Coal is the main energy source in China. However, environmental pollution and high energy consumption brought about by the application of coal are increasingly attracting attention. At the same time, China's coal chemical industry relies heavily on the introduction of technology, and its ability to independently innovate is weak. In June this year, a new strategic coalition for technology innovation in the coal (energy) chemical industry was officially established. Industry insiders believe that the alliance is expected to break the long-term disparity in the industry, the disconnection between production, study and research, and change China's coalification.
Industry technology is subject to the human status quo.
The introduction of coal chemical technology has brought a lot of money. There are many imported technologies, fewer scientific research results, and fewer conversion projects. This is a prominent issue facing China's coal chemical industry. Many industry experts pointed out that due to the indifference of the company's own core technology, over-introduction and repeated introduction of coal chemical technology has been caused.
For a long time, China's coal chemical technology mainly relies on the introduction from abroad. Almost all types of coal gasification technologies in the world have applications in China. According to statistics, the coal gasification plant introduced by China has processed about 58,000 tons of coal per day. Based on this, it estimates that the patented licensing fees for imported technology are as high as more than 200 million U.S. dollars. This does not include expensive proprietary equipment fees and on-site technical service fees. Wait.
However, the coal gasification technologies introduced in China are not all perfect technologies. A senior engineer of China National Chemical Engineering Corporation introduced that the coal chemical industry chain is long and the technology is complex. Most of the countries in Europe and the United States have invested in research and development by the state or large enterprises as a technology reserve, but most of them have not been widely used. After China has spent huge sums of money to purchase foreign technological achievements, it will have to invest a considerable amount of energy in order to produce large-scale applications. As a result, China has become a testing ground for coal chemical technology in developed countries.
In recent years, local coal enterprises have been actively marching into the coal chemical industry to build projects such as coal-to-oil, coal-to-methanol and olefins. Experts pointed out that “coal chemical industry is a complicated system project and it needs the initiative of the state or large enterprises to carry out some forward-looking and key technical reserves in a planned and systematic manner. Otherwise, it will not be subject to human control when it is used.â€
The coalition focused on the core technologies of coal chemical industry In June this year, at the launching ceremony of the strategic alliance for technological innovation in the new generation coal (energy) chemical industry, the chairman of the coalition Jin Ke Ning proposed that the coalition will closely focus on the technological needs of the company's development and the common development of the coal chemical industry. In accordance with the requirements of key technologies and national technological development strategies, in accordance with the advanced and forward-looking principles of development technologies, the theme of “clean and efficient development and utilization of coal, liquefaction and polygeneration†will be focused on to develop a new generation of coal (energy) chemical technology. The development and application.
Coal gasification is the core technology of coal chemical industry. In the past, coal gasification produced serious pollution and high energy consumption. A new generation of coal gasification technology can effectively solve the above problems. In the 1980s, China introduced the Texaco technology that was relatively mature at the time and established the first set of industrial demonstration facilities in Lunan. However, the adaptability of coal varieties still has certain limitations. Although various domestic gasification technologies have been developed by the relevant units in the country, the research results have mostly remained at the pilot stage due to the decentralized R&D and insufficient input.
The primary focus of the alliance was on coal gasification technology. The goal is to obtain a number of new achievements in independent intellectual property rights in water-wall dry pulverized coal gasifier technology, two-stage pulverized coal gasification chilling technology, and use these technologies to build industrial demonstration units and large-scale industrialized installations.
Some people in the industry believe that the development of alternative oil is more important is the gasification technology and methanol to obtain olefins as the main route to produce a variety of chemical products, as chemical raw materials, this is the real alternative to petroleum as raw materials. Therefore, the alliance is focusing on the production of olefins from methanol in the near future. It is hoped that one to two years will be used to complete the technical development of the 10,000-ton/year propylene industrial test plant and achieve industrialized technological achievements in catalysts, reactors, separation systems, etc. . On this basis, an industrial demonstration plant of 200,000 tons/year of propylene will be built to provide technical assurance for the industrialized large-scale installations of one million tons.
It is understood that Datang International's coal chemical project recently purchased Germany's technology for the production of olefins from methanol from syngas, and software alone costs 20 million U.S. dollars. According to past experience, as long as such technologies are developed by themselves, foreign prices will fall immediately.
Coal chemical industry is a complex process with a large scale. Experts told the reporter that according to the NDRC's requirements for the methanol-to-olefins project, the minimum scale is to produce 600,000 tons per year. If the industrial demonstration equipment is considered to be produced at an annual output of 100,000 tons, the input will also need several hundred million yuan. The current strength of a considerable number of enterprises in our country can only undertake the development of the back-end product technology of the industry, and achieve high returns with small investments. However, the gap in the front-end of the industry has always been difficult to make up, making the industry's core technology still heavily dependent on the introduction of foreign.
The Chinese government attaches great importance to the issue of energy conservation and emission reduction. The core purpose of the new-generation coal chemical technology is precisely to solve the problem of carbon dioxide emissions, improve efficiency, and reduce costs. Relevant experts also pointed out that the promotion and application of new technologies also depends on the implementation of national environmental protection policies.
The Union has set up a new bridge for production, learning and research. At present, the combination of production, education and research in China is basically limited to the cooperation of individual projects. Most development projects rely on the free integration of individual enterprises and scientific research institutes on a voluntary basis. In the colleges and universities, more scientific research results can only be done in the pilot or pilot stage, and there are few achievements in achieving industrialization.
For coal chemical industry, individual enterprises, universities and research institutes cannot undertake the entire process and multi-category technical development tasks, and may only participate in one or a few links.
The new-generation coal chemical innovation strategic alliance is no longer confined to one project, but is based on the principles of the development of process technology, engineering technology, and key equipment manufacturing technologies, and follows the mechanism study—small test—pilot test—industrial demonstration equipment—large industrialization. The technical development rules of the installation plan the technical development task.
Specifically, the alliance classifies each member according to their respective functions: scientific research units, universities and colleges through breakthroughs in original innovation and cutting-edge technologies, providing continuous support for alliance technology innovation; engineering companies accelerate technology within the alliance through the development of processes and engineering technologies. The transformation of results to industrialization; production companies put forward demands and provide resources to support the establishment of an industrialization platform for achievement transformation. Among the first 10 member companies, there are Tsinghua University, Tianjin University, Dalian University of Technology, East China University of Technology, and other leading enterprises such as Yankuang, Anhui Huaihua Group, both engineering companies and large-scale equipment manufacturing. enterprise.
"It is difficult to rely on the strength of a company to compete with foreign government investment and large company investment. Everyone can unite and may be able to change the status quo." Coalition officials pointed out that the development of China's coal chemical industry can not be separated from the support of national policies, hope that the country Increasing the tilt to the coalition from scientific and technological resources has stimulated the enthusiasm of the coalition participants. In addition, according to past historical experience and lessons, we must correctly handle the relationship between introduction and independent innovation.
The expert believes that “as the industrial structure upgrades, the country should give time and space to encourage independent innovation, rather than simply stressing that the faster the better. The construction of an innovative country should start from strengthening the ability of independent innovation. Otherwise there may be some Enterprises can't wait for new technology research and development to be eager to import from abroad. The country has spent money and has also damaged its ability to innovate."
Industry technology is subject to the human status quo.
The introduction of coal chemical technology has brought a lot of money. There are many imported technologies, fewer scientific research results, and fewer conversion projects. This is a prominent issue facing China's coal chemical industry. Many industry experts pointed out that due to the indifference of the company's own core technology, over-introduction and repeated introduction of coal chemical technology has been caused.
For a long time, China's coal chemical technology mainly relies on the introduction from abroad. Almost all types of coal gasification technologies in the world have applications in China. According to statistics, the coal gasification plant introduced by China has processed about 58,000 tons of coal per day. Based on this, it estimates that the patented licensing fees for imported technology are as high as more than 200 million U.S. dollars. This does not include expensive proprietary equipment fees and on-site technical service fees. Wait.
However, the coal gasification technologies introduced in China are not all perfect technologies. A senior engineer of China National Chemical Engineering Corporation introduced that the coal chemical industry chain is long and the technology is complex. Most of the countries in Europe and the United States have invested in research and development by the state or large enterprises as a technology reserve, but most of them have not been widely used. After China has spent huge sums of money to purchase foreign technological achievements, it will have to invest a considerable amount of energy in order to produce large-scale applications. As a result, China has become a testing ground for coal chemical technology in developed countries.
In recent years, local coal enterprises have been actively marching into the coal chemical industry to build projects such as coal-to-oil, coal-to-methanol and olefins. Experts pointed out that “coal chemical industry is a complicated system project and it needs the initiative of the state or large enterprises to carry out some forward-looking and key technical reserves in a planned and systematic manner. Otherwise, it will not be subject to human control when it is used.â€
The coalition focused on the core technologies of coal chemical industry In June this year, at the launching ceremony of the strategic alliance for technological innovation in the new generation coal (energy) chemical industry, the chairman of the coalition Jin Ke Ning proposed that the coalition will closely focus on the technological needs of the company's development and the common development of the coal chemical industry. In accordance with the requirements of key technologies and national technological development strategies, in accordance with the advanced and forward-looking principles of development technologies, the theme of “clean and efficient development and utilization of coal, liquefaction and polygeneration†will be focused on to develop a new generation of coal (energy) chemical technology. The development and application.
Coal gasification is the core technology of coal chemical industry. In the past, coal gasification produced serious pollution and high energy consumption. A new generation of coal gasification technology can effectively solve the above problems. In the 1980s, China introduced the Texaco technology that was relatively mature at the time and established the first set of industrial demonstration facilities in Lunan. However, the adaptability of coal varieties still has certain limitations. Although various domestic gasification technologies have been developed by the relevant units in the country, the research results have mostly remained at the pilot stage due to the decentralized R&D and insufficient input.
The primary focus of the alliance was on coal gasification technology. The goal is to obtain a number of new achievements in independent intellectual property rights in water-wall dry pulverized coal gasifier technology, two-stage pulverized coal gasification chilling technology, and use these technologies to build industrial demonstration units and large-scale industrialized installations.
Some people in the industry believe that the development of alternative oil is more important is the gasification technology and methanol to obtain olefins as the main route to produce a variety of chemical products, as chemical raw materials, this is the real alternative to petroleum as raw materials. Therefore, the alliance is focusing on the production of olefins from methanol in the near future. It is hoped that one to two years will be used to complete the technical development of the 10,000-ton/year propylene industrial test plant and achieve industrialized technological achievements in catalysts, reactors, separation systems, etc. . On this basis, an industrial demonstration plant of 200,000 tons/year of propylene will be built to provide technical assurance for the industrialized large-scale installations of one million tons.
It is understood that Datang International's coal chemical project recently purchased Germany's technology for the production of olefins from methanol from syngas, and software alone costs 20 million U.S. dollars. According to past experience, as long as such technologies are developed by themselves, foreign prices will fall immediately.
Coal chemical industry is a complex process with a large scale. Experts told the reporter that according to the NDRC's requirements for the methanol-to-olefins project, the minimum scale is to produce 600,000 tons per year. If the industrial demonstration equipment is considered to be produced at an annual output of 100,000 tons, the input will also need several hundred million yuan. The current strength of a considerable number of enterprises in our country can only undertake the development of the back-end product technology of the industry, and achieve high returns with small investments. However, the gap in the front-end of the industry has always been difficult to make up, making the industry's core technology still heavily dependent on the introduction of foreign.
The Chinese government attaches great importance to the issue of energy conservation and emission reduction. The core purpose of the new-generation coal chemical technology is precisely to solve the problem of carbon dioxide emissions, improve efficiency, and reduce costs. Relevant experts also pointed out that the promotion and application of new technologies also depends on the implementation of national environmental protection policies.
The Union has set up a new bridge for production, learning and research. At present, the combination of production, education and research in China is basically limited to the cooperation of individual projects. Most development projects rely on the free integration of individual enterprises and scientific research institutes on a voluntary basis. In the colleges and universities, more scientific research results can only be done in the pilot or pilot stage, and there are few achievements in achieving industrialization.
For coal chemical industry, individual enterprises, universities and research institutes cannot undertake the entire process and multi-category technical development tasks, and may only participate in one or a few links.
The new-generation coal chemical innovation strategic alliance is no longer confined to one project, but is based on the principles of the development of process technology, engineering technology, and key equipment manufacturing technologies, and follows the mechanism study—small test—pilot test—industrial demonstration equipment—large industrialization. The technical development rules of the installation plan the technical development task.
Specifically, the alliance classifies each member according to their respective functions: scientific research units, universities and colleges through breakthroughs in original innovation and cutting-edge technologies, providing continuous support for alliance technology innovation; engineering companies accelerate technology within the alliance through the development of processes and engineering technologies. The transformation of results to industrialization; production companies put forward demands and provide resources to support the establishment of an industrialization platform for achievement transformation. Among the first 10 member companies, there are Tsinghua University, Tianjin University, Dalian University of Technology, East China University of Technology, and other leading enterprises such as Yankuang, Anhui Huaihua Group, both engineering companies and large-scale equipment manufacturing. enterprise.
"It is difficult to rely on the strength of a company to compete with foreign government investment and large company investment. Everyone can unite and may be able to change the status quo." Coalition officials pointed out that the development of China's coal chemical industry can not be separated from the support of national policies, hope that the country Increasing the tilt to the coalition from scientific and technological resources has stimulated the enthusiasm of the coalition participants. In addition, according to past historical experience and lessons, we must correctly handle the relationship between introduction and independent innovation.
The expert believes that “as the industrial structure upgrades, the country should give time and space to encourage independent innovation, rather than simply stressing that the faster the better. The construction of an innovative country should start from strengthening the ability of independent innovation. Otherwise there may be some Enterprises can't wait for new technology research and development to be eager to import from abroad. The country has spent money and has also damaged its ability to innovate."