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This post was last edited by jordan569 on 2013-1-6 at 22:38. Based on the information below, it can be inferred that the so-called indirect liquefaction process carried out by Shanxi Lu’an last December involving the use of vehicles to transport fuel was actually a pilot-scale installation. The 160,000 tons per year indirect coal-to-oil plant will begin trial operation in April this year. There is also information on some other projects for your reference. Multiple coal-to-oil projects to begin trial operations this year Source: China Securities Journal, 2009-03-10. The 160,000-ton-per-year indirect coal-to-oil demonstration project operated by Inner Mongolia Yitai Group in Ordos is set to start trial operations soon; it is expected to be in operation for at least three months this year, according to Li Yongwang, general manager of Zhongke Synthetic Oil Technology Co., Ltd., who revealed this at the 6th Asian International Conference on Coal-to-Oil, Coal Chemicals Projects, and Gasification Technologies. Li Yongwang, who had just returned from the Yitai coal-to-oil project site, said, “What’s important now is to quickly train a group of people who are familiar with the situation. We plan to let the equipment run for some time first; once enough problems have arisen, we will make the necessary adjustments and modifications.” Of course, if everything runs smoothly, the equipment can keep running. One of the reasons it hasn’t been in use these past few days is to hurry up and prepare more materials. ” Li Yongwang also confirmed that Shanxi Lu’an Group’s 160,000 tons per year indirect coal-to-oil demonstration project located in Tunliu will also begin trial operation in mid-April this year. In response to Lu’an’s announcement at the end of 2008 that it had succeeded in producing oil, several industry experts said that the facility used for oil production at that time was a cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis plant with an annual production capacity of less than 10,000 tons, and it employed technology that had been developed by the Shanxi Coal Chemistry Research Institute years earlier. Meanwhile, the 180,000 tons per year indirect coal-to-oil demonstration project owned by Shenhua Group and also located in Ordos is expected to complete all construction and installation work this year, with the project ready for commissioning by the end of 2009 or in 2010. Regarding the economic challenges associated with the operation of coal-to-oil plants under current low oil prices, Li Yongwang said that **the policies have already taken these factors into account; what’s important now is to keep operating these plants in order to train a group of professionals and gain experience. The facility has now been built, and since we’ve come this far, it has to be turned on. Li Yongwang also revealed that Sinochem Synthetic Oil Company is currently developing an integrated FTO synthesis technology for the partial hydrogenation of coal at low temperatures. With this technology, the energy conversion efficiency can be increased from the current 43%–45% to over 55%, whereas the conversion efficiency of current coal-fired power plants is only 40%–44%. The conversion efficiency for converting lignite into oil can even reach 45%, whereas the conversion efficiency for using lignite to generate electricity is below 20%. Currently, the development of this technology has entered the pilot-scale stage, and a pilot plant capable of processing 20 tons of coal per day is also set to come online this year. Li Yongwang said that the plan is to first apply this technology to coal-to-oil plants such as Yitai in the future. According to officials from China Shenhua Coal-to-Oil Chemical Co., Ltd., the company is conducting research on carbon capture and storage technologies. A demonstration project is underway, with large-scale implementation expected within one to two years in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from coal-to-oil projects. . Note $ # , $ $