An investment of 45 billion yuan is being made to develop a modern coal chemical industry with an output capacity of tens of millions of tons here

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45 billion yuan invested to develop a modern coal chemical industry with an output of tens of millions of tons. Author/Source: Modern Coal Chemical Industry. Date: July 11, 2022. Clicks: 18. Taiyuan City in Shanxi Province will, in line with the requirements of the “Hundred, Thousand, Ten Million, Billion” industrial development plan (a number of enterprises with output values in the tens of billions, six industrial chains with output values in the hundreds of billions, and an overall industrial output value on the order of trillions), focus on developing six industrial chains with output values in the hundreds of billions in areas such as special metal materials, next-generation electronic information manufacturing, new chemical materials, high-end equipment manufacturing, new energy, and bio-based new materials. Among them, the new chemical materials industry relies on the Qingxu Fine Chemicals Circular Industrial Park to drive key enterprises along the supply chain. By building a circular system centered on \"green coking – fine chemicals – new chemical materials – carbon-based new materials – application in end products\", it aims to create a new industrial model in which chemistry drives the coking industry, thereby establishing a world-class modern coal chemical industry base with an annual production capacity of tens of millions of tons. The Qingxu Fine Chemicals Recycling Industrial Park is one of the eight functional zones in the Qingxu Economic Development Zone. It constitutes an important part of Taiyuan’s effort to build a **-level new materials base. The planned area is 7,674 mu, with a total investment of 45 billion yuan. The industrial park focuses on the development of new energy and new material industries. Relying on three large private enterprises – Meijin, Gengyang, and Yaxin – it develops the fine chemicals and new chemical materials sectors, shifting from a model characterized by coal production without chemical manufacturing to one in which chemical manufacturing drives coal production. It aims to create a new industrial chain framework and to build a city that is the largest in China in terms of scale, boasts excellent quality, and delivers the best economic benefits – a \"City of Hydrogen, Carbon Valley, and Solvents\". Among them, the Meijin industry chain: coke oven gas – high-purity hydrogen – hydrogen-powered vehicles – transportation ； Coke oven gas-ethylene glycol, LNG-polyester products ； Corn starch-supercapacitor carbon-supercapacitor. Gengyang industry chain: coal tar pitch-asphalt – asphalt-based carbon fibers – carbon fiber composites, coal tar – needle coke – special graphite. Yaxin industrial chain: coke oven gas – methanol; synthetic ammonia – environmentally friendly solvent oil ； Basalt-basalt fiber-basalt related applications. The main projects in the park include four key initiatives: the Meijin Chemical New Materials production project, the Gengyang carbon material raw material and needle coke projects, as well as the Yaxin Fine Chemicals and New Materials recycling project. In addition, there are auxiliary facilities such as the country’s first wastewater treatment plant capable of achieving zero discharge of coking wastewater, infrastructure for shifting traffic from roads to railways, and a 220KV substation ； Annual production of 20,000 tons of industrially high-purity hydrogen, 155,000 tons of LNG, 300,000 tons of methanol, and other new energy products ； 2×300,000 tons of tar processing, 150,000 tons of needle coke, 60,000 tons of ultra-high power graphite electrodes, 30,000 tons of special graphite (nuclear graphite), 50,000 tons of lithium battery anode materials, 2,000 tons of coal-based pitch-derived carbon fibers, and other coal-based new materials ； 200,000 tons of nylon 6, 200,000 tons of nylon 66, 40,000 tons for spinning, 1,000 tons of nylon 56, and other new chemical materials ； 300,000 tons of ethylene glycol, 100,000 tons of synthetic ammonia, 200,000 tons of polyoxymethylenemethane and other derivatives of coal chemical industry. Adhering to the development philosophy of \"connection from start to end, full utilization, and recycling,\" the park operates on the principles of \"horizontal integration, vertical expansion, and circular linkage.\" It maximizes the benefits of industrial synergy and integrated infrastructure, facilitating a connected and closed-loop system among projects, enterprises, and industries, thereby reducing resource consumption and carbon emissions at the source. All the coal tar produced by these three companies is sent to the Jingyang Tar Deep Processing and Carbon Materials Plant for further processing into needle coke, ultra-high power graphite electrodes, lithium battery anode materials, carbon fiber, and other products ； In addition to being used internally, the coke oven gas from Meijin and Gengyang is supplied to Meijin’s high-purity hydrogen plants for the production of ethylene glycol and LNG ； Yaxin coke oven gas is supplied to the methanol co-production ammonia and dimethyl oxymethane plant ； The crude benzene produced by the coking projects within the park is transported via pipelines to the Lu’an New Materials Park, where it is further processed into substances such as adipic acid and caprolactam. The park designs its production equipment and processes in accordance with the highest international standards, with emissions of major pollutants being stricter than **the special emission limits. Through the optimization of industrial layout, substantial reduction in pollutants, raising emission standards, and cleaner production processes, it is possible to achieve increased production while reducing pollution and facilitate transformative development, with the goal of creating a model park that serves as a benchmark for low-carbon, zero-carbon, and negative-carbon practices. Once all the projects in the park are completed, the annual output value of the Meijin industry chain will reach 49.5 billion yuan, that of the Gengyang industry chain will reach 43.7 billion yuan, and that of the Yaxin industry chain will reach 15.9 billion yuan. The total annual output value of the entire park will thus amount to 109.1 billion yuan. It can directly provide employment for over 5,000 people, while also creating employment opportunities for 20,000 others.