【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Equipment】World’s Largest Ethylene Glycol Production Project from Natural Gas Commences Operation 1317-2023

Thread Content

This post was last edited by Desert Fish on 2023-12-13 at 11:35. The Zhongkun ethylene glycol project in Xinjiang began operations on November 29, 2023. On December 1, 2023, the polyester-grade ethylene glycol products produced by Xinjiang Zhongkun New Materials Co., Ltd. were ready for shipment after passing final quality tests, and were then sold to external customers! The DMO synthesis unit of this project utilizes the world’s first single-series 400,000-ton/year DMO pillow reactor. The pressure drop in this reactor is much lower than that of tubular reactors of similar scale, which enables effective reduction in the energy consumption of the carbon monoxide recycle gas compressors, resulting in significant savings in energy use. The Xinjiang Zhongkun Ethylene Glycol project is located in the Shangku Petroleum and Petrochemical Industrial Park in Korla City, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. It covers an area of 1,400 mu and is constructed in two phases, with a total investment of 10.8 billion yuan; its production capacity is 1.2 million tons of ethylene glycol per year. Using natural gas as raw material and employing the syngas-based technology for ethylene glycol production, this project enables a revolutionary transformation of natural gas from a fuel to a raw material, and further from a raw material to a finished product. It fills the gap in chemical fiber raw materials in the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture and fosters integrated industrial development. Once Phase 1 of the project is operating stably, it will generate annual sales revenue of over 3 billion yuan and provide direct employment for more than 800 people, which is of great significance for promoting the high-quality development of the local economy and society.