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CRI delivers core CO2-to-methanol tech to second Chinese project

CRI delivers core CO2-to-methanol tech to second Chinese project
Installation of the CRI methanol reactor at Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemicals facility in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China (photo courtesy CRI).

Iceland-headed emissions-to-liquids (ETL) technology developer Carbon Recycling International hf (CRI) has recently announced that it has successfully delivered the methanol reactor for its second commercial-scale project in China.

The ETL reactor is the core equipment needed for the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2) gas streams – sourced from other onsite chemical processes – into methanol.

This is a major milestone in the construction of the 100 000 tonnes-per-annum methanol plant in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province for the client Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemicals, Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Chinese petrochemical major Shenghong Petrochemical Group Co., Ltd.

According to CRI, the project has progressed well so far and is on track for commissioning and plant start-up during the second half of this year.

The next phase of the project includes operator training and mechanical completion of all remaining equipment.

World’s largest methanol-to-olefins plant

The project is located at Shenghong petrochemical industrial park, one of the largest petrochemical facilities in China.

Installation of core equipment at Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemicals (photo courtesy CRI).

The site hosts the world’s largest methanol-to-olefins (MTO) process plant supporting the production of a wide product range of polymers and plastics using methanol as a key raw material.

An example of a downstream derivative produced is an ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer. EVA is an elastic and tough thermoplastic used to encapsulate photovoltaics.

Once the CO2-to-Methanol plant at Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemicals becomes operational it will allow switching out a part of the external coal-based methanol supply to the own produced methanol from locally recycled carbon emissions.

This will result in a lower carbon footprint of the materials used to make photovoltaics and other end-products derived from methanol.

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