Shanghai Petrochemical Research Institute/Ningbo Engineering Company, etc. have developed a process package for producing green methanol via CO2 hydrogenation

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According to reports from January 2026, the \"100,000 tons per year CO2 hydrogenation-based green methanol production technology package\" developed jointly by Ningbo Engineering Company, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, and Nanjing Research Institute of Chemical Technology passed the review by the Group Company’s Science and Technology Department. This process package is based on the operational data from a pilot plant for the hydrogenation of 150 tons/year of CO2 to produce green methanol, and was developed through collaborative efforts by three organizations; it covers both one-step and two-step technical approaches. Through innovative optimization of the process flow and equipment configuration, its key performance indicators have reached an advanced level. This technology can be widely applied in various scenarios such as industrial exhaust gas treatment, carbon capture in biomass boilers, and the utilization of carbon-enriched syngas from biomass gasification; it also enables the large-scale production of green methanol by being combined with green hydrogen. According to the Science and Technology Information Center for Organic Raw Materials of Sinopec, on August 7, 2024, the CO2 two-step process for methanol production project, carried out in collaboration by the research teams from Sinopec (Shanghai) Research Institute of Petrochemicals Co., Ltd., Sinopec Nanjing Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., and Sinopec Ningbo Engineering Co., Ltd., was successfully commissioned after a single attempt. Pilot test results showed that technical parameters such as catalyst activity and selectivity met the expectations: the CO2 conversion rate in the first-stage reactor exceeded 50%, while the CO selectivity was over 98%.