Second public announcement on the environmental impact assessment for the project to produce 60,000 tons per year of F-T fine chemical products through comprehensive utilization of coke oven gas in Xinjiang Parafi
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Project Name: Project for the Comprehensive Utilization of Coke Oven Gas to Produce 60,000 tons per year of F-T fine chemical products by Xinjiang Paraffin Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.Construction Location: Beisantai Industrial Park, Jimusaer County, Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang
Project Overview: Xinjiang Paraffin Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. (referred to as Paraffin Company) is located in the Beisantai Industrial Park of Jimusaer County, Changji, Xinjiang. It is a new-type company whose main shareholders are Xinjiang Baofa Agricultural Materials Group Co., Ltd. and Taiyuan Hailifeng Technology Development Co., Ltd. Its subsidiary, Renwei Coal Chemical Co., Ltd., is a large-scale energy-saving and environmental-friendly coal chemical enterprise that integrates activities such as clean coal washing, power generation from coal gangue, coke production, the recovery and refinement of chemical products, and the comprehensive utilization of coal gas. After numerous investigations and studies, and taking into account factors such as Xinjiang’s abundant resources and favorable geographical conditions, as well as the company’s expertise in technical personnel, Parafi Company has decided to make comprehensive use of the coke produced by Reiwai Coal Chemical Co., Ltd.’s coke ovens, along with the combustible coke oven gas that contains chemical raw materials such as hydrogen, in order to produce F-T fine chemicals. This project utilizes coke oven gas and gasified coke to produce FTO fine chemicals, with approximately 42,000 tons per year of FTO waxes and around 18,000 tons per year of liquid sulfur-free and aromatic-free solvents being produced. The gas processing capacity is 35,000 Nm3/h. It introduces new ways of utilizing coke oven gas and gasified coke, and by employing new processes, technologies, and equipment, it reduces energy consumption in production, minimizes pollution emissions, and improves product quality and economic efficiency. As a result, Parafi Company achieves significant improvements in terms of clean production and circular economy practices, while also creating more job opportunities and increasing local government revenue. The total investment for the project is 690,872,100 yuan, of which 664,013,600 yuan is allocated to construction costs, 45,545,100 yuan to working capital, and 13,663,500 yuan to initial working capital. After production starts, the annual sales revenue is expected to be 478,659,800 yuan, with an average annual profit of 13,457,730 yuan and an average annual total profit and tax amount of 19,461,570 yuan. http://www.xjepb.gov.cn/tabid/821/InfoID/437097/frtid/386/Default.aspx This is likely another project carried out by the Shanxi Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, following the commissioning of the Lu’an 60,000 tons per year ammonia-to-oil conversion project; it offers a way to increase the economic value of methanol plants and the utilization of coke oven gas.
It looks great; I’m not sure what the economic benefits will be once it’s put into production
The project will generate an annual increase in production of 120,000 tons of liquid ammonia, 20,000 tons of hard wax, 0.8 million tons of soft wax, 20,400 tons of heavy oil, and 11,600 tons of light oil. The resulting annual income will be 810.56 million yuan (on an average annual basis, including taxes), while the total additional profits and taxes will amount to 77.054 million yuan per year. The after-tax profit will be 21.2155 million yuan. This is a ammonia-to-oil project of similar scale in Lu’an; the profits are decent, but not as high as what is claimed for this project in Xinjiang.
I saw a conference document stating that Sinopec’s 1 million tons per year FTO synthesis plant will start operations in August this year, but I couldn’t find any information on this online. Does anyone know anything about it?
I’ve never heard of it before. Is it Sinopec Great Wall Petrochemical in Ningxia?
It’s not Sinopec; Shaanxi Future Energy’s coal-to-oil project with an annual production capacity of 1 million tons began producing oil at the end of August.
In terms of processing technologies for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis products, RIPP holds comprehensive advantages. Tailored to different raw materials and target product requirements, it has developed both short-process and long-process technologies, carried out industrial trials for producing high-value-added lubricant base oil products, and established the entire Fischer-Tropsch synthesis-hydrogenation upgrading process chain. The design of a million-ton-scale process package for a short-process setup has been completed, and the 1 million tons per year Fischer-Tropsch synthesis industrial plant is set to begin operations on August 10, 2015. The content above is from the PPT presented at Sinopec Research Institute of Petroleum (RIPP)’s most recent conference this year. I know the project you’re referring to as being Yankuang’s project in Yulin.
As far as I know, this project does not use the technology from the Coal Chemistry Institute, nor are any catalysts from there used.
I didn’t ask the people at the Coal Chemistry Institute to verify this either. Apart from the Coal Research Institute, the other institutions in China that can provide this industrialization technology are Minzu University, the Large-Scale Chemical Research Institute, Yashen Technology, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences for Geosciences.
This project is related to the Coal Chemistry Institute in every way, but it is not actually a technology developed by that institute. It’s not convenient to disclose exactly which company is responsible for providing the process packages and catalysts.
Wording it out wouldn’t it enhance the advertising effect? Lol – just give a name; otherwise, others won’t be able to figure out the catalyst formula either. There aren’t many institutions in China that are capable of industrializing this field; however, there are a few that have published articles on it, such as Xiamen University, Sichuan University, Fudan University, and Shaanxi Normal University, which has some connections to coal chemistry. I remember that CNOOC also had FTO patents in the past.