The world’s first coal-to-olefins project has officially entered commercial operation
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This post was last edited by jordan569 on 2013-1-6 at 20:09. The 600,000-ton coal-to-olefins industrial demonstration project in Baotou, Shenhua, officially began commercial operations on January 1, marking **success** for China’s industrial demonstration projects related to coal-to-olefins production. The Shenhua Baotou Coal-to-Olefins Project is the world’s first and largest of its kind – a large-scale coal chemical facility that uses coal as raw material, producing polyolefins through a process involving coal gasification to produce methanol, followed by the conversion of methanol into olefins and then the polymerization of those olefins. The methanol-to-olefins plant utilizes the DMTO (Methanol-to-Olefins) process technology, which was jointly developed by our institute and holds independent Chinese intellectual property rights. The device successfully completed its first full-process trial run on August 8, 2010, and has recently achieved stable operation at full capacity (110%). http://www.dicp.cas.cn/xwzx/kjdt/201101/t20110118_3064173.html .Note $ # , $ $
Has Ma been running stably? Isn’t it under maintenance?
On January 15, the load of the MTO unit reached 110% of its design capacity and operated stably.
It really does operate at 110% full capacity, which is great! When will the C4 reprocessing unit be added?
The original poster knows the Shenhua Baotou coal-to-olefins project extremely well, haha! The project is off to a good start; the issue lies mainly with the people involved. Shenhua has hired only experienced professionals from the industry – experience is crucial, and there are very few inexperienced individuals among them. In this regard, Shenhua’s leadership is truly wise! C4 reprocessing unit? NO, it’s a C4 deep-processing project, and its completion is not far off!
The stable operation of the MTO unit demonstrates the research capabilities of the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, the engineering expertise of Luoyang Petrochemical Engineering Company, and the operational capabilities of Shenhua Group! It is a glory created jointly by the 3 top institutions.
It depends on how far the reactor’s operating temperature is from the design value. Additionally, the catalyst’s tolerance also needs to be considered. As long as the separation section doesn’t produce any recombined components, that’s fine
It is truly worth congratulating. Shenhua’s determination and organizational ability are extraordinary. What foreigners can do, Chinese can do as well. The success of DMTO is also a success of cross-departmental and cross-sectoral collaboration. Refining technology and coal chemical technology can learn from each other.
I hope there can be a more in-depth explanation so that we can share your joy with everyone! Also, related industries are very interested in this project!
Reply to 7# douglas: From our end, the composition of the materials coming from MTO remains relatively stable and meets the design specifications; currently, MTO is working to determine the optimal reaction temperature. Also, the hardness of the catalysts used in MTO seems to be a bit low; as a result, more material is lost than expected. Not only is this costly in terms of lost catalyst powder, but it also has an impact on the operation of related equipment such as heat exchangers and pumps. When we shut down operations in May, we will need to focus on removing these powders
I wonder when exactly this C4 reprocessing will stop being used? ? ? ? ?