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CASE STUDY
Major Korean Chemical Producer Significantly Increases Plant Capacity and

Reduces Energy Usage
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“The aspenONE® Engineering suite was integral

in developing the solutions used to revamp the LG Chem is the largest chemical enterprise in Korea and holds a
1,3 butadiene plant. Using aspenONE expedited substantial market share in the chemical processing industry. It is a
the optimization process and led to the quick major producer of ethylene, xylene, propylene, and 1,3 butadiene.
implementation of improvements.”
Recently, LG Chem’s Yeosu plant management was challenged to
– Sungchul Yoo, General Manager, LG Chem explore reconfigurations to increase 1,3 butadiene production capacity
and improve energy performance. Any process revamps were to be
achieved without major equipment upgrades or replacements.
LG Chem increases 1,3 butadiene production

capacity by 15% and saves energy through
heat integration using Aspen Plus®, Aspen
Energy Analyzer, and Aspen Exchanger
Design and Rating.
CUSTOMER PROFILE - LG Chem, Ltd. – Chemicals
CHALLENGE SOLUTION BENEFITS

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Increase production of 1,3 butadiene by improving Aspen Plus provided solutions for debottlenecking • Achieved a 15% increase in plant capacity for 1,3
plant capacity and reducing energy consumption equipment, Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating butadiene production
site-wide. rated equipment capacity, and Aspen Energy
• Eliminated almost all import of 1,3 butadiene into
Analyzer performed pinch analysis to reduce
plant
excessive energy usage.
• Successfully integrated and sequenced process
streams to save significant energy costs

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In order to analyze its process and explore optimization of existing REDUCING PLANT-WIDE ENERGY USAGE
resources in the plant, LG Chem turned to Aspen Plus, Aspen Energy
Analyzer, and Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating software. Using these To reduce energy usage and costs, LG Chem turned to Aspen Energy
products, LG Chem was able to streamline the workflow in performing Analyzer to automate pinch analysis towards producing a detailed heat
pinch analysis, column targeting and sequencing analysis, and integration of process streams. The Aspen Plus model constructed of
equipment ratings—helping them to consider a range of optimization the 1,3 butadiene plant was able to be quickly analyzed in Aspen Energy
scenarios. This, in turn, led to the fast implementation of the true best- Analyzer. The heat integration in Aspen Energy Analyzer showed that
case revamp. by rearranging the path of a solvent stream loop, the energy in the loop
could be recovered and used for heating purposes elsewhere in the
ACHIEVING INCREASED PLANT CAPACITY FOR 1,3 process to reduce the fresh hot utility need. By recycling energy from
BUTADIENE PRODUCTION the solvent loop, the final temperature of the stream before passing
through a final cooler was drastically reduced from 70°C to 51°C, which
LG Chem utilized Aspen Plus to develop detailed simulation models of ultimately reduced the required quantity of cold utility in the cooler.
the 1,3 butadiene plant and employed the integrated Aspen Exchanger Excessive steam venting was also eliminated due to a new usage for
Design and Rating models to rate existing process equipment in order steam in the process being identified.
to determine available spare capacity. Using the simulation models,
methods to debottleneck both the extractive distillation column LOOKING AHEAD
and fractionator were successfully developed. Upon rerating, it was
determined that the debottlenecking led to spare production capacity The use of the aspenONE Engineering suite proved to be successful in
increases of 13% and 17%, respectively, for the extractive distillation increasing 1,3 butadiene production capacity and reducing energy usage
column and the fractionator. Overall, the plant’s best target capacity in LG Chem’s Yeosu plant. LG Chem continues to utilize AspenTech
was identified to be 15% greater than it had been before, achievable products to simulate, monitor, and optimize plant performance at
with only a small additional capital investment. From this increase in Yeosu and other sites, while AspenTech continues to innovate its
capacity, LG Chem’s Yesou plant has eliminated most of its import of 1,3 product offerings to further help the chemical process industry optimize
butadiene and now produces most of the chemicals needed in-house. efficiency and maximize profits.
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AspenTech is a leading supplier of software that optimizes process

manufacturing — for energy, chemicals, engineering and construction,
and other industries that manufacture and produce products from
a chemical process. With integrated aspenONE® solutions, process
manufacturers can implement best practices for optimizing their
engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain operations. As a result,
AspenTech customers are better able to increase capacity, improve
margins, reduce costs, and become more energy efficient. To see how the
world’s leading process manufacturers rely on AspenTech to achieve their
operational excellence goals, visit www.aspentech.com.
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CHEMICALS

Major Korean Chemical Producer Significantly Increases Plant Capacity and

“The aspenONE® Engineering suite was integral

LG Chem increases 1,3 butadiene production

CUSTOMER PROFILE - LG Chem, Ltd. – Chemicals

CHALLENGE SOLUTION BENEFITS

Major Korean Chemical Producer Significantly Increases Plant Capacity and

Major Korean Chemical Producer Significantly Increases Plant Capacity and

AspenTech is a leading supplier of software that optimizes process

For a complete list of offices, please visit www.aspentech.com/locations

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