Xin Beifang—China National Petroleum Corporation Ushers in a New Era for Domestically Produced Ethylene Technology
Jan 19,2019
According to a report by China National Petroleum Corporation’s website (reporters Li Dan and Wang Qiaoran), on September 23, the acceptance and evaluation meeting for the group company’s major science and technology project—“Development of Complete Industrial-Scale Ethylene Plant Technology”—was held in Beijing. The reporter learned that CNPC has successfully developed a complete set of large-scale ethylene processing technology with independent intellectual property rights, which has been successfully applied to the 1.2-million-ton-per-year ethylene expansion and renovation project at Daqing Petrochemical, thus ending the long-standing reliance on imported ethylene technology in China. Shen Diancheng, Deputy General Manager and member of the Party Leadership Group of the group company, attended the meeting. He emphasized that this successful localization of ethylene technology should be taken as an opportunity to accelerate the pace of independent technology research and development and its wider application, thereby further strengthening CNPC’s position.
According to a report by China National Petroleum Corporation’s website (reporters Li Dan and Wang Qiaoran), on September 23, the acceptance and evaluation meeting for the group company’s major science and technology project—“Development of Complete Industrial-Scale Ethylene Plant Technology”—was held in Beijing. The reporter learned that China National Petroleum Corporation has successfully developed a complete set of large-scale ethylene processing technology with independent intellectual property rights, which has been successfully applied to the 1.2-million-ton-per-year ethylene expansion and renovation project at Daqing Petrochemical, thus ending the long-standing reliance on imported ethylene technology in China.
Shen Diancheng, Deputy General Manager and member of the Party Leadership Group of the Group Corporation, attended the meeting. He emphasized that we should take the successful localization of ethylene technology as an opportunity to accelerate the R&D and widespread application of our own technologies, thereby making greater contributions to helping China National Petroleum Corporation’s refining and chemical business turn around and achieve a comeback.
Since the launch of the major science and technology project “Development of Complete Sets of Industrialization Technologies for Large-Scale Ethylene Plants” in 2008, institutions including Global Engineering Company, Daqing Petrochemical Company, Research Institute of Petrochemical Industry, and Tsinghua University have jointly conducted intensive research and development, successfully creating a complete set of process technologies for large-scale ethylene plants. This breakthrough has broken the monopoly held by foreign patent holders in the ethylene sector, and several core technologies have filled domestic gaps. The Daqing Petrochemical’s 1.2-million-ton-per-year ethylene expansion and renovation project was successfully started up in one go in October 2012 and smoothly passed the 72-hour full-load performance test in 2013. To date, this plant has been operating smoothly for nearly two years, and its technical indicators—including diene yield, comprehensive energy consumption, and thermal efficiency of the cracking furnace—have all reached internationally advanced levels.
The large-scale ethylene project has also achieved breakthroughs in the computational and engineering design of China’s large-scale ethylene cracking furnaces, as well as the industrial-scale application of a complementary series of catalysts. Moreover, it has developed China’s first software for predicting cracking product yields. China National Petroleum Corporation has become the first domestic enterprise to successfully achieve independent development and application of a complete set of ethylene technology, and is also the first company in China to develop the largest-scale ethylene cracking furnace currently in operation. As a result, China has become the fourth country in the world to possess a complete set of ethylene technology.
Shen Diancheng pointed out that after five years of joint efforts and intensive research, the major science and technology project on large-scale ethylene has been successfully completed, marking a significant breakthrough for the group company in overcoming key technological bottlenecks in downstream refining and petrochemical processes. This achievement signifies that China has now fully mastered large-scale ethylene technology with independent intellectual property rights. He emphasized the need to comprehensively summarize the experience gained from this major science and technology project on large-scale ethylene, thereby laying an even stronger foundation for the development of a world-class, million-ton-scale ethylene industrial complete-set technology. The next step is to accelerate the pace of independent technology R&D and its wider application, providing technical support for turning around and boosting profitability in refining and petrochemical operations, and making further contributions to the improvement and enhancement of the chemical industry business.
Sun Longde, Vice President of China National Petroleum Corporation, pointed out that we should make good use of the integrated scientific research, design, and production model of major science and technology projects to significantly enhance the company’s technological level, independent innovation capability, and core competitiveness in the refining and chemical industry, playing a vital role in boosting efficiency through technology and restructuring the industry. Wang Shihong, Assistant to the General Manager of the Group Company, said that we must strengthen research and development of key bottleneck technologies, enhance our engineering capabilities, and leverage technological innovation outcomes to boost the international competitiveness of our engineering construction business.
Relevant departments of the group company’s headquarters, heads and experts from specialized branches, and representatives from the project research units attended the meeting.
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