The 30% scale model of the ethanol production unit in Anhui Carbonxin Technology Co., Ltd.’s methanol comprehensive utilization project has passed the review

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The 30% scale model of the ethanol production unit in Anhui Carbonxin Technology Co., Ltd.’s methanol comprehensive utilization project has passed the review. Author/Source: Huahua Network – Coal Chemical Industry. Date: April 7, 2022. Clicks: 15. Recently, the 30% scale model of the ethanol production unit in this project, which was EPC-general contracted by Beijing Petrochemical Engineering Co., Ltd., passed the review. Due to the impact of the pandemic, this review meeting will be held in the form of an online video conference. The main project managers, design leaders, and key executives of CarbonX Company attended the meeting to conduct the evaluation. The meeting provided a detailed overview of the layout characteristics of the project’s installations, the equipment arrangement in various areas and frames, the design process for the main process pipelines and their routes, as well as the installation of key access passages and ladder platforms. Upon review, the owners unanimously agreed that the current design has reached a model depth of 30%. Based on production experience, they provided suggestions regarding the layout of equipment and pipelines, maintenance procedures, and safety passages. The project team will follow up on each of these points and provide feedback on the progress made. The approval of this review lays a solid foundation for the subsequent detailed design of the equipment and pipelines. The project team will proceed with further design work based on the detailed information provided by the manufacturers, to ensure that the next stage of design review (the 60% model review) takes place on schedule. The 500,000-ton methanol and 600,000-ton ethanol production project undertaken by Anhui Carbonxin Technology Co., Ltd. is a large-scale investment; it represents a key initiative for Huaibei Mining Group to expand its coal chemical industry chain and develop the fine chemicals sector. The owner of the methanol comprehensive utilization project carried out by Anhui Carbonxin Technology Co., Ltd. is Huaibei Mining Co., Ltd. The project uses methanol from Anhui Carbonxin Technology Co., Ltd.’s existing methanol production facility as raw material; it is combined with a powder gasification unit to produce syngas, from which CO and H2 are separated. Through carbonylation and hydrogenation reactions, an ethanol production capacity of 600,000 tons per year is achieved. The project facilities include the gasification unit, purification unit, gas separation unit, ethanol production unit, as well as various supporting utilities required to carry out the project’s processes. The ethanol production unit of this project utilizes the extended Zhongke DMTE technology; using methanol and syngas as raw materials, it goes through processes such as methanol dehydration, dimethyl ether carbonylation, methyl acetate hydrogenation, and separation, to produce 600,000 tons of ethanol per year. Upon completion, it will become the world’s largest ethanol facility. Bid Section 1: EPC general contracting for the ethanol complex project. The ethanol complex includes a dimethyl ether synthesis unit, a carbonylation unit, hydrogenation and separation units, a compression unit, a heating furnace unit, a refrigeration station, the on-site cabinet room for the ethanol plant, a 35kV substation for the ethanol plant, a catalyst regeneration unit, tanks for initial rainwater and production wastewater, as well as fire protection facilities. Winner of the bid: Beijing Petrochemical Engineering Co., Ltd. Bid amount: 1,377,202,109 yuan. Bid Section 2: EPC general contracting for the comprehensive utilization project of methanol, covering the works other than those in the ethanol complex. This includes the overall plant processes and utility systems, pipelines outside the plant, a gasification unit, a purification unit, gas separation units, liquid storage and transportation systems, as well as various auxiliary engineering works (other than those mentioned in Bid Section 1).