【Frontiers of HaiChuan Chemical Technology】Two pieces of equipment from the Southwest Research Institute have been recognized for the first time as key technical equipment in Sichuan Province

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Recently, the \"Complete Set of Equipment for Extracting Hydrogen for Fuel Cells using Pressure Swing Adsorption\" and the \"Complete Set of Equipment for Purifying Carbon Monoxide using Copper-Loaded Molecular Sieves\", developed by Southwest Chemical Engineering Research and Design Institute Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as \"Southwest Institute\"), received the certificates recognizing them as first-of-their-kind major technical equipment in Sichuan Province, issued by the Sichuan Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology and the Provincial Finance Department. “\"First-of-its-kind major technical equipment\" refers to key equipment that has achieved significant breakthroughs in terms of variety and specifications through technological innovation, possesses intellectual property rights, and whose market performance still needs to be developed. Such equipment is typically characterized by a high concentration of new technologies, complex system configurations, high added value, and strong industrial driving effects; it is one of the important indicators for measuring a company’s core competitiveness. “The overall technology for the hydrogen extraction system from fuel cells using pressure swing adsorption is at the international leading level. This device utilizes directional purification technology to produce hydrogen for fuel cells using gas by-products from process industries. It enables the standardized, modular, and integrated design and manufacturing of hydrogen energy systems, offering advantages such as a wide range of applicable scales and pressures, high recovery rates, advanced process flows, low investment costs, intelligent operation, and high reliability. “The “Copper-loaded molecular sieve system for carbon monoxide purification” effectively overcomes the problems associated with traditional processes, such as low yields and high levels of impurities like methane. By optimizing the pressure swing adsorption separation cycle steps, the purification efficiency of carbon monoxide and the recovery rate of the product gas are effectively improved. Industrial application results show that this device has low energy consumption, stable operation, and technical parameters superior to those of other similar devices. It can be used to purify carbon monoxide from industrial by-product gases such as converter gas, blast furnace gas, yellow phosphorus off-gases, and calcium carbide furnace off-gases, thereby enabling the production of downstream products such as methanol, acetic acid, and dimethyl carbonate, and facilitating the efficient recovery and high-value utilization of these industrial by-product gases.