Fellow industry peers, does anyone know what the current situation is regarding Zhongtian Hechuang’s 3.6 million tons per year methanol-to-olefins project?
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Fellow industry peers, does anyone know what the current situation is regarding Zhongtian Hechuang’s 3.6 million tons per year methanol-to-olefins project? Methanol production started in September; what is the current load? Has the olefin production plant been commissioned?
I saw news earlier that construction is expected to start by the end of the year
I started with 180 first. Last month, I heard from people from Shanghai Petrochemical Institute that they had been operating there all along, and they seemed very excited. Because I didn’t do it either, and I didn’t ask much about it. So many sets have been used already; since this time it’s the technology from the Petrochemical Institute, there should be no problems either. Otherwise it would be too embarrassing.
Some say the second set will be launched in November
The first set has been turned on; I don’t know what the load is. Although it’s quite close, I haven’t asked. I’ll find out when I have time and let you know
One set was installed first, and it is operating smoothly at present. Another set of plans will start next year. The polyolefin products have been sold and shipped.
It has been exactly 1 month since MTO started operations.
The first set has already started production, while the second set will begin production in March next year
The 180 model has already been launched; we’ll have to wait for a while for the second phase!!
The 350,000 tons/year gas-phase polypropylene plant was successfully commissioned on May 26 this year. At 16:00 on November 12, the catalyst was introduced into the plant; at 03:00 on November 13, the first reactor began to discharge its contents; and on the afternoon of November 14, the extruder started operating successfully. One day after the stable operation of the first reactor and the extrusion granulation system, the project team activated the gas lock system and the second reactor on the 15th. On the afternoon of the 16th, discharge from the second reactor was successfully achieved, marking a successful first start-up and the completion of the entire process flow.