Construction of Anhui’s 300,000-ton coal-based ethylene glycol DMO plant begins

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On May 26, the groundbreaking ceremony was held for the construction and installation work of the DMO unit in the 300,000 tons per year synthetic gas-to-ethylene glycol project at the Sino Salt Hongsi Fang Hefei Chemical Industry Base. Xia Xuanfang, Deputy General Manager of Sino Salt Anhui Hongsi Fang Co., Ltd.; Gao Junling, Deputy Director of the Technology Development Center; Wang Xiaohua, Project Manager for ethylene glycol; Hu Jiawen, Director of Donghua Engineering Technology Supervision Company; He Ao, Project Manager of Sinochem No.7 Construction Company; and all members of the project team attended the commencement ceremony. Sinochem 7th Construction is primarily responsible for this project: the construction of buildings and structures within the designated area, the installation of steel structures and equipment, the setup of auxiliary machinery, pipeline installation, the installation of instrumentation and automatic control systems, electrical installations, as well as the fabrication and installation of nine custom-made pieces of equipment. The total contract value is 100 million RMB. On May 18, the groundbreaking ceremony for the purification and hydrocarbon separation units of China Salt Anhui Hongsi Fang’s 300,000 tons per year synthetic gas-to-ethylene glycol project was held in the new area of China Salt Anhui Hongsi Fang. The second phase of the Zhongyan Hefei Chemical Industry Base features a project for producing ethylene glycol from 300,000 tons per year of syngas, with the simultaneous production of dimethyl carbonate; the capacity of this project is 300,000 tons per year of ethylene glycol produced from syngas, along with dimethyl carbonate. The project is located in the Anhui Hefei Circular Economy Demonstration Park, with a total investment of 4.854 billion yuan. Once completed, it is expected to generate annual sales revenue of 2.982 billion yuan. The construction period is 30 months, and completion is scheduled for October 2017. The Zhongyan Anhui Hong Sifang project utilizes the gasification process package from East China University of Science and Technology, the methanol washing process package from Dalian University of Technology, as well as the ethylene glycol and dimethyl carbonate production process packages from Ube Industries.