Sinopec Shanghai Research Institute’s methanol-to-aromatics integrated technology has passed the appraisal
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Sinopec Shanghai Research Institute’s complete set of technology for producing aromatics from methanol passed the evaluation. Author/Source: Chemical Industry Online. Date: 2022-07-01. Clicks: 7. Recently, the “Pilot-scale research on the 36,000 tons/year technology for producing aromatics from methanol (S-MTA)” project, led by the Shanghai Petroleum and Chemical Research Institute, passed the evaluation organized by the Group Company’s Science and Technology Department. The S-MTA technology suite developed for this project features stable catalyst performance and high aromatics yield, with its technical parameters generally at the international leading level. The successful development of this technology provides a basis for the design of million-ton-scale S-MTA systems and their engineering designs. It lays a solid foundation for promoting the clean utilization of coal resources in China and advancing the technology for the efficient production of aromatics using coal as a substitute for oil.
There were reports over a decade ago of successful pilot-scale tests for the methanol-to-aromatics (FMTA) technology at Tsinghua University and Donghua University; why then are there still no industrial-scale plants available? Sinopec has started from scratch to develop the S-MTA technology package and achieved pilot-scale success; it is hoped that the first industrial demonstration unit will be implemented smoothly.