Diethylene Glycol Production Cost Reports

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

Diethylene glycol (DEG) (C4H10O3) is an organic compound that is a straight-chain dihydric alcohol, aliphatic, and terminated on both ends by a hydroxyl group. It's made via the partial hydrolysis of ethylene oxide. Based on conditions, different quantities of DEG and related glycols are made. The resulting product is two ethylene glycol molecules linked with an ether bond. DEG is produced as a by-product of ethylene glycol and triethylene glycol.

DEG is a clear, colourless, nonodoriferous, hygroscopic liquid with a sweet taste and no odour. It is a great solvent suitable for several insoluble substances. It has solubility in water as well as various other organic compounds (like alcohol, ether, acetone, and ethylene glycol).

It has similar properties to MEG (mono ethylene glycol); however, it has a higher boiling point, specific gravity, and viscosity. It has a molecular weight of 106.12 g/mol and a density of 1.12 at 20 °C (68 °F). Its respective boiling, melting, and flash points are 245 °C (473 °F), -10 °C (14 °F), and (open cup) 143 °C (290 °F).

Diethylene glycol (DEG) is typically used to commercially prepare brake fluid, antifreeze, cigarettes, and a few dyes. It finds application in the making of human medications like sulfanilamide and acetaminophen. It is used to manufacture polyurethanes and unsaturated polyester resins and is used as an antifreeze, liquid fuel, lubricant and plasticizer. Owing to its hygroscopic properties, it finds use as an important industrial chemical.

In the tobacco industry, it is used owing to its hygroscopic properties, where it controls the moisture of the tobacco filler as a humectant. Furthermore, it's employed in the treatment of cork, paper, glue, and cellophane and is also used in the natural gas industry as a dehydrant, where it gets rid of water from gas pipelines.

Other applications of the compound include its use as a chemical intermediate to make unsaturated polyester resins, acrylate, urethanes and methacrylate resins; as a cement grinding aid; as a solvent in textile dyeing and printing; a constituent of hydraulic fluids; and a selective solvent for aromatics in petroleum refining.