Recently, in the zero carbon industrial park of Maoming Binhai New Area, a brand new catalyst production pilot plant quietly entered the commissioning stage next to the construction fence of Keyuan Holdings Group. The acrylic acid industrial park with a total investment of 11.5 billion yuan and covering an area of 1314 acres is accelerating from blueprint to reality. With the completion of core process equipment, China's chemical industry has once again taken a crucial step on the track of cost reduction, efficiency improvement, and green transformation.

Disrupting the process and breaking through the cost line

The biggest highlight of the project is the fundamental change in the technological roadmap. Unlike traditional processes, this industrial park adopts a new process of direct oxidation of propane to produce acrylic acid, completely eliminating the high-energy consumption dehydrogenation process. This innovation has significantly reduced the production cost per ton of product by nearly a thousand yuan, not only greatly enhancing market competitiveness, but also reducing carbon emissions at the source. The 100 ton pilot plant to be built in 2026 is the key springboard for this disruptive technology to move from the laboratory to industrial mass production, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent 1000 ton expansion.

Fill in the key links of the zero carbon chain

As a chain building project of Maoming Zero Carbon Industrial Park, the acrylic acid project plays a core role as a link between the past and the future. It connects green electricity powered by nuclear energy on one end and extends to deep processing of polymer new materials on the other end, perfectly fitting the strategic deployment of Maoming City's 15th Five Year Plan for the coupling development of nuclear energy and petrochemicals. By introducing this leading project, Maoming is accelerating the construction of a closed-loop industry chain from basic chemical raw materials to high-end new materials, directly transforming the dividends of the energy revolution into the growth momentum of a billion dollar green chemical new materials industry cluster. Keywords: Domestic new energy latest news、industrial park

Billion dollar track opens up new battlefield

From a single project to a full chain ecosystem, the acrylic acid industrial park is a key milestone for Maoming to open up a new industrial track. Under the continuous release of policy dividends in Binhai New Area, this project not only drives the aggregation of upstream and downstream supporting enterprises, but also promotes the overall upgrading of regional industrial level. With the orderly progress of the first phase of the project, this modern chemical base that integrates efficiency, low-carbon, and intelligence will become a new coordinate on the green chemical map of southern China, providing a replicable model for the transformation and upgrading of traditional petrochemical cities.Editor/Gao Xue