Butene Production Cost Reports

Butene production cost report provides a comprehensive analysis and know-how for setting up a Butene production plant. The study covers all the requisite aspects that one needs to know for the production of Butene. This includes manufacturing processes, raw material requirements, utility requirements, infrastructure requirements, machinery and technology requirements, manpower requirements, packaging requirements, transportation requirements, etc.

Butene or Butylene (C4H8) is an alkene, any of four isomeric compounds that belong to the series of olefinic hydrocarbons. Its isomeric forms are 1-butene, cis-2-butene, trans-2-butene, and isobutylene, which are all gases at room temperature and pressure. It is produced during the cracking of petroleum that forms gasoline. It can also be commercially formed by the catalytic dehydrogenation (elimination of hydrogen atoms from the molecule) of butanes.

Butene can be referred to as any of the four individual compounds that are colorless gases found in crude oil as a minor constituent in trace amounts, making their extraction extremely difficult. They have four carbon atoms and eight hydrogen atoms and possess a double bond between two adjacent carbon atoms. Butene is a colourless gas with a slightly aromatic smell. Its respective boiling and melting points are -6.3 °C and -185 °C, and its freezing point is -185.35°C. Its molar mass is 56.11 g/mol, and its density is 0.00237 g/cm3. It is soluble in benzene, alcohol, and ether.

Most of the butenes are employed in the production of octanes, which are vital components of gasoline which are driving market growth. It finds application in organic synthesis as well as in the production of linear plasticizers, motor fuels, oxo-alcohols, automotive additives, lubricants, biodegradable surfactants, paper size, and in a wide array of speciality applications like producing alkyl metals, mercaptans, alkyl silanes, flavours and fragrances, halides.