The world's first coal-based raw material methyl methacrylate plant was put into operation in Xinjiang
On July 28, Xinjiang Zhongyou Puhui Technology Co., Ltd.'s first coal-based methanol-acetic acid-to-methyl methacrylate product transporter drove out of the factory area. Photo by Gao Zhihua from Tianshan.com (reported by Wei Yonggui) "It took a month for our device to achieve stable production." On August 30, in Naomaohu Coal Chemical Circular Economy Industrial Zone, Yiwu County Industrial Park, Hami City, Xinjiang The 10,000-ton coal-based methanol - acetic acid to methyl methacrylate production unit of Zhongyou Puhui Technology Co., Ltd. is running stably. Vice Chairman Yang Yongming said happily that the product is up to standard, and the company is further optimizing the process flow for subsequent release. 100,000 tons of production capacity to prepare. Yang Yongming introduced that the device was developed by the Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is the world's first industrial demonstration device for the coal-based methanol-acetic acid to methyl methacrylate project. The third effective technical route of methyl ester, my country has completely independent intellectual property rights. The exterior of Xinjiang Zhongyou Puhui Technology Co., Ltd. coal-based methanol - acetic acid to methyl methacrylate production unit. Photo by Gao Zhihua Methyl methacrylate is an important organic chemical raw material, mainly used for synthesizing plexiglass, polyvinyl chloride modifier, medical functional polymer materials, etc. LED lamps and automotive lenses and other fields are widely used. In addition, high-quality methyl methacrylate is also an indispensable polymerization monomer for the production of important materials such as aerospace glass, optical fibers, high-performance optical lenses, and electronic information devices. According to the website of the Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the industrial demonstration unit of the 10,000-ton coal-based methanol-acetic acid to methyl methacrylate project was successfully opened in Xinjiang at the end of July, realizing the domestic production of methyl methacrylate from completely relying on petroleum raw materials to using Transformation of coal-based feedstocks. The successful commissioning of this project shows that the coal-based methanol-acetic acid to methyl methacrylate technology developed by the Institute of Process Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is reliable, and provides strong technical support for the high-end, differentiated and green development of my country's modern coal chemical industry. It will promote the development of new coal chemical materials, drive related industrial chains, and form industrial clusters. The project will be settled in Yiwu County Industrial Park in 2020 with an investment of about 980 million yuan and will be constructed in two phases. The first-phase project with an annual output of 10,000 tons of methyl methacrylate was completed at the end of March this year. After continuous debugging, the first batch of products was successfully produced on July 28; the second-phase production capacity is 100,000 tons, and the project is in progress. "At present, more than 30% of methyl methacrylate in China needs to be imported, which restricts the development of related industries." Yang Yongming introduced that the raw materials of the coal-based methanol-acetic acid to methyl methacrylate process are easy to obtain, low production cost, clean and environmentally friendly, and relatively Compared with the traditional process, the ton cost can be reduced by 20%. Yang Yongming said that the company plans to complete the third phase of the project by the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan" to achieve an annual output of 700,000 tons of coal-based methanol-acetic acid to methyl methacrylate and downstream products, forming an industrial cluster with an annual output value of 20 billion yuan.