【Haichuan Chemical Salary News】Shandong Province to accelerate the phasing out of fixed-bed batch gasification furnaces in the fertilizer industry

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On November 8, the ** website of Shandong Province issued the \"Implementation Rules for Shandong Province’s Implementation of the Action Plan for Comprehensive Control of Air Pollution in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region and Surrounding Areas during the Autumn and Winter Periods of 2018–2019\". These rules require that, from October 2018 to March 2019, the average PM2.5 concentration in cities along the pollution transmission routes such as Jinan, Zibo, Jining, Dezhou, Liaocheng, Binzhou, and Heze should decrease by 1.5% to 4%. To achieve this goal, the Implementation Rules target industrial sources of pollution, and vigorously carry out special campaigns to address pollution from industrial furnaces; boilers and exhaust emissions in the chemical industry will be the focus of such reduction efforts. The Implementation Rules require strict control over production capacity in the high-energy and high-emission industries, and encourage the relocation of chemical enterprises. New chemical industrial parks are prohibited in the 7 cities along the transportation corridors. In line with the principle of \"one park, one heat source,\" efforts are being made to phase out the scattered coal-fired boilers within these parks. Increase the efforts to phase out independent coking enterprises, and implement a policy of determining coking capacity based on steel production across the province. Regarding emissions from industrial boilers, it is required to strictly enforce the special emission limits for air pollutants in the petrochemical and chemical industries as well as in industrial boilers. Efforts should be accelerated to upgrade gas boilers to reduce nitrogen emissions; the mixing of chemical waste into the fuel under the pretext of using alcohol-based fuels is strictly prohibited, as is the use of high-sulfur petroleum coke. The Implementation Rules specify the need to accelerate the phasing out of a number of fixed-bed batch gasification furnaces in the fertilizer industry, and to thoroughly eliminate fuel-based gas generators with a furnace diameter of less than 3 meters. In industrial parks where gas generators are used intensively and where the conditions for switching to natural gas are not yet available, unified clean coal-to-gas centers should, in principle, be established. For enterprises in the fields of coking, fertilizers, inorganic salts, and calcium carbide, a comprehensive inspection will be carried out across 9 categories, including melting furnaces, fusion furnaces, sintering machines (furnaces), roasting (calcining) furnaces, heating furnaces, heat treatment furnaces, drying furnaces (kilns), coking furnaces, and gas generation furnaces. Industrial furnaces that are not listed on the management inventory will be included in the seasonal production scheduling plan for autumn and winter, resulting in temporary shutdowns during those periods. The Implementation Rules also require the consolidation of the achievements made in the comprehensive rectification of \"unorganized, scattered, and polluting\" enterprises, emphasizing the need to resolutely prevent the construction of such enterprises as well as the relocation or revival of those that have already been shut down. For enterprises that do not comply with industrial policies, lack complete environmental protection procedures, or are unable to meet the standards through renovation, it is necessary to implement the \"two cuts and three clearances\" strategy (cutting off industrial water and electricity supply, and removing raw materials, products, and production equipment). For those involved in consolidation and relocation, the relevant approval procedures must be carried out in accordance with laws and regulations. As for enterprises undergoing upgrading and renovation, thorough improvements must be made by following the standards of leading enterprises, and they can only be put into operation after approval through joint review (This article is from China Fertilizer Information)