulp bleaching, which increases its demand in textiles, medical & pharmaceutical, pulp and paper industries.
It is also extensively used as a component of rocket fuel, which further accentuates its demand to a great extent. Moreover, it is also utilized as a plasticizer in the production of foam, rubber, and organic chemicals, which further propels its demand in plastic, rubber, and chemical manufacturing industries. Additionally, several factors influence industrial hydrogen peroxide procurement, such as the cost and availability of its feedstock, Anthraquinone, the market prices of hydrogen peroxide, and its distribution, which includes trading and transportation, environmental regulations, logistics, etc.
According to the Hydrogen Peroxide manufacturing plant project report, the major raw material for Hydrogen Peroxide production includes Anthraquinone.
The extensive Hydrogen Peroxide production cost report consists of the following industrial manufacturing process:
Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) is a colourless or pale blue liquid with a bitter taste. It naturally occurs in small quantities in a gaseous state. It is commonly made as an aqueous solution of diverse strengths with different and versatile uses. Its exposure can irritate the eyes, skin, throat, and respiratory airway.
Hydrogen peroxide is unstable and readily decomposes with water and oxygen while releasing heat. It is non-flammable, however, acts like a strong oxidizing agent that leads to spontaneous combustion when contacted with an organic material. It is a peroxide as well as an oxidising agent that contains properties like being antiviral, anti-bacterial and disinfectant.
Its molecular weight/molar mass is 4. g/mol, and its density is 1.05 g/cm3. It has respective boiling and melting points of 150.2 °C and -0.43 °C. It appears as a crystalline solid at low temperatures and while it stabilizes. It has a little pungent and irritating smell.
Want more information on formic acid production technology? Feel free to contact us.