Coal Chemical Industry Development Needs Advanced Technology Guarantee

On the issue of possible overheated investment and low-level redundant construction in the coal chemical industry in China. Wei Gong, chairman of Taiyuan Chemical Industry Group, believes that the development of coal chemical industry in Shanxi during the "11th Five-Year Plan" period should not only save energy, but also ensure technology.

Wei Gong said that most of the current coal chemical projects are concentrated in the areas of coal to oil, coal to methanol, similar projects, lack of special products, and the tendency to repeat low-level construction is serious. Once these large-scale projects are completed, they will inevitably cause a sharp increase in the output of similar products. According to the law of repeated domestic construction for many years, it is likely that there will be periods of cyclical oversupply, price plunge and corporate losses. According to the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” of the national coal industry, by 2010, all chemical coal use will be only 100 million tons. For Shanxi Province, which is dominated by traditional coal chemical industry, it is even more of a challenge. To accelerate the development of Shanxi's chemical industry, it must create "energy-saving chemical industry."

In addition, we must also implement the strategy for the development of science and technology, and we must be targeted when formulating development plans. For example, in the methanol industry, it is necessary to encourage the development of a centralized processing of coke oven gas for the production of methanol in concentrated areas of the coke industry, to promote new coal gasification technologies and low-pressure synthesis processes in areas with low-cost and low-quality coal, to build large-scale methanol production facilities, and to plan simultaneously. Downstream deep-processing projects; The chemical fertilizer industry should adopt advanced coal gasification technology, strengthen the guidance of urea production for coke oven gas, actively promote cogeneration, and do a good job of recycling waste heat. Development of new ammonia synthesis towers and large-scale low-pressure synthesis of complete sets of technology and equipment, the use of urea modified technology, improve urea utilization, etc., in order to maintain the relative advantages.