【Major Industrial Equipment in the Chemical Industry】From 2017 to 2022, more large-scale gasification projects adopted domestically produced Shenning furnaces

On December 18, 2018, the signing ceremony for the licensing of the gasification technology of the “Shenning Furnace” for the ethylene glycol project of Ningxia Kunpeng Clean Energy Co., Ltd. was held in Yinchuan, Ningxia. Dang Yanping, Chairman of Ningxia Baoli Group, and Yao Min, Deputy General Manager of Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group Co., Ltd. and Chairman of Ningxia Shenyao Technology Co., Ltd., attended the signing ceremony together with the key executives from their respective companies. 　　Ningxia Kunpeng Clean Energy Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ningxia Baoli New Energy Co., Ltd., and its coal-to-ethylene glycol project is a key project in which the Ningdong Management Committee has invested. The total investment in this project is 4.3 billion yuan. Construction is scheduled to begin in March 2019, with completion expected by September 2021. This project utilizes the patented technologies and process routes of Danhua Tongliao Jinmei, is designed by China Tianchen Engineering Company, and is constructed by China National Chemical Corporation’s Sixth Construction Engineering Company and its Sixteenth Construction Engineering Company. After the project is put into operation, it can generate annual sales revenue of 2.58 billion yuan. 　　The coal-based ethylene glycol project is a capital-, technology-, and talent-intensive chemical industry that requires large investment amounts, high design standards, long construction periods, and a high degree of complexity; it relies on various specialized technical skills as well as a large number of skilled professionals to function effectively. Seeking technical partners, especially those with strong resources and advanced technology in the industry, is an effective way to accelerate the rapid development of ethylene glycol projects. 　　Ningxia Shenyao Technology Co., Ltd. is primarily engaged in the research and development as well as promotion of the \"Shenning Furnace\" dry gasification technology. As one of the 37 domestic technologies utilized in Shenhua Ningmei’s demonstration project for the indirect liquefaction of 4 million tons of coal per year, this technology has been recognized by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation as having \"filled a gap in China’s field of dry coal powder pressurized gasification using 3,000 tons of coal per day as input; it is at the international leading level.\" It provides strong support for new ethylene glycol projects. 　　The licensing agreement for the gasification technology of the \"Shenning Furnace\" in Ningxia Kunpeng Clean Energy Co., Ltd.’s ethylene glycol project has been signed, enabling resource sharing in the Ningxia region and aligning with the region’s economic development goals; it also marks the entry of the project construction into a substantive phase. The implementation of the ethylene glycol project in the Ningdong base helps to promote the clean and efficient use of coal, ensures the safety of the petrochemical industry as well as the diversification of raw materials. It fills the gap in Ningdong’s modern coal chemical industry, enriching the industrial chain and product portfolio. It plays a significant role in guiding and setting an example for the industrial transformation and upgrading of the autonomous region and the Ningdong base, as well as for the shift from old to new forms of energy production. 　　Baoli Group is confident and determined to follow the inspiring call that \"socialism is achieved through hard work.\" It will organize and implement projects carefully, adhering to high standards in design and construction, striving for excellence, and creating top-quality projects and model projects to contribute to the development of a world-class modern coal chemical industry base.

On November 21, 2020, the gasifier, a key piece of equipment for the core unit of Anhui CarbonXin Technology Co., Ltd.’s 500,000 tons per year methanol production project utilizing coke oven gas in a comprehensive manner – a project overseen by Donghua Technology – was successfully installed in one go. This represented another major milestone for the project, laying a stronger foundation for its timely completion. For this lifting operation, a 750-ton crawler crane is used as the main lifting device, with a 300-ton crawler crane assisting in guiding the load. The equipment has an outer diameter of 4192 millimeters, a height of 22023 millimeters, a weight of 320 tons, and a lifting radius of 23 meters. Before lifting the gasification furnace, the project team prepared a lifting plan in advance, allocated human and mechanical resources reasonably, ensured that the procedures for carrying out the work, safety measures, and responsibilities of personnel were all properly in place, and strengthened supervision throughout the process to ensure that the lifting task was completed safely, efficiently, and to high quality. From November 22nd to 23rd, Zhu Dinghua, a member of the Party Committee, deputy general manager, and safety director of Donghua Technology, went to the project site to conduct inspections and provide guidance. It is reported that this project utilizes the \"Shenning Furnace\" gasification technology, with the gasifier capable of processing 2,000 tons of coal per day. It represents Donghua Technology’s first EPC project for the full-scale production of methanol using powder coal gasification technology. The project uses coal as raw material, making comprehensive use of the hydrogen-rich gas generated during the production of methanol from the coke oven gas of Linhuan Coking Co., Ltd., and supplementing carbon through gasification, with a designed annual production capacity of 500,000 tons of methanol. The project is located within the Anhui (Huaibei) New Coal Chemical Synthesis Materials Base (formerly the Huanhuan Industrial Park in Huaibei, Anhui). It is a key project under Anhui Province’s “861 Action Plan”, and it represents the first project to be launched as part of the “Coal Chemistry-Salt Chemistry Integration” initiative, which aims to revitalize the economy of northern Anhui. Anhui Carbonxin Technology Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Huaibei Mining Group. The comprehensive utilization project for coke oven gas is located in the Linhuan Industrial Park, Hancun Town, Suixi County, Huaibei City, Anhui Province. The 500,000-ton/year project for the comprehensive utilization of coke oven gas to produce methanol is one of the third-phase projects within Huaibei Mining Group’s plan for such comprehensive utilization. It aims to make full use of the hydrogen-rich off-gases from the two existing 400,000-ton/year methanol production units at the Linhuan coking plant; by adding carbon through coal-to-gas conversion, an additional unit with an annual production capacity of 500,000 tons of methanol will be established. This will result in an overall annual production capacity of 900,000 tons of methanol, which will serve as raw material for extending the downstream olefin industry chain in Anhui (Huaibei)’s new coal chemical synthesis materials base. The base is a high-tech industrial park whose strategic development directions are coal-based synthetic materials and a circular economy; it serves as an important platform for Huaibei City to promote the transformation of its resource-based economy.