Shanxi Blower CCUS technology has been included in the **Technical Equipment Catalogue

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Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the **Catalogue of Advanced and Applicable Process Technologies and Equipment for Comprehensive Utilization of Industrial Resources (2025 Edition)**, and the \"technology for the resource utilization of solid waste in combination with carbon dioxide capture, storage, and utilization (CCUS)\", developed independently by Xi’an Shanggu Power Co., Ltd., was included in this catalogue. This technological innovation employs the chemical chain mineralization CCUS process, which simulates natural mineralization reactions to efficiently convert carbon dioxide in industrial exhaust gases into calcium carbonate – a negatively carbonated product with economic value – using calcium-containing solid waste such as calcium carbide slag and steel slag. Its main advantage lies in the direct mineralization of carbon dioxide in industrial flue gases at concentrations of over 3%, without the need for energy-intensive capture and purification processes. This significantly reduces the operating costs associated with carbon capture. Moreover, the chemical chain mineralization process does not require the use of acids or bases, resulting in no waste acids or liquids; thus, the entire process achieves zero wastewater, zero exhaust gas, and zero waste residue. It provides a green solution that combines economic efficiency with environmental sustainability for industries with high emission levels, such as petrochemicals, coal chemicals, steel, cement, and aluminum electrolysis. Amid the urgent need for global climate governance, CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage) serves as a key technology in the energy sector for reducing emissions. By capturing carbon dioxide emitted from industrial processes and either storing it permanently or utilizing it as a resource, it provides a crucial solution for curbing the greenhouse effect. This technological breakthrough is thanks to Shaanxi Gas Turbine’s decades of technical expertise in the field of energy conversion. By utilizing advanced global aerodynamic calculation techniques to optimize compressor design, the company has carried out comprehensive upgrades to the main unit model, sealing systems, and intelligent control systems. As a result, the power consumption for compression in this entire system is 10% lower than that of traditional systems, with significant improvements in operational stability and economic efficiency. In 2021, Shaanxi Gas Turbine Group, in collaboration with universities and industry enterprises, established the \"Collaborative Innovation Center for Addressing Climate Change and CCUS Technology.\" This center aims to develop an independent innovation platform that can provide \"one-stop\" solutions to the major scientific and engineering challenges related to carbon capture, utilization, and storage. Through cooperation among academia, industry, and research institutions, this center seeks to promote innovations in green and low-carbon technologies, thereby contributing to the achievement of the \"dual carbon\" goals. It is understood that Shaanxi Blower’s CCUS technology and equipment have been deployed in multiple key projects. In 2023, Shaanxi Gear provided core compression units for **Energy Group’s 500,000 tons/year CCUS demonstration project. This year, core compression units were supplied for China’s first integrated project of \"new energy + coal power + CCUS\" – CNPC’s 1 million tons per year carbon capture integrated project. Once completed, this project is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 107,600 tons per year, serving as a model for the optimization of the energy structure.