The world's first industrial test facility to produce methanol from carbon dioxide and hydrogenation, with an annual output of 5,000 tons, was in stable trial operation and had passed technical assessment as of Sept 25.
According to experts, the facility in the near future will be used in low-cost and green methanol production and drive industrial transformation of related traditional industries if it is used in hydrogen-related industries like propane dehydrogenation, ethane cracking and production of coke oven gas and chlor-alkali.
Through electrolytic hydrogen technology, hydrogen can be produced with renewable energy and nuclear energy. The facility can be used to realize carbon negative methanol synthesis, which will promote cyclic, green and clean energy ecology.
Jointly developed, designed and built by China Chengda Engineering Co., Ltd. of China National Chemical Engineering Group Corporation Ltd, CNOOC Fudao Co., Ltd of China National Offshore Oil Corporation and the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the facility is a solution to the large-scale generation of carbon dioxide in China and will play a significant role in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.
A view of the industrial test facility that will produce methanol from carbon dioxide and hydrogenation, with an annual output of 5,000 tons at CNOOC Fudao Co., Ltd of China National Offshore Oil Corporation. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)
