The world’s first 1,000-ton-scale demonstration plant for producing gasoline via carbon dioxide hydrogenation has been successfully commissioned

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The world’s first pilot plant for producing gasoline from carbon dioxide via hydrogenation, with a capacity of 1,000 tons per year, has been successfully commissioned. Author/Source: Sinochem News Network. Date: March 4, 2022. Clicks: 105. Recently, the world’s first pilot plant of its kind, developed jointly by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Zhuhai Fuhuan Energy Technology Co., Ltd., was successfully put into operation in the Zoucheng Industrial Park in Shandong Province. It is capable of producing clean gasoline that meets National VI standards. On March 4, this technology passed the evaluation of scientific and technological achievements organized by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation in Shanghai. The experts of the evaluation panel unanimously agreed that this technological achievement is a world first, with the overall technology at an internationally leading level, and approved its evaluation as a scientific and technological achievement. The hydrogenation conversion of carbon dioxide into liquid fuels and chemicals not only enables the sustainable use of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, but also facilitates the storage and transportation of renewable energy. It simultaneously provides new strategies for addressing energy security issues and achieving the \"dual carbon\" goals. However, the activation and selective conversion of carbon dioxide are highly challenging. Domestic and international technical approaches mainly focus on the synthesis of low-carbon compounds; if this process can be utilized to selectively produce hydrocarbon fuels with high added value and high energy density, it will provide a new pathway for advancing the clean and low-carbon energy revolution. This technology can achieve a conversion rate of 95% for carbon dioxide and hydrogen, with a selectivity for gasoline among all carbon-containing products exceeding 85%. It significantly reduces the consumption of raw hydrogen and carbon dioxide, results in low energy consumption for the entire process, and the produced gasoline is environmentally friendly and clean. According to third-party tests, its octane rating is over 90, and its boiling range and composition meet the National VI standards. A complete set of technologies for producing gasoline from carbon dioxide via hydrogenation, with independent intellectual property rights, has been developed, providing strong support for the operation of future industrial plants with a capacity of tens of thousands of tons.