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Breakthroughs have been achieved in the key technologies and engineering demonstrations for the production of methanol from carbon dioxide via hydrogenation. Author/Source: Modern Coal Chemical Engineering. Date: 2020-09-29. Clicks: 24. The sustainable utilization of CO2 is a global challenge; as a safe and sustainable carbon-oxygen resource compound, its conversion into chemicals and fuels has attracted increasing attention, bringing new opportunities for the development of catalysis and industry. Currently, various companies and research institutions at home and abroad, such as Topsoe in Denmark, Kansai Electric Power Company in Japan, Lurgi in Germany, and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, are working on developing efficient catalysts and related technologies. For example, the Japanese company Mitsui Chemicals once operated a pilot plant at its factory in Osaka, in western Japan, which used CO2-enriched syngas as raw material to produce 100 tons of methanol per year ； Icelandic International Carbon Cycle Company operates an industrial demonstration facility with a production capacity of several hundred tons ； Institutes such as the Southwest Chemical Research and Design Institute in China, East China University of Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Xiamen University, and the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have also conducted in-depth research on the hydrogenation of CO2 to produce methanol. With the support of the scientific and technological projects of China National Offshore Oil Corporation, the Clean Energy Pilot Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and key major projects funded by the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, the Shanghai Institute of Advanced Studies of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, CNOOC Fudao Company, and China Chengda Engineering Co., Ltd. collaborated on the development of key technologies for the production of methanol via carbon dioxide hydrogenation as well as on pilot-scale research in this area. In July 2020, an industrial test facility with an annual capacity of 5,000 tons was built. The device has been in operation for a total of 512 hours, and it passed the 72-hour on-site test organized by the Petrochemical Federation from September 21 to 24. On September 25, 2020, the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation organized experts to hold an expert evaluation meeting in Dongfang, Hainan, for the project \"Key Technologies and Engineering Demonstrations for the Production of Methanol from Carbon Dioxide via Hydrogenation\", which was developed through collaboration between CNOOC Offshore Oil Fudao Co., Ltd., the Shanghai Institute of Advanced Study of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and China Chengda Engineering Corporation. The evaluation expert group consists of eight experts led by Academician Han Buxing from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Academician Chen Jianfeng, Secretary-General of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. The expert group believes that this project was the first to establish the world’s largest industrial pilot plant for producing methanol from carbon dioxide via hydrogenation. Compared with similar technologies at home and abroad, its key technical parameters are advanced, and it holds great significance for the utilization of carbon dioxide resources in China and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Wu Qing, Chief Engineer of the Science and Information Department at China National Offshore Oil Corporation; Hou Xiaofeng, President and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee at CNOOC Chemical Co., Ltd.; Yao Ye, Manager at Offshore Oil Fudao Co., Ltd.; Huang Weiguang, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Institute of Advanced Study of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Sun Yuhan, Director of the key laboratory; Zheng Lan, Deputy General Manager of China Chengda Engineering Co., Ltd.; and design expert Wang Shichuan, all attended the evaluation meeting.