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This post was last edited by jordan569 on 2013-1-6 23:25. A new technological revolution in China’s coal chemical industry is underway. Recent news from the Chinese Academy of Sciences reports that a new process developed by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics under this academy has been officially applied in large-scale industrial production for the first time in the world. The Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has signed a contract with Shenhua Group; construction has begun on a large-scale production facility in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, capable of processing 1.8 million tons of methanol per year and producing 600,000 tons of olefins annually. One month earlier, the \"Shaanxi Yulin 200,000 tons/year coal-based olefins industrial demonstration project,\" which uses the same technology, was officially launched. This marks the beginning of the industrialization of China’s \"Methanol-to-Low-Carbon Olefins (DMTO) process,\" which possesses independent intellectual property rights. As early as the 1980s, the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics recognized the importance of using coal as a substitute for oil, and established a research group focused on the production of low-carbon olefins from methanol. Through in-depth research, the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics has developed a complete set of patents and technologies with independent intellectual property rights. In 2004, with the support of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Xinxing Coal Chemical Technology Development Company, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, and Luoyang Petrochemical Engineering Company collaborated to start building an industrial pilot plant capable of processing 16,700 tons of methanol per year. In February 2006, the project’s safety systems enabled the completion of all testing procedures, and the commissioning trial was successful on the first attempt. **After evaluating the project, experts commissioned by the National Development and Reform Commission concluded that the technical specifications of this industrial testing facility are at the world’s leading level. Experts predict that in 2010, the supply-demand gap for ethylene in China will remain above 10 million tons. Ethylene and propylene are produced from coal via methanol, and a production capacity of 1 million tons can reduce naphtha consumption by several million tons. . Note $ # , $ $