Feasibility study review for another 4 million tons per year coal-to-oil project in Shaanxi underway

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The last edit to this post was made by liaifeng on 2018-9-10 at 19:29. Feasibility study review for another 4 million tons per year coal-to-oil project in Shaanxi underway. Author/Source: Date: 2016-08-03. Clicks: 11. On August 1, Yankuang Group invited domestic experts in coal chemical engineering to evaluate the feasibility study report for the next phase of the coal indirect liquefaction project in Yulin, Shaanxi. He Yongde, a senior engineer and member of the China Coal Chemical Industry Expert Committee as well as honorary president of the Shaanxi Chemical Industry Society, served as the head of the expert group for this evaluation. The evaluation is carried out by the Process Technology Group and the Comprehensive Economics Group, which assess the project’s technical process route, selection of key equipment, and technical and economic feasibility. The expert group listened to the detailed presentations on the feasibility study report by Hualu Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. and Sinopec Engineering Construction Co., Ltd. After inquiries and thorough discussions, it unanimously agreed that the feasibility study report prepared jointly by these two companies was well-founded, based on reliable data, had a reasonable structure, and contained comprehensive information, meeting the requirements for the depth of a project feasibility study report. The expert group also evaluated the scale of construction, product specifications, technical processes, selection of major equipment, and construction conditions for subsequent projects, and provided suggestions for modifying and improving certain aspects of these projects. Li Xiyong, chairman and party secretary of Yankuang Group, said that the coal-to-oil project is a strategic initiative by Yankuang Group to align with the energy security strategy, promote a shift in the way coal is utilized, and achieve its clean and efficient use. Yankuang Group has inherent advantages in developing coal-to-oil projects: it possesses its own intellectual property for coal slurry gasification in the upstream stage, and also owns independent intellectual property for high- and low-temperature Fischer-Tropsch synthesis in the downstream stage. Yankuang Group has planned a coal liquefaction facility in Yulin with an annual production capacity of 10 million tons. The first phase of this facility, which involves a pilot project for indirect coal liquefaction with an annual output of 1 million tons, saw its entire production process completed on August 23, 2015, resulting in the production of high-quality oil products. With the completion and operation of the million-ton-scale coal liquefaction demonstration plant, the technical advantages held by Yankuang Group will gradually transform into industrial advantages. The follow-up project for the first phase of coal indirect liquefaction as part of future energy initiatives will utilize the high- and low-temperature Fischer-Tropsch synthesis technology independently developed by Shanghai Yankuang Energy Technology R&D Co., Ltd. It is planned to build a coal indirect liquefaction facility with an annual capacity of 4 million tons, along with a related coal mining facility with an annual capacity of 10 million tons. The 4 million tons per year coal indirect liquefaction project features a large scale, a wide range of products, and high energy efficiency. It consists of a 2 million tons per year low-temperature Fischer-Tropsch synthesis unit, a 2 million tons per year high-temperature Fischer-Tropsch synthesis unit, as well as downstream units for the refined processing of oils and fuels, including a 100,000 tons per year PAO production unit, a 500,000 tons per year ethylene and propylene deep cryogenic separation unit, a 3.3 million tons per year hydrogenation unit, a 2 million tons per year hydroisomerization unit, a 300,000 tons per year aromatization unit for viscosity reduction, an 800,000 tons per year circulating fluidized bed aromatization unit, a 100,000 tons per year alkylation unit, and a 100,000 tons per year MTBE production unit. There are over twenty different types of products produced, including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, lubricant base oils, solvents, ethylene, propylene, n-hexene, n-octene, and PAO. Li Wei, General Manager of Yankuang Group Company, presided over the review meeting and noted that the subsequent coal indirect liquefaction project with an annual production capacity of 4 million tons in Phase 1 is a key construction project under Yankuang Group’s 13th Five-Year Plan, and it holds significant strategic importance for the group’s transformation and upgrading during this period. Sun Qiwen, Deputy General Manager of Yankuang Group Company and Chairman and General Manager of Future Energy Company, briefed the expert group on the preliminary procedures for the project and the basic conditions for its construction.