National Development and Reform Commission accelerates the elimination of backward and inefficient production capacity of coal chemical industry

According to the official website of the National Development and Reform Commission, the recently released "Implementation Guidelines for Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction Transformation and Upgrading in the Modern Coal Chemical Industry" (hereinafter referred to as the "Implementation Guidelines") proposes strict policy constraints to eliminate backward and inefficient production capacity in coal chemical industry
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The "Implementation Guide" specifically proposes to strictly implement relevant laws and regulations on energy conservation, environmental protection, quality, safety technology, and policies such as the "Industrial Structure Adjustment Guidance Catalog".
Coal chemical production capacity, accelerate the elimination and exit
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The "Implementation Guide" points out that modern coal chemical industry is an effective way to promote the clean and efficient utilization of coal, has a positive effect on expanding the source of chemical raw materials, and has become an important supplement to the petrochemical industry
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The modern coal chemical industry includes coal-to-methanol, coal-to-olefins, and coal-to-ethylene glycol
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Advanced and backward production capacity coexist in the modern coal chemical industry, and there are significant differences in energy efficiency among enterprises
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The main problems of energy consumption include insufficient utilization of waste heat, low level of process heat integration, and low energy efficiency of steam/electricity-consuming equipment
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At the same time, the "Implementation Guide" requires strengthening the development and application of cutting-edge technologies and fostering benchmarking and demonstration enterprises
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Accelerate the development of new high-performance composite catalysts
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Promote the demonstration application of independent complete sets of large-scale air separation, large-scale air compressor superchargers, and large-scale coal gasifiers
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Promote the development and application of cutting-edge technologies such as one-step synthesis of olefins from syngas and the coupling of green hydrogen and coal chemical projects
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