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Process Evaluation/Research Planning (PERP) Program

The ChemSystems Process Evaluation/Research Planning (PERP) program is recognized globally as the industry standard source for information relevant to the chemical process and refining industries and has run for more than 38 years.

PERP is a subscription service that provides periodic reports covering analysis of technological and commercial trends and developments in areas of interest to the chemical and allied industries.

PERP and its Benefits

PERP provides:
Periodic reports that examine existing, developing, and embryonic technologies, with emphasis on:

  • Updates on major petrochemicals and polymers
  • Early identification of commercially significant developments for these products
  • Recognition of opportunities for new products and for innovative processes
  • Realistic, commercially-oriented economic evaluations
  • Determination of the potential impact of R&D breakthroughs

PERP reports also cover:

  • Strategic assessments
  • Trends in chemical technology
  • Product supply and demand balances
  • Process economics (new versus conventional technology)
  • Process design:
    • Chemistry
    • Process descriptions
    • Flow diagrams
  • Markets for new as well as established products
  • Product applications
  • Regulatory issues

Use PERP to:

  • Identify new investment opportunities: The PERP program pinpoints recent developments and places them in an economic context, providing a reliable and readily accessible source of data for consistent analyses of new developments.
  • Project planning: evaluate new investment decisions using PERP reports for techno-economic data, commercially realistic investment cost and operating data.
  • Process research: PERP makes you aware of other companies’ technology development efforts and of the
    current and future economics of new and existing processes.

PERP 2009/2010 Program

  • Petrochemical updates
    • Caprolactam
    • Acrylonitrile 
    • HDPE 
    • Phenol/Acetone/Cumene 
    • Butadiene/Butylenes
    • Terephthalic Acid 
    • Polycarbonate 
    • Xylenes
  • Special reports
    • Epichlorohydrin
    • Safety in the Chemical and Refining Industry 
    • Coal Bed Methane 
    • Biobased Commodity Feedstocks 
    • Phosphate and NPK Fertilizers 
    • Catalytic Processing of Crude Residue 
    • Acrylic Fiber 
    • "Green" Glycols and Polyols
    • Cyclic Olefin Copolymers  
    • Non-Sequestration Utilization Options for CO2
    • Carbon Monoxide 
    • Renewable Liquids as Steam Cracker Feedstocks