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Effective use of coal to promote energy development-an interview with Philip, vice president of Air Products

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Currently, governments of various countries are actively pursuing energy policies and promoting advanced technologies. Philip believes that because China's energy reserves are characterized by a large amount of coal and a shortage of oil and gas, coal is therefore vital to China's national security and meeting economic development needs. This also determines that China needs to start from the low-carbon and effective use of coal, introduce and promote advanced technologies to make breakthroughs to achieve energy development goals.

Philip further said that Shanxi is a major coal province in China, especially suitable for this direction. The "Thirteenth Five-Year" Comprehensive Energy Development Plan of Shanxi Province issued by Shanxi Province requires that it focus on promoting the construction of coal bases, coal power bases, modern coal chemical industry, coal bed methane, and new energy bases, and accelerate the development of energy equipment and energy service bases. Supporting construction. This also points out the direction for future development. On this basis, how to use coal cleanly and how to ensure safety and low-carbon environmental protection in the process of coal utilization will be the focus of breakthrough development. He also believes that coal gasification is a better way to use coal cleanly and effectively, and it is also one of the main development directions of the modern coal chemical industry at present and in the future. Coal can produce fuel (coal-to-liquid), chemical products (coal chemical industry) and electricity (integrated gasification combined cycle power generation) through mature gasification technology and processes. At the same time, it is necessary to explore new technologies in the gasification process, including carbon dioxide capture and hydrogen purification technology, to further ensure the environmental protection and low carbon emissions of the production process.


Regarding how companies innovate and develop in the energy sector, Philip believes that under the policy guidance, companies have the responsibility to actively transform and upgrade, introduce new technologies and processes to meet the upgrading of energy production, including adjusting the production structure to a more efficient and cleaner way. Produce energy and high value-added chemical products. For example, coal gasification will become an important source of coal to oil, coal to olefins and power generation. In addition, companies must actively explore and introduce advanced technologies, and work together with experienced partners to achieve safety, environmental protection, and low energy consumption in the production process.


American Air Products has a long history of cooperation with Shanxi Lu'an Group. Air Products previously provided air separation facilities and corresponding gases for Lu'an Coal-based Clean Energy Co., Ltd., and the two parties signed a $1.3 billion joint venture agreement in 2017. At present, the two parties jointly operate 4 sets of air separation equipment, 4 gasifiers and 2 sets of syngas purification systems in Changzhi City, Shanxi Province. Air Products also cleanly utilizes petrochemical electric heat for Lu’an 1.8 million tons/year of high-sulfur coal. Gas supply for integrated demonstration projects. Philip said that Shanxi enterprises represented by Lu'an Group have an innovative, pragmatic, open and enterprising corporate culture, keep pace with the times, and are committed to building an internationally competitive clean energy brand. The cooperation and communication between the two parties have always been very smooth. Based on years of friendly cooperation based on mutual benefits and complementary advantages, the two sides hope to deepen cooperation in low-carbon, emission reduction, energy saving, environmental protection and other technologies and investments in the future, and work together to ensure the stable and long-term operation of major benchmarking projects in Shanxi Province's transformation and comprehensive reform. In addition, Jinmei Group is also their partner. Philip said that he hopes to have the opportunity to cooperate with more enterprises as soon as possible to jointly realize the vision of low-carbon, emission reduction, energy saving, and environmentally friendly production.

Finally, Philip believes that low-carbon energy is the direction of future energy development. It is of great significance to hold this forum in Taiyuan, Shanxi, an important energy town in China. The forum gathered many representative companies in the industry and built an efficient platform for industry development, technical exchanges and cooperation. Air Products is a global leader in gasification, hydrogen and related technologies. It is a great honor to be invited to participate in this forum and give a keynote speech to provide suggestions for the development of low-carbon and clean energy in Shanxi and throughout China. At the same time, the company's advanced concepts, energy technologies and processes at home and abroad are introduced to China to contribute to the innovation and prosperity of China's energy industry.

This article is transferred from Shanxi News Network

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