The lifting of equipment for the gasification unit in Shenhua Yulin’s circular economy coal comprehensive utilization project has fully commenced

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Lifting of equipment for the gasification unit in Shenhua Yulin Circular Economy Coal Comprehensive Utilization Project has fully commenced. Author/Source: Yaha Coal Chemicals. Date: July 15, 2019. Clicks: 11. On the afternoon of July 9, the first piece of equipment for the gasification unit of the Shenhua Yulin Circular Economy Coal Comprehensive Utilization Project (Phase I) – the lockhopper (V-4401) – was successfully lifted into place. This lock hopper weighs 131 tons, with dimensions of φ3300×4300, and is installed 19 meters away from the gasification frame. The Shenhua Yulin CTC-1 coal gasification unit employs General Electric’s (GE) large-cooling, high-efficiency water-coal slurry gasification technology. The project features 5 gasifiers of a single series, each with a coal feeding capacity of 3,100 tons per day on a dry basis; these gasifiers use a water-coal slurry cooling process and operate at a pressure level of 6.5 MPa. The facility is capable of producing 1.8 million tons of methanol per year for use in olefin production, as well as 400,000 tons of ethylene glycol and other high-value downstream products. The Shenhua Yulin Circular Economy Coal Comprehensive Utilization Project (CTC Project) was approved for implementation by the **National Development and Reform Commission in March 2015. It is the largest coal chemical project in the world to date, with a planned total investment of 120 billion yuan. The first-phase project of the Shenhua Yulin Circular Economy Coal Comprehensive Utilization Project is a preliminary phase of this project (CTC Project). It also serves as a facility for producing methanol raw materials to support the already completed Shenhua Shaanxi Methanol Downstream Processing Project (SSMTO). The construction scope includes an annual production capacity of 1.8 million tons of methanol along with 400,000 tons of ethylene glycol per year. The facility comprises various process units such as air separation, gasification, shift reaction, acidic gas removal, methanol synthesis, sulfur recovery, and ethylene glycol production, along with the necessary utility systems and auxiliary facilities. Once completed, it will enable integrated production and management together with the SSMTO Project.