Trial operation of Inner Mongolia Fude Cornell’s 10,000-ton coal-based ethylene glycol monomer plant completed

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Trial operation of 10,000-ton coal-based ethylene glycol monomer plant at Fude Cornell in Inner Mongolia completed. Author/Source: Date: 2016-11-29. Clicks: 20. The coal-based ethylene glycol project at Fude Cornell in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia is progressing smoothly. As of early November, the Fude Cornell ethylene glycol project, for which a total investment of nearly 4 billion yuan has been committed, had seen 95% completion of its steel structure and civil engineering work, 90% completion of installation work, and 95% overall completion of the construction. The park is equipped with a 66KV external power supply system, as well as dedicated railway lines, park circulation roads and comprehensive pipeline networks, water treatment plants, waste landfills, fire stations, and water supply systems (including the part for recycled water use); all of these facilities are already in operation. According to Liu Changshan, deputy general manager of Inner Mongolia Cornell Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., the individual tests of the project’s equipment have been largely completed, and the conditions for joint tests are now in place; efforts are being made to start production of qualified products as soon as possible. Once the project is put into operation and reaches full capacity, it is expected to generate annual sales revenue of 2 billion yuan and profits and taxes of over 200 million yuan, while providing employment for 2,000 people. Inner Mongolia Cornell Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. was established jointly by Jilin Cornell Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (with 51% of the shares), Fude Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (with 44% of the shares), and Jilin Province Coal Industry Group Co., Ltd. (with 5% of the shares). The company’s registered capital is 2 billion RMB, and its facility is located in the Zhalute High-Tech Coal Chemical Industry Park in Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Fude Cornell Phase I project, with an annual production capacity of 300,000 tons of ethylene glycol, is planned to require an investment of 6.2 billion yuan, enabling an annual output of 300,000 tons of ethylene glycol. Phase II of the project is planned to involve an investment of 9 billion yuan, with an annual production capacity of 600,000 tons of ethylene glycol. The project is EPC-general contracted by Donghua Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., with the ethylene glycol production process utilizing the Ube Industries process. Using lignite sourced locally from Inner Mongolia as raw material, the gasification technology employs the Corin dry powder coal gasification process to produce syngas.