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With a total investment of 8 billion yuan, the second phase of Yongrong Technology’s caprolactam project has successfully produced products that meet top-quality standards. Author/Source: Coal Chemical Industry Information Network. Date: May 14, 2023. Clicks: 21. On the morning of May 12, the second phase of Fujian Yongrong Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as “Yongrong Technology”), one of Fujian Province’s 100 key projects, managed to produce caprolactam products that satisfy **top-quality standards, marking a successful start to the pilot production in the chemical processing area of this integrated caprolactam project. The total investment for Yongrong Technology’s CPL Phase II project is 8 billion yuan, with the overall investment for the entire project amounting to 15 billion yuan. It was constructed with funding provided by Yongrong Group, one of China’s top 500 enterprises, along with large state-owned enterprises at the provincial and municipal levels such as Fujian Investment and Development Group and Putian State Investment Group. The design work was carried out by various design firms including China Tianchen, China Aerospace Changzheng, PowerChina Jiangxi Institute, Liming Engineering Design Institute, and Sinopec Nanhua Institute. Dozens of construction companies participated in its building, including China Chemical Third Construction Company, Fourth Construction Company, Sixth Construction Company, Sixteenth Construction Company, Jiangsu Yuanyou, Sichuan Electric Power Construction Company, Longan, Zhejiang An, Shenzhen Haitian, and Hunan Xjin Cheng. The project utilizes industry-leading fourth-generation hydration and ammonoximation technologies, as well as a globally advanced digital intelligent safety and production control system to enable real-time visualization and digital intelligence-based management, thereby ensuring the production of high-quality caprolactam through advanced technology and equipment. Since its commencement in April 2021, the project has successfully and efficiently completed a series of tasks including design, procurement, civil construction, equipment installation, regulatory approvals, logistics transportation, project acceptance, joint commissioning, and production preparation. This ensured the successful start of trial production, with high-quality caprolactam being produced from the very first batch. Next, Yongrong Technology will fully integrate the strengths of state-owned enterprises such as CPL, the vitality of private enterprises, and the advantages of hybrid models. With a sense of urgency due to the fleeting nature of time and a sense of crisis arising from the need to seize opportunities, it will work tirelessly and with great determination, focusing on ensuring safety, carrying out operations meticulously, and optimizing performance. It aims to progress gradually from starting up production to achieving stable production, and then to full capacity operation, so as to ensure the “stable, continuous, and high-quality” operation of CPL’s Phase II project. This will help the company achieve further success and make new contributions to the high-quality development of the local economy and society, as well as to the creation of a high-value industrial cluster for new functional materials worth hundreds of billions. The main production units of the second phase of Fujian Yongrong Technology’s caprolactam project include two sets of 200,000 tons per year olefin-based **units, as well as two sets of 200,000 tons per year caprolactam units. The supporting production facilities include one set of coal-to-hydrogen plant with a capacity of 40,000 m3/h and a coal-to-ammonia complex with an annual capacity of 300,000 tons, two sets of hydrogen peroxide plants (35%) with an annual capacity of 200,000 tons each, and one set of sulfuric acid plant with an annual capacity of 500,000 tons. Among them, hydrogen production and ammonia synthesis utilize space furnace gasification. Project Overview: The caprolactam project of Yongrong Technology is located in the Shimen’ao Industrial Park, Dongzhuang Town, Xiuyu District, Putian City, Fujian Province. With a total investment of 15 billion yuan, the project is divided into two phases; the first phase, which involves a production capacity of 200,000 tons per year of caprolactam, has already been completed and put into operation. The total investment for Yongrong Technology’s CPL Phase II project is 8 billion yuan, of which nearly 2 billion yuan is allocated to the hydrogen production and ammonia synthesis facilities. These facilities represent the most capital-intensive and take the longest time to build among the production units in this phase II project. They utilize the HT-L pressurized coal gasification technology developed by China’s Changzheng Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd.; this technology features environmental friendliness and economic reliability. Once completed, these facilities will be able to produce 640 million standard cubic meters of hydrogen per year. Fujian Yongrong Group is an outstanding domestic provider of new nylon materials. The company’s main product is caprolactam, which is primarily used in the fiber, engineering plastics, and food packaging film industries; it is also widely applied in fields such as aerospace, automotive manufacturing, medical products, daily necessities, and electronic components. The group has now established an integrated full industrial chain, aiming to become a new type of company that combines petrochemical engineering design, construction projects, and project management. The project is located in the Shimen’ao Industrial Park in Putian City, Fujian Province. Its main product is caprolactam, while the by-products include sulfuric acid an, among others. The completion of this project is of great significance for increasing China’s self-sufficiency in caprolactam, reducing imports, and raising the technical level and international competitiveness of China’s caprolactam industry.