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Author/Source: http://www.in-en.com/ Date: 2009-3-23 After more than 70 hours of trial operation in Jungeer Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, the industrial demonstration project for coal indirect liquefaction developed by KEECO Synthetic Oil Technology Company – a company formed by Inner Mongolia Yitai Group and the core technology team from the Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences – succeeded in producing the first batch of coal indirectly liquefied oil products this early morning. In our country, the coal indirect liquefaction technology, which possesses entirely independent intellectual property rights, has progressed from the laboratory stage to pilot-scale testing, and further to industrial-scale demonstration production – a first of its kind in the country. The capacity of the first phase of the coal indirect liquefaction project (hereinafter referred to as coal-to-oil production) is 160,000–180,000 tons per year, and Yitai Group has invested over 2 billion yuan in it. The main products of the project are diesel, naphtha, LPG, and a small amount of sulfur. About 4 tons of raw coal can be used to produce 1 ton of oil products. The oil produced by this project is one of the cleanest liquid fuels in the world today. At the production site, the reporter saw that this fuel was as clear as water and could be directly added to diesel vehicles. Tests showed that the exhaust emissions from these vehicles met the European Standard V; using this fuel in diesel vehicles allowed for a 8% to 12% reduction in fuel consumption compared to ordinary diesel. This oil can also be used as an blending agent to convert ordinary diesel into high-quality diesel. This project is an industrialization project under the **\"863\" Program, as well as the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Its core technology passed the technical evaluation by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in October 2004, and it was approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology in September 2005. The slurry bed reactor, F-T synthesis catalysts, oil refining technologies, and system integration have all been independently developed by Chinese scientists. They cover all the core technologies for advanced international coal indirect liquefaction, and more than 80 **patents have been obtained. The evaluation experts believe that the industrialization technology for synthesizing coal-based liquid fuels using a slurry bed has achieved reliable results in terms of process development, equipment design, and catalyst research and testing; it has met the expected objectives, possesses independent intellectual property rights, and meets the conditions required for industrial production. The commissioning of this high-tech project at the Dalu Coal Chemical Industry Base in Zhungeer Banner, Ordos City, marks the emergence of oil products produced through the indirect liquefaction of coal in China, with complete independent intellectual property rights. It represents a significant advancement for the \"863\" high-tech program as well as the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Knowledge Innovation Project, and it demonstrates the success of enterprises in investing in high-tech research and development. Leaders such as Chu Bo, Secretary of the Party Committee of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Batel, the head of the autonomous region, and Zhao Shuanglian, the deputy head, have paid close attention to the progress of the project and have visited the site on multiple occasions to provide guidance. Secretary Chu Bo instructed General Manager Zhang Donghai of Yitai Group to have the first batch of coal-derived oil products produced stored in the Inner Mongolia Museum. Zhang Shuangwang, chairman of Yitai Group and one of China’s top 500 enterprises, said that with the guidance of relevant authorities and the strong support at all levels, the company has worked closely with research institutions. Through nearly 10 years of research and development, it has developed advanced industrial production technologies, thereby accelerating the industrialization of independent coal-to-oil technology and transforming science and technology into productive forces. By adopting this technology, Yitai Group spent nearly 3 years building an industrial demonstration plant for coal-to-oil conversion, achieving local transformation and value addition of resources as well as maximum energy efficiency. It utilized coal mines, synthetic oil, and power generation in a circular manner, thus exploring a new approach for the clean, advanced processing of coal as well as energy conservation and emission reduction. At the coal-to-oil production facility, the reporter met Li Yongwang, a researcher at the Shanxi Institute of Coal Chemistry under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, director of the **Coal Indirect Liquefaction Engineering Laboratory, and one of the key scientists behind coal-to-oil technology. He said that since this is the first time that coal indirect liquefaction has been moved from the laboratory stage to industrial production in China, it is necessary to identify as many engineering and technical issues as possible during the trial operation phase, so as to prepare thoroughly for subsequent repairs and improvements. This will ensure long-term safe, stable, full-capacity, and high-quality operation. It also provides a basis for the software package related to the 3-million-ton-per-year coal-to-oil production process that is currently under development. Rite Group will leverage the coal resource advantages of the Ordos region, and in line with **energy strategic needs, increase investment in the coal-to-oil industry in order to upgrade its status as a resource-based enterprise, thereby contributing to the economic development of the region ； Building on the successful operation of the demonstration plant, the company plans to, in line with the development strategies for the coal-to-oil industry, work together with domestic and foreign enterprises to establish a coal-to-oil production facility with an annual capacity of 5 million tons by around 2015.