On the same day, the world's largest 600,000 tons/year ethanol production unit started trial production, producing qualified anhydrous ethanol. Relying on the independent technology jointly developed by Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Yanchang Petroleum Group Corporation, the plant is built by Huaibei Mining Group Tanxin Technology Co., Ltd., and the main raw material methanol comes from coke oven gas and is further converted into ethanol.
Since 2010, the team of academician Liu Zhongmin of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics has been continuously tackling key problems in the production of non-grain ethanol, and has proposed a new environmentally friendly technical route for the synthesis of anhydrous ethanol using syngas as raw material through dimethyl ether carbonylation and methyl acetate hydrogenation.
On December 28, in Huaibei Mining Group Carbon Xin Technology Co., Ltd., the staff prepared to debug the 600,000 tons/year ethanol production equipment. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Liwang
On December 28, in Huaibei Mining Group Carbon Xin Technology Co., Ltd., Academician Liu Zhongmin (middle) and staff exchanged information on the construction and operation of the device. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Liwang
On December 28, in Huaibei Mining Group Carbon Xin Technology Co., Ltd., the staff was debugging the 600,000 tons/year ethanol production equipment. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Liwang
On December 28, in Huaibei Mining Group Tanxin Technology Co., Ltd., the staff was observing the operation of the 600,000 tons/year ethanol production unit. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Liwang
On December 28, in Huaibei Mining Group Carbon Xin Technology Co., Ltd., Academician Liu Zhongmin introduced the research progress of upgrading catalysts to the media in the conference room. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Liwang
On December 28, in Huaibei Mining Group Carbon Xin Technology Co., Ltd., Academician Liu Zhongmin introduced the research progress of upgrading catalysts to the media in the conference room. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Liwang
The 600,000 tons/year ethanol production unit taken at Huaibei Mining Group Tanxin Technology Co., Ltd. on December 28 (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Liwang