Wison Engineering touts technology for synthetic gas-to-ethylene glycol

Wison Engineering has signed a strategic cooperative agreement with Guizhou Xinxin Chemical Engineering Co. (Xinxin Group)  and Tianjin University to jointly promote the commercialization of their proprietary technology for the production of ethylene glycol from synthetic gas, the companies announced on Tuesday.

Moreover, Wison Engineering will provide EPC services relating to a demonstration unit for the yellow phosphorus tail gas to 70,000 tpy oxalic acid and 10,000 tpy ethylene glycol project under the strategic agreement.

 

According to the agreement, Wison Engineering, Tianjin University and Xinxin Group will give full play to their respective advantages to enhance the development of their proprietary synthetic gas-to-ethylene glycol technology and to promote its commercialization. 

While Tianjin University will provide the process design package (PDP) of synthetic gas-to-ethylene glycol technology, Wison Engineering will work on PDP conversion and offer engineering design and project management services, and Xinxin Group will invest in the construction of a 10,000 tpy ethylene glycol demonstration unit for the yellow phosphorus tail gas-to-70,000 tpy oxalic acid and 10,000-tpy ethylene glycol project as a pilot plant for further technology optimization. 

 

Wison Engineering is responsible for the basic design, detailed design, procurement and construction management, and commissioning of the demonstration unit. The company says it will take the lead to adopt advanced plant design software, including Smart Plant 3D and Smart Plant P&ID, to process the digitalized engineering work, which can improve efficiency and the design progress. 

At the same time, the project will also involve the implementation of modular design, manufacturing, transportation and installation, to enable a complete digital delivery to the project owner.

 

"Wison Engineering is committed to continuous technological innovation and new technology engineering improvement," said Liu Haijun, senior vice president of Wison Engineering. "We are very honored to forge a strategic cooperative alliance with Tianjin University and Xinxin Group, which enables comprehensive cooperation and jointly enhances the optimization and promotion of synthetic gas-to-ethylene glycol technology so as to promote the rapid development of China's modern coal chemical industry. The demonstration unit converts yellow phosphorus tail gas-to-ethylene glycol to sets a new environmental and economic direction for the commercial application of synthetic gas-to-ethylene glycol technology."

 

With two decades of research, Tianjin University’s synthetic gas-to-ethylene glycol technology uses gas-phase CO coupled with synthetic oxalate and oxalate hydrogenation to produce ethylene glycol.