The first synthesis reactor for the Shenhua project in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, was successfully lifted into place, marking the official start of the installation phase for the project

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Recently, good news came from the Shenhua project in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, which is being constructed by the Fourth Branch of China National Chemical Engineering 16th Construction Co., Ltd.: the first synthesis reactor was successfully lifted into place, marking the official start of the installation phase and laying a solid foundation for the further progress of the project. Recently, the review of 90% of the models for the plant-wide system engineering of the Shenhua Baotou Coal-to-Olefins Upgrade Demonstration Project, the plant-wide external piping for auxiliary systems, the renovation of the thermal power plant, and the liquid material truck loading/unloading stations was successfully completed. The Shenhua Baotou Coal-to-Olefins Upgrade Demonstration Project is an upgrade and demonstration initiative carried out by Guoneng Baotou Coal Chemical Co., Ltd. on the basis of the world’s first coal-to-olefins demonstration plant, which has been in operation for many years. It is included among the major projects planned under the \"13th Five-Year Plan\" for the innovative development of the modern coal chemical industry, as outlined by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The total investment planned for this upgraded demonstration project for coal-based olefins (Phase II) is 17.15 billion yuan. The project’s capacity will be 2 million tons of methanol and 750,000 tons of polyolefins per year. By being planned in conjunction with the development of new energy sources, it aims to achieve deep integration between coal chemical processing and green electricity, green hydrogen, and green oxygen. This project is also a typical demonstration project for the upgrade of the \"million-ton-scale domestic production line for coal-to-olefins across the entire process.\" It utilizes a pulverized coal gasifier developed jointly by Collin Energy and China Shenhua Coal-to-Oil Chemical Co., with a daily coal feeding capacity of 2,000 tons per furnace. This technology not only possesses complete independent intellectual property rights but also sets a new example for collaborative innovation within the industrial chain. Furthermore, the project conducted experiments for the co-combustion of coal chemical wastewater using the pulverized coal gasification process for the first time, which holds pioneering significance for the advanced, diversified, and low-carbon development of modern coal chemistry.