Coal gasification technology
for hydrogen refinery
The Chinese petrochemicals supplier, Lihuayi Group, has selected GE’s advanced coal gasification technology to help increase refinery hydrogen production at the Lijin petrochemical plant near Dongying city in Shandong Province.
As part of the Lijin Phase II expansion project, the
gasification technology provided by GE will allow the refinery to produce more
hydrogen to improve the quality of its petrochemical products. GE is providing
two 45 bar, 450 ft3 gasifiers that will supply approximately 1.78 million m3 /d
of syngas for refinery hydrogen production.
“Boosting hydrogen production to improve the quality of our
petroleum products supports our goal to increase the efficiency and reduce the
environmental impacts of our production activities, which also will help
strengthen the refinery’s competitive position,” commented Li Yusheng, general
manager of the Lihuayi Group. “GE’s gasification technology contributed a great
deal towards the success of our Phase I OXO project, and I believe this reliable
technology will play a vital role in enhancing our leading position in refinery
hydrogen production.”
Emission
reduction demands
The Lijin plant has already installed GE’s coal
gasification technology for the first phase of the refinery, enabling the
facility to produce syngas used for oxo aldehyde production. Thanks to the
success of Phase I, Lihuayi has opted for GE’s gasification technology for the
Phase II hydrogen expansion project.
“GE’s gasification technology and engineering services have
gained a very positive reputation in the refinery industry, while Lihuayi takes
a leading role in refining-chemical integration in China,” said Yang Dan,
general manager, Power Generation China at GE Power & Water. “That’s why GE’s
gasification technology is ideally suited to support this expansion project and
will help gasoline and diesel products produced by the Lihuayi upgrade meet the
National V Standard and energy savings and emission-reduction demands.”
Phase II is expected to begin operation in 2015.