【Major Chemical Equipment Innovations】045 – Manufacturing of Large-Scale Reforming Reactors

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The past decade has been a period of rapid development for China’s chemical industry, marked by the emergence of many new processes, products, and equipment. There has also been significant progress in China’s chemical processing equipment, which has contributed to the swift advancement of the petrochemical sector. Here, we have compiled some of the achievements and breakthroughs made by Chinese equipment manufacturers in terms of larger-scale production and increased use of domestic equipment. We invite everyone to share their insights and discuss these topics together; let’s cheer for Made in China and support the development of chemical processing equipment! *********************************** In September 2018, the \"three-in-one\" + \"two-in-one\" reforming reactors for the 3.8 million tons per year continuous reforming unit, which are part of the first phase of Zhejiang Petrochemical Co., Ltd.’s 40 million tons per year integrated refining and chemical processing project – and which were manufactured by Qingdao Lanshi – were loaded onto ships at Qingdao Wuchuan Port and shipped away. This set of reforming reactors consists of reduction sections/reforming reactors 1, 2, and 3, namely 2 \"three-in-one\" units, and buffer zones/reforming reactors 4 and 5, namely 2 \"two-in-one\" units. The \"three-in-one\" reactors are as tall as 96 meters and weigh 613 tons each; they represent China’s largest reforming reactors to date, setting a new record for Lansi in reactor manufacturing and holding milestone significance.