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Our independent development of coal glycol technology industrialization in the journey began, but also the coal boom, glycol project also sparked fears of industry experts. At the end of may hold in Shanghai’s first coal glycol technical and economic conference, experts, construction project, the coal to avoid blind glycol should suit, according to the actual situation of the reasonable choice of investment locations, with “win-win” as the goal, set up technical cooperation platform, thus improving coal glycol industry’s international competitiveness, avoid had previously seen domestic methanol, acetic acid overcapacity.

Given our situation, the domestic glycol production growth will mainly by the coal industry is, first line to make coal glycol technological innovation in the world. Last year, the country has coal gasification technology in modern glycol, one of the five demonstration and listed in the national petrochemical industry adjust revitalization plan. The meeting is put forward, in expert to implement this strategy for the realization process of coal, the healthy development of the industrialization of ethylene glycol, some “notes” for depth.

To win for the target
Establish technical cooperation platform

Experts suggest that at present domestic oil and coal glycol and glycol and glycol route tripartite competition of the market structure, win-win cooperation particularly important. Especially in the process of coal glycol, enterprise should according to national industrial policies and requirements, through the industry association, technical property transaction platform, “knowledge innovation, technological innovation, the project” cooperation mechanism that advanced, applicable technology effectively.

The expert points out, now many enterprises with “innovation”, still in his name, coal glycol technology development and human, investment costs also don’t know when we can succeed. These investments and self development, flowers as well as the introduction of technology, cooperate more efficient, project started faster. Physical structure of fujian YaoYuanGen deputy director of institute, said they had over 30 years of effort, to successfully developed leading international, with independent intellectual property rights of the coal glycol complete industrial technology. In this process, they are always adhere to and enterprise cooperation.

Industrial cluster
With total length and polyester

At present domestic 60% of polyester user concentration in the east China area, While most of the coal project construction in the Midwest glycol coal-producing region. The output of a liquid for transport, glycol will increase the cost. For example, in Inner Mongolia ordos nearly 2,000 kilometers from Shanghai railway transportation cost per ton, plus $334 storage, loading and unloading expenses and insurance.

The general manager of consultation, coal-producing region XiaLei think “integrated coal glycol and polyester” is the direction of development. The project built in ethylene glycol coal-producing coal chemical industry base, and use of the coal gasification, air, and the output of chemical raw materials for producing ethylene glycol, At the same time to methanol production technology of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PX), then xylene synthetic polyester need another terephthalic acid (PTA), raw material with PTA and glycol synthesis after the solid polyester.

XiaLei thinks, this route is liquid glycol and methanol convenient transportation and higher value-added products. It is reported, current tsinghua university academy, shanxi MeiHuaSuo developing methanol breakthrough technology, aromatic, can be obtained from coal and methanol route PTA.

Steady development
Prevent project “suit”

Coal glycol project belongs to high investment, high consumption of resources, the project occupies more land. The expert reminds, when construction investment to vision. To see the next three years, China’s polyester production may achieve rapid growth, higher demand of ethylene glycol, Also should see after 2012, polyester growth will fall, In addition, global glycol total consumption of 60% in China.

Another concern is in the Middle East glycol production base, to 2013 accelerated expansion in the Middle East will reach 862 tons of ethylene glycol production capacity, the main export to Asia, especially China. With China’s coal productivity growth, China glycol polyethylene glycol industry will face import competition. Shanghai huayi (group) company WeiJianHua vice President, the enterprise must consider when glycol actual market, careful analysis on technical and economic, scientific decisions. WeiJianHua special remind of imported ethylene glycol, depending on its cost advantages may adopt the strategy, price competition in domestic coal enterprise must prepare ahead of ethylene glycol.