【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Engineering Equipment】The space furnace operated continuously for 485 days from 2016 to 2022, setting a world record for the fifth time

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Witness the decade-long rapid development of chemical processing equipment; praise the prosperity and strength of modern China. Replies will be rewarded – discussions are welcome. ------------------------------------------- Space furnaces continue to set world records for the continuous operation time of fluidized bed gasification technology (Grade A). The operating time of coal gasification units directly determines the economic viability of coal chemical projects; once such units stop operating, it can result in economic losses of hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan per day for the owners. “The “Space Furnace”, whose full name is Space Pulverized Coal Pressurized Gasification Furnace, was designed and developed by Changzheng Aerospace Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. affiliated with the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (referred to as “Aerospace Engineering Company”). By building on China’s strengths in the research, development, production, and testing of combustion, heat transfer, and special pumps and valves technologies related to launch vehicles and liquid rocket engines, this system incorporates a pulverized coal pressurized gasification technology for which China holds complete independent intellectual property rights, thereby breaking the foreign technological monopoly. In November 2022, the \"Space Furnace\" designed and manufactured by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology achieved a continuous operation time of 485 days, breaking the world record for the fifth time. The “space furnace” device that set a world record for operating time this time is located at the Anhui Haoyuan project. To date, it has achieved a maximum continuous operating time of 485 days under full load, setting a new world record for the continuous operation time (Class A) of gas-flow bed gasification technology. Haoyuan Phase I 200,000 tons/year synthetic ammonia feedstock route renovation project. A Φ2800×3200 space furnace was used, and operations began in March 2013. Since the successful ignition and coal feeding of the first demonstration project’s \"space furnace\" in October 2008, the operating time of this facility has continued to increase, setting new records time after time. The first record was set in 2012, during the second phase of the project in Linquan, Anhui, where the \"space furnace\" operated continuously for 215 days, setting a world record for the longest continuous operation time using world-leading fluidized bed gasification technology (Class A). Second record-breaking achievement: In 2016, the first phase of the Anhui Haoyuan project operated continuously for 320 days, setting this world record for the second time. Third record-breaking achievement: Between 2017 and 2018, at the Manas project in Xinjiang, the \"space furnace\" operated continuously for 407 days, setting a world record for the third time. Fourth record-breaking achievement: Between 2018 and 2019, the Phase I project of Anhui Haoyuan operated continuously for 467.5 days, setting a world record for the fourth time. Fifth record broken: As of 2022, the Phase I project of Anhui Haoyuan has operated continuously for 485 days, setting a world record for the fifth time.