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On August 26, the project \"Development and Application of Key Technologies for Efficient Distributed Methanol-to-Hydrogen and Hydrogenation Integration\", led by the Sinopec Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, passed the evaluation of scientific and technological achievements organized by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation. The evaluation committee, composed of Cao Xianghong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Li Yadong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and experts from various universities and research institutions, unanimously concluded that this achievement is at an internationally advanced level overall. Using methanol as a raw material due to its wide availability, easy access, and convenience in transportation, this technology adopts an innovative \"store in front, factory behind\" and \"produce on-site for immediate use\" approach to generate hydrogen directly at the hydrogen refueling stations. After compression and storage, this hydrogen can then be used to fuel vehicles. To achieve technological breakthroughs, the Institute of Stone Science formed interdisciplinary project teams; after years of intensive research, it made advances in four key areas: developing core materials such as the RSR-501 methanol reforming catalyst and CCC series catalytic oxidation catalysts, innovating process intensification techniques, establishing an intrinsically safe design framework, and optimizing system integration and digital control. Ultimately, China’s first highly integrated distributed methanol-to-hydrogen demonstration plant with a capacity of 500 standard cubic meters per hour was developed; it covers an area of only 64 square meters, making it the smallest of its kind in China. Leveraging this technology and demonstration facilities, Sinopec was the first to establish the country’s first integrated methanol-to-hydrogen and hydrogen refueling station outside a chemical industrial park – the Dalian Shengang Comprehensive Energy Station – and to achieve long-term commercial operation there, thereby filling a gap in the industry for such integrated hydrogen production and refueling stations. As verified by authoritative institutions through testing and actual operation, this technology operates stably, responds quickly, and offers flexible production capabilities. It outperforms similar technologies in key metrics such as the methanol consumption and electricity usage per unit mass of hydrogen produced, as well as the floor space required for installations of the same scale and the time needed for thermal startup. Lin Wei, deputy dean of the Institute of Rock Mechanics, said that China accounts for 60% of the world’s methanol production capacity and is the largest producer of methanol in the world. This technology can serve as a long-term, stable solution for large-scale hydrogen supply in areas where hydrogen resources are scarce, and it is of great significance for ensuring energy security as well as the safety of the hydrogen industry chain.