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40 billion yuan invested in joint coal chemical project to start operations this year – Author/Source: Huahua Network, Coal Chemicals; Date: 2019-04-13; Clicks: 47. The Qingxu Fine Chemicals Circular Industrial Park, approved for construction in February 2018, is located in the Qingxu Economic Development Zone. It covers a total area of 7,674 mu, and its construction is carried out by three private enterprises in that county: Meijin, Gengyang, and Yaxin, with a total investment of around 40 billion yuan. On April 8, the park’s manager presented the design concepts for the park, explaining that from its inception, it has been developed in line with the principles of \"high-end, intelligent, green, and integrated\" development, as well as the standards of \"first-class equipment, first-class environmental protection, and first-class energy efficiency.\" The plan takes into account the strict constraints imposed by environmental protection and industrial development, aiming to completely eliminate the \"dirty, chaotic, and polluted\" conditions associated with the traditional coking industry. It also seeks to create a complete circular industrial system in conjunction with the nearby Yangmei Chemical New Materials Park and other coal chemical processing facilities that are already operational. The Qingxu Fine Chemicals Recycling Industrial Park project is located within the Qingxu Economic Development Zone. It covers an area of over 7,674 mu, with a total investment of 40 billion yuan. The construction activities include: 2 facilities for the deep processing of tar at a capacity of 300,000 tons per year, 1 facility for producing needle coke at 150,000 tons per year, 1 facility for producing ultra-high power graphite electrodes at 100,000 tons per year, 1 facility for producing ethylene glycol from coke oven gas at 300,000 tons per year, 1 facility for producing ING from coke oven gas at 200,000 tons per year, 1 facility for producing methanol from coke oven gas at 300,000 tons per year, 1 facility for producing synthetic ammonia at 100,000 tons per year, 1 facility for producing polydimethyl methyl ether (DMMn) at 200,000 tons per year, and 1 facility for producing metallurgical coke at 15 million tons per year. Qingxu is a county with a long-standing tradition in the coking industry; the output value of coal washing and coking activities accounted for around 80% of the local GDP at its peak. The newly established fine chemical recycling industrial park has replaced the old facilities with newer ones, and once the new projects are completed, the existing coking capacity will be shut down and phased out. All the production equipment and processes in the park are designed in accordance with the highest international standards. The newly built large-scale coke ovens, with a carbonization chamber height of over 7 meters, will enable automated production that allows for operation by humans while eliminating the need for constant human supervision. At present, the demolition of 38 heavily polluting enterprises in the industrial park, which are mainly engaged in coal washing, cement production, and small-scale chemical manufacturing, is nearing completion. The remaining 42 independent coal washing enterprises in the county will also cease operations by the end of July next year. The first phase is expected to be completed in the first half of 2020, with the entire project finished by the end of 2022. Liu Bing, deputy chief engineer and director of the office at MCC Jiaonai Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., which is responsible for the design of the park, said that they are confident in working together with the local authorities to use the most advanced technologies and equipment in order to turn this park into a first-class industrialized circular economy park in China. From the very beginning, the park was designed in accordance with the strictest ultra-low emission standards. The production process makes use of the most advanced technologies and facilities available, both domestically and internationally, such as silo-based coal storage, closed conveyor belts, and segmented heating and combustion in the furnace. Wastewater is treated thoroughly to achieve zero discharge, and the emission concentrations of key pollutants are kept below **ultra-low emission standards. The full-circulation industrial chain is another highlight of the park. The coke oven gas from Meijin and Jingyang is supplied to Meijin’s ethylene glycol and liquefied natural gas plants for internal use; all of the coal tar is sent to Jingyang’s plant for advanced tar processing and carbon material production. The coke oven gas from Xiaxin is used internally as well as being supplied to its own methanol, synthetic ammonia, and liquefied natural gas plants. The crude benzene produced by the coking projects within the park is transported via pipelines to the Yangmei Chemical New Materials Park, where it is used as a raw material for further processing operations such as those to produce adipic acid and caprolactam, thereby avoiding the risks associated with long-distance transportation of hazardous chemicals. Once completed and put into operation, the Qingxu Fine Chemicals Recycling Industrial Park will be able to produce 150,000 tons of needle coke, 100,000 tons of ultra-high power graphite electrodes, 300,000 tons of ethylene glycol, 300,000 tons of methanol, 100,000 tons of synthetic ammonia, and 200,000 tons of other products annually. This will generate an annual output value of 60 billion yuan and create direct employment for over 5,000 people. In particular, aside from its use for internal purposes, coking gas can be used to replace natural gas, thereby producing approximately 500 million cubic meters of natural gas, which effectively addresses the natural gas shortage in Taiyuan and its surrounding areas.