All large-scale compression units for the ethanol production facility in the Yushen Nenghua project have been installed

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All large-scale compressor units for the ethanol production facility in the Yushen Energy Chemical project have been installed. Author/Source: Beijing Petrochemical Engineering Co., Ltd. Date: 12-03-2021. Clicks: 7. Recently, with the successful installation of the methanol compressors for the ethanol production facility as part of the 500,000 tons per year coal-based ethanol project undertaken by Beijing Petrochemical Engineering Co., Ltd. under EPC contract, the installation of all large-scale compressor units in this facility has been completed successfully. It is reported that there are a total of 9 large-scale compression units in the ethanol plant, including 3 centrifugal compressors, 5 reciprocating compressors, and 1 screw compressor. Affected by the pandemic, the arrival of equipment was delayed, which hindered subsequent construction. To ensure that the overall project schedule is not delayed, the project team conducted numerous discussions and coordinations with the procurement department, manufacturers, and contractors, examined ways to adjust the construction procedures, took proactive actions without waiting for others, formulated acceleration plans, swiftly coordinated the supply of materials, and made every effort to advance the construction work. Next, the ethanol plant will carry out alignment work for various units, grouting, as well as subsequent piping and electrical instrumentation installation, to ensure the successful completion of all scheduled tasks throughout the year. The 500,000 tons per year coal-based ethanol project of Yanchang Petroleum in Yushen utilizes the dimethyl ether carbonylation technology for ethanol production, which was developed jointly by Yanchang Petroleum and the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, to generate 500,000 tons of ethanol annually. The project requires an investment of 6.98 billion yuan and is located in the South Area of Qingshui Industrial Park, Yushen Industrial Park, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, covering an area of 1,365 mu. Construction of this project officially began on November 6, 2018. It is planned to be completed by mid-2021, with full operation and compliance achieved by 2022. The construction scope includes a methanol complex (units such as coal unloading and storage, gasification unit, shift converter unit, purification unit, gas separation unit, methanol production unit, sulfur treatment unit, etc.), an ethanol plant (units such as dimethyl ether production, carbonylation, hydrogenation, separation, compression, heating furnaces, refrigeration stations, etc.), as well as new constructions for utility systems and auxiliary facilities; the design capacity is 1.22 million tons of coal to be converted per year.