CAS Announced Success of “Coal-to-MEG” Process
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) held a news release on May 7th 2009 in Beijing on the successful commercial demonstration of the world first “Coal-to-MEG” process.
Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences (FJIRSM, CAS), based on its technology accumulation of over two decades and jointly with Jiangsu Danhua (Danyang Chemical) Group Co Ltd and Shanghai Jinmei Chemical Novel Technology Co Ltd, has accomplished the development of a process package of CO gaseous catalytic synthesis to oxalate and oxalate catalytic hydrogenation to mono-ethylene glycol (coal-to-MEG), which recently passed through CAS organized expert panel appraisal. The achievement is an indication that China has realized the process development and commercial application of the Coal-to-MEG route as the first on the world.
According to the statistics from ASIACHEM Consulting, China consumed 5.64Mt of MEG in 2006, 6.68Mt in 2007, and the figure increased to 7.14Mt in 2008. On the other end, domestic MEG supply only grew modestly as the output of 2006 was 1.58Mt, which increased to 1.88 and 1.95Mt respectively in 2007 and 2008, accounting for less than 10% of the global total production.
It was also reported that a 200kt/a coal-to-MEG plant is now under construction in Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia and was expected to be complete by August or September of this year. Danhua Technology recently raised CNY1.1bn by non-public issuance of A-stock, in order to invest in the said Tongliao MEG plant construction and hold 51% shares the project.
After completion of the said 200kt/a EG plant, called as Tongliao Jinmei Phase I, it will become one of the top 5 Chinese MEG producers. Tongliao Jinmei also plans to furnish 1.2Mt/a MEG capacity in next 5 years to become the No.1 MEG player in China.
Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences (FJIRSM, CAS), based on its technology accumulation of over two decades and jointly with Jiangsu Danhua (Danyang Chemical) Group Co Ltd and Shanghai Jinmei Chemical Novel Technology Co Ltd, has accomplished the development of a process package of CO gaseous catalytic synthesis to oxalate and oxalate catalytic hydrogenation to mono-ethylene glycol (coal-to-MEG), which recently passed through CAS organized expert panel appraisal. The achievement is an indication that China has realized the process development and commercial application of the Coal-to-MEG route as the first on the world.
According to the statistics from ASIACHEM Consulting, China consumed 5.64Mt of MEG in 2006, 6.68Mt in 2007, and the figure increased to 7.14Mt in 2008. On the other end, domestic MEG supply only grew modestly as the output of 2006 was 1.58Mt, which increased to 1.88 and 1.95Mt respectively in 2007 and 2008, accounting for less than 10% of the global total production.
It was also reported that a 200kt/a coal-to-MEG plant is now under construction in Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia and was expected to be complete by August or September of this year. Danhua Technology recently raised CNY1.1bn by non-public issuance of A-stock, in order to invest in the said Tongliao MEG plant construction and hold 51% shares the project.
After completion of the said 200kt/a EG plant, called as Tongliao Jinmei Phase I, it will become one of the top 5 Chinese MEG producers. Tongliao Jinmei also plans to furnish 1.2Mt/a MEG capacity in next 5 years to become the No.1 MEG player in China.
quoted from: Asia Chemical Weekly
