【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Equipment】1946–2024: Asia’s Largest CO2 Direct Air Capture (DAC) Facility with a Capacity of 600 Tons per Year
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Safety first. Prevention first – let’s give praise and support to the achievements in China’s chemical engineering technology and equipment. **********************【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Engineering Equipment】A continuously updated summary post is available; feel free to join the discussions at https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3576046-1-1.html (Source: Haichuan Chemical Engineering Forum) ***************** Recently, China Energy Engineering Group announced that its subsidiary, CNCEC (Shanghai) Complete Equipment Engineering Co., Ltd., in collaboration with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, has developed the “CarbonBox” system – Asia’s largest and internationally leading direct air capture (DAC) facility capable of handling 600 tons of carbon dioxide per year. This system features fully independent intellectual property rights. It has successfully passed reliability tests using 100-ton modules under full load, filling a gap in China’s capabilities in terms of large-scale, high-concentration industrial-grade DAC equipment. “DAC is an emerging carbon capture technology that utilizes low-carbon energy sources such as wind, solar, and geothermal energy to directly capture carbon dioxide from the air, achieving net negative emissions of carbon dioxide. ”Julie Jun, the head of the development team for this device, explained that “CarbonBox” utilizes a high-performance capture unit developed by the team itself, featuring high selectivity and rapid adsorption kinetics. It enables the efficient capture of carbon dioxide directly from air or sources with varying concentrations, and it can output carbon dioxide at different concentrations according to the requirements of downstream applications. A single module can capture over 100 tons of high-concentration carbon dioxide per year directly from the air, at a rate of 99%. Through innovative design of the capture device structure, precise optimization of the process flow, and development of key supporting components, they achieved the designed energy consumption target for carbon dioxide capture. According to the introduction, the “CarbonCapture Box” consists of a capture unit and a processing unit; each unit is the size of a container, allowing for direct lifting of the modules on-site without the need for further assembly. At the same time, this device can also adopt a stacked design for the capture units and a centralized design for the processing units, depending on the project requirements. It is understood that the “CarbonCapture Box” can be widely applied in areas such as the synthesis of green fuels like green methanol and green aviation fuel, as well as in carbon trading services. The carbon dioxide captured directly from the air using this device is an environmentally friendly carbon source, which helps to ensure a large-scale and stable supply of such green carbon sources, thereby overcoming the bottleneck related to carbon sources in the current synthesis of green fuels.
According to the introduction, the “CarbonCapture Box” consists of a capture unit and a processing unit; each unit is the size of a container, allowing for direct lifting of the modules on-site without the need for further assembly. At the same time, this device can also adopt a design with stacked capture units and centralized processing units according to project requirements; through standardized modular integration, its annual carbon dioxide capture capacity can reach millions of tons. According to the official website of China Energy Engineering Group, on July 20, Unit 1 of the Shaanxi Binchang project, constructed by Tianjin Electric Power Construction Company under China Energy Engineering Group, was successfully connected to the grid on its first attempt. All parameters of the unit are excellent, and the main and auxiliary equipment are operating smoothly, indicating that the unit has the capability to operate under load. The project is located in the power industry zone of the Xinmin High-End Energy and Chemical Park in Binzhou City, Shaanxi Province. It is planned to utilize 2×660-megawatt ultra-supercritical CFB units, with Unit 1 being constructed first. Unit 1 is the world’s first 660-megawatt circulating fluidized bed power generation demonstration unit designed to use coal with a low calorific value, featuring \"ultra-high parameters, ultra-low emissions, and ultra-low energy consumption\"; it is a project that serves as a model in both the field of technology and electricity generation. Once the first phase of the project is put into operation, it will be able to process approximately 2 million tons per year of coal with low calorific value and low-quality fuels such as slurry and gangue, as well as about 2 million tons of water extracted from mines. It will generate 6 million GJ of heat, sufficient to meet the heating needs of the urban area of Binzhou City as well as the industrial steam requirements of the energy and chemical industry parks. Additionally, it will provide a more stable and adequate power supply for the local electricity grid, helping to alleviate the local power shortage and promoting the sustainable and stable development of the region’s economy and society.
【Ten Years of Great Development in Chemical Equipment】By 1947–2024, the independently developed deep etherification technology was technically calibrated. https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-5668825-1-1.html (Source: Haichuan Chemical Forum)
1946–2024: Asia’s largest CO2 direct air capture (DAC) facility with a capacity of 600 tons per year