Technology

The Production of Ethylbenzene emerges from a series of Reactions, which begin with feeds of Ethylene and Benzene.

The simple reaction is listed:

However, the Ethylbenzene product reacts with Ethylene to produce Diethylbenzene:

Then, the Diethylbenzene recycles with Benzene to produce another yield of Ethylbenzene:

Finally, the trace amount of Toluene in the Benzene feed reacts with the Ethylene feed to form two Products, including more Ethylbenzene:

Source: Garrison Padgett Morgan, May 2015, Optimization of an ethylbenzene process, A thesis submitted to the faculty of The University of Mississippi in partial fulfillment of
the requirements of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, Oxford.