PRA RENCANA PABRIK PEMBUATAN ETILBENZENA DENGAN PROSES OKSIDATIF KOPLING METANA KAPASITAS PRODUKSI 280.000 TON PER TAHUN
Ethylbenzene manufacturing plant located on the Cikarang Industrial Estate, West Java. This factory covers an area of 8 hectares with a capacity 280,000 tons per year. The process of making Ethylbenzene carried out by the oxidation process of methane coupling by reacting Methane in the Gas Phase with Oxygen carried out in Reactor-01 (R-01) at a temperature of 800oC and a pressure of 22 atm spent to produce the raw material for making ethylbenzene, ethylene. Ethylene will react again with liquid phase benzene at the reactor (R-02) at 225oC and a pressure of 15 atm to produce:
C2H4+ C6H6 	C8H10
This factory is a company that consists of a Limited Company with an organization and staff system, which lead by a president director with a total of 145 employees. Based on the results of an economic analysis, the Ethylbenzene Plant is declared feasible to be established, approved:
a. Total Capital Investment (TCI): US $
b. Cost of production per year: US $ 361,459,103.87
c. Total annual sales: US $ 399,455,788.98
d. Net profit per year: US $ 27,838,551.55
e. Annual Cash Flow (ACF): US $ 30,380,721.63
f. Payment Time: 2 years
g. Return on investment: 85%
h. Breakeven Point: 36%
I. Service life: 11 years