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<P><CENTER><H2>The Dollars and Sense of Fluidized Bed Reactors</H2></CENTER>
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<P><B>The value of output for processes using FBR technology is the sum of gasoline, aviation and jet fuel plus the chemicals below:</B>
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Product* ($1,000,000/yr)</STRONG>
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Gasoline(a) 133,940
Jet Fuel(a) 11,841
Fuel Oils(a) 29,025
Aniline 506
1,3-Butadiene 773
Chloroform 207
Formaldehyde 2,129
Isobutylene 355
Maleic Anhydride 297
Perchloroethylene 91
Pthalic Anhydride 598
Propylene 5,152
Styrene 4,780
Vinyl chloride 3,093
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<STRONG>$192,761,000,000/yr</STRONG>
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<P><B>Fluidized Bed Reactors contributed to almost $200 billion in production to the US GDP for 1995.</B>
<P>* <A HREF="ref_dollars.htm" Target="_parent">References</A>;
Products marked with a) use references 2) and 4).
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