An important milestone has been reached in Baofeng Energy’s project to produce methanol from 400,000 tons of coke oven gas

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Baofeng Energy’s 400,000-ton per year methanol production project using coke oven gas reaches an important milestone. Author/Source: Gasification World. Date: January 19, 2022. Clicks: 23. On January 13, 2022, the substation for the coke oven gas processing unit in Ningxia Baofeng Energy’s comprehensive utilization project successfully received power supply, marking another step forward toward the operational start of the entire coke oven gas project. This complete set of equipment utilizes a new technology to address the issue inherent in the traditional pure oxygen non-catalytic conversion process (referred to as POX process), namely the inability to produce superheated steam that can be used as power steam, aside from saturated steam. It is the first set of equipment in China designed to generate superheated steam using this process. The comprehensive utilization project of coke oven gas at Ningxia Baofeng Energy uses 100,000 m3/h of coke oven gas generated by a 3 million tons per year coal coking integrated production project as raw material to produce methanol. The methanol capacity is 400,000 tons per year. The project is located in Areas A and B of the Linhe Comprehensive Industrial Park within the Ningdong Energy and Chemical Industry Base, occupying 3,300 m2 of industrial land. The main facilities to be constructed include coke oven gas pretreatment units, coke oven gas compression units, TSA units, low-temperature methanol washing units, methanol synthesis units, torch systems, as well as various supporting auxiliary facilities ； Units for wastewater treatment, circulating water, air separation, etc., rely on existing facilities. In April 2020, Baofeng Energy’s 3 million tons per year coal coking combined production project was officially launched as one of the first major projects in the Ningdong base for that year. This project features a high degree of integration, a complete downstream industrial chain, a wide range of applications for raw coal with high utilization efficiency, significant scale advantages, and stronger profitability. Once the project is completed and put into operation, the company’s coke production capacity will reach 7 million tons per year, making it one of the largest independent coking enterprises in China and contributing to the development of the coke industry in a direction that emphasizes clean and efficient production methods. At the same time, the integrated circular economy industry chain for \"coal, coke, gas, chemicals, oil, and electricity\" has been strengthened, enabling the transformation of coal resources from fuel to chemical raw materials as well as their clean and efficient utilization.