[Chemical equipment of a major country and important equipment] 266-LNG (liquefied natural gas) low-temperature unloading arm is domestically produced
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Red May for chemical workers! Reply rewards! ---------------------------------------------- The past ten years have been an era of great development for China's chemical industry. The emergence of many new processes, new products, and new equipment has also led to a great development in my country's chemical equipment, which has also promoted the rapid development of the petrochemical industry. Here we have collected and sorted out some of the achievements and breakthroughs made by my country's equipment companies in the large-scale and localization of equipment. Welcome everyone to share, discuss, and exchange, cheer for Made in China, and cheer for chemical equipment! ===================== On April 13, 2021, with the automatic completion of the action and the host's "detachment", the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology's 2020 key technology research (high-end equipment) project - the Furui Group Chimelong Petrochemical LNG (liquefied natural gas) low-temperature unloading arm, witnessed by nearly a hundred experts, announced the successful acceptance. This indicates that the unloading arm has been completely developed by Europe and the United States before. * * The monopolized equipment is fully qualified for localization.
Statistics show that since the first batch of liquefied natural gas arrived in China in September 2009, as of the end of last year, the cumulative amount of liquefied natural gas delivered to China has exceeded 62 million tons. Considering that the temperature of LNG when receiving is only minus 160 degrees, and the hull is easily displaced by wind and waves, it is actually very difficult to develop a seemingly simple unloading arm to overcome key technologies. At present, the number of LNG receiving stations in operation in China has reached 22 (including 3 small receiving stations). However, these 22 receiving stations use foreign equipment, and the price of a single unit is almost more than 10 million yuan.
As a full-chain supplier of domestic LNG industry equipment, Chimelong Petrochemical started the research and development of this equipment 10 years ago and has now obtained three invention patents in the most critical core links. “In fact, I entered this industry in 1997, and I have always learned from my failures. Earlier, the price of imported unloading arms was 15 million yuan per unit, and seemingly simple sealing rings were sold for 30,000 yuan each. It can be seen that the technology is not that easy to overcome. ”Feng Shigong, general manager of Chimelong Petrochemical, pointed to the components in the factory and told reporters that Chimelong can achieve zero leakage in terms of seals, low-temperature protection of springs to avoid freezing, and the automatic breakaway head is the core of the entire unloading arm. Currently, it has fully met all the conditions for localization. “There are at least 40 receiving stations planned to be built in China. Based on the calculation that each station is equipped with 5 unloading arms, our production capacity and technology can fully ensure that these 200 unloading arms are purely 'domestic'. ” At Chimelong Petrochemical, the R&D team composed mainly of those born in the 1990s is the "main force" in the design of this domestically produced unloading arm. They are described as having many "unexpected ideas". Most of them are graduate students and doctoral students from China University of Petroleum. In key links such as automatic docking technology, remote control devices, and sealing rings, the figures of this group of young people shine everywhere. The R&D investment is the "bargaining chip" to ensure that the product can be successfully accepted. Although the price of a single unit is only 5 million yuan, the R&D investment has reached 15 million yuan. “Only those who are willing to invest will reap rewards. Once the technology is broken, the market will naturally open up. ”Feng Shigong said. It is reported that the 16-inch LNG low-temperature unloading arm that was successfully accepted this time will be used in * * Zhangzhou receiving station of Pipeline Network Group. It is worth mentioning that this equipment is also a key technology research (high-end equipment) project in 2020 established by the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology. In order to promote the high-quality development of Jiangsu's equipment manufacturing industry, the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology organized and implemented Jiangsu Province's high-end equipment research and development catch-up project, carried out the identification of the first set of major equipment, and conducted pilot insurance subsidy policies, etc., guiding enterprises to accelerate the pace of high-end equipment development in line with international advanced levels, and improve the independent supply and support capabilities of high-end equipment. Now it seems that various measures have come to fruition.
Cheers for Made in China and cheers for chemical equipment!
On April 13, good news came that Jiangsu Changlong Petrochemical Equipment Co., Ltd. (referred to as: Chimelong Petrochemical Equipment, CCLPEC), a subsidiary of Furui Special Equipment Co., Ltd., successfully won the bid for the LNG unloading arm project of the Chaozhou Huaying Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal.