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The commissioning preparations for Anhui CarbonXin Technology’s 600,000-ton ethanol project are progressing steadily. Author/Source: Gasification World. Date: November 10, 2023. Clicks: 95. It has been learned recently that since the project was handed over in mid-October, the methanol comprehensive utilization project undertaken by Beijing Petrochemical Engineering Co., Ltd. has moved from the construction phase to the production preparation phase. To ensure thorough system inspections and condition verification prior to commencing operations, the project team established a startup team that mobilized resources, coordinated efforts, addressed the issues identified through the \"three inspections and four determinations\" approach, eliminated each defect one by one, and provided technical support as well as all necessary assistance before the system went into operation. At present, the project has completed the startup and drying of the heating furnace, installed the nitrogen introduction system, and is preparing to ensure airtightness throughout the area; catalysts are being loaded one after another, with catalyst activation ready to begin. Meanwhile, the high-pressure steam testing has been gradually completed, and preparations are underway to start up the turbines; the joint testing of various units and the system integration testing are progressing steadily. It is reported that the project commenced construction in February 2022, and the installation was successfully completed in October 2023; thereafter, the facility moved from the construction phase to the production preparation phase. Project Overview: Anhui Carbonxin Technology Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Huaibei Mining Co., Ltd. Huaibei Mining is a source of high-quality coal in East China. Its main business is coal production, and coal chemical processing, as one of the important ways to extend the industrial chain and promote the sustainable development of coal enterprises, has seen rapid growth within the Huaibei Mining Group in recent years. Building on the existing methanol production facilities, CarbonXin Technology Co., Ltd. plans to construct a new ethanol production plant with an annual capacity of 600,000 tons in the Linhuan Industrial Park, utilizing the existing methanol production capacity. This plant will be equipped with powder gasification units, purification systems, as well as devices for separating CO and H2. On December 20, 2021, the trial production of the methanol project at Anhui Tanxin Technology Co., Ltd. and the official commencement ceremony for the EPC work of the ethanol project were held on site at the Anhui Tanxin coke oven gas comprehensive utilization project. The successful completion of this ceremony marks the substantial finish of the project with an annual production capacity of 500,000 tons of methanol, enabling it to enter the trial production phase; at the same time, the project with an annual production capacity of 600,000 tons of ethanol has officially commenced operations. The 500,000-ton/year project for the comprehensive utilization of coke oven gas to produce methanol uses coal as raw material, making use of the hydrogen-rich gas generated in the methanol production process at Linhuan Coking Co., Ltd., and supplementing carbon through gasification; the designed annual output is 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 is aimed at revitalizing 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, Han Village 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 the “Comprehensive Utilization Project for Coke Oven Gas” planned and implemented by Huaibei Mining Group. This project aims to make full use of the hydrogen-rich off-gases from the existing two 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. In this way, an overall annual production capacity of 900,000 tons of methanol will be achieved, 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.