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Jinhua Furnace 3.0 Sets a New Operation Record Author/Source: Jinhua Furnace Date: 2021-06-30 Clicks: 10 As of June 20, 2021, the Jinhua Furnace 3.0 gasification furnace of Xinjiang Tianye Huihe New Materials Co., Ltd. had been operating at full capacity continuously for 111 days since its commissioning on February 27, 2021. The steam output from the furnace’s waste heat boiler remained at 50–60 tons per hour, enabling safe, long-duration operation with high efficiency, full capacity, and stability – thus setting a new record for the continuous operation time of the Jinhua Furnace 3.0. This is an important milestone in the field of application of large-scale water-coal slurry gasification technology worldwide, marking another significant step forward for Jinhua Furnace 3.0 gasification technology on its path to becoming internationally leading. Song Xiaoling, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Xinjiang Tianye (Group) Co., Ltd., said that the Shihu Tan Carbon-Based New Materials Industrial Park focuses on developing three new materials industry bases – those for polyester and its upstream and downstream industries, salt-based chemicals and their downstream industries, and alcohol-based chemicals and their downstream industries – as well as a comprehensive industrial chain for the disposal of solid waste. Tianye Group’s 600,000 tons per year ethylene glycol project was the first project to be developed in the industrial park. With a planned total investment of 7.99 billion yuan and covering an area of 2,250 mu, the project was approved in February 2017, construction began in August of the same year. Trial production started on July 28, 2020, and polyester-grade ethylene glycol products were produced on August 24, 2020. Full-scale production was achieved in March 2021. The Jinhua furnace 3.0 has now been operating stably and efficiently for 111 days, making Tianye the first company in China to achieve this milestone. Li Bin, vice president of the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, noted that the Jinhua Furnace 3.0 has been successfully operated in the gasification unit of the 600,000 tons per year ethylene glycol production project built by Xinjiang Tianye Huihe New Materials Co., Ltd. The steam generated as a by-product of this furnace has been produced stably for 111 days, with excellent performance indicators; this represents another milestone in the successful application of the Jinhua Furnace. Li Guangmin, chairman of Lu’an Chemical Machinery (Group) Co., Ltd., said that the stable, efficient, and long-term operation of the Tianye Group’s convergent gasification furnace represents another major step forward for Jinhua Furnace 3.0 gasification technology on its path to becoming world-leading. Jinhua Furnace 3.0 has set 5 records in Tianye Group’s 600,000 tons per year ethylene glycol project: first, it has the largest project scale; second, the highest single-unit production capacity; third, the longest operating time; fourth, the best additional benefits; and fifth, the strongest emission reduction capability. Li Lixin, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Donghua Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., said that the stable operation of Tianye Group’s convergent gasification furnace at full capacity represents another milestone in the field of large-scale water-coal slurry gasification technology. As the design unit for the project, Donghua Technology was involved throughout the process and witnessed the stable, efficient, and optimal performance of the Jinhua Furnace 3.0 unit. It proposed optimization plans regarding the completeness of the gasification process package, the suitability of the overall process, and the rationality of equipment layout.