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operation pressure is between 3 and 30 bar, depending on the final use of the syngas
generated. Detailed information about the technology is to be found at the report “Coal
gasification in China” by US-China Energy Center and National Research Centre for
Coal and Energy (2014).
According to Taber (2016), currently at commercial scale in coal gasification in
China, the most relevant participations of Synthesis Energy Systems are as follows:
• The three Aluminum Corporation of China (CHALCO) SGT projects, in Shandong,
Shanxi, and Henan. These projects started up in 2015e16, and,whentheywillbe
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operating, it is expected to achieve a global production of around 228,000 Nm /h.
• Hai Hua Plant is the result of the joint venture between SES and Shangdong Hai
Hua Coal and Chemical Company Ltd. (Hai Hua) established in October 2006.
The plant, located in Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province in China, has a syngas
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capacity production of 20,000 Nm /h with two coal gasifiers. On construction in
2007, the plant is currently in commercial operation.
• Yima Joint Venture Project: Yima Coal Industry Group Co., Ltd. (YIMA) and SES
joined efforts in 2009 to set up the Yima Joint Venture plant in Henan Province,
China, with a total design capacity production of 300,000 TPY of methanol. In
March 2016, SES announced that its Yima Joint Venture plant had completed per-
formance testing of the SGT and received its Performance Test Certificate, exceeding
performance targets. As far as these authors’ knowledge, the plant is still in operation
(US-China Energy Center and National Research Centre for Coal and Energy, 2014).

7.2.1.1.6 CB&I E-Gas TM Technology
TM
The CB&I E-Gas gasification technology is based on a pressurized, upflow,
entrained slagging design with two-stage operation gasifier. Like the GE gasifier, E-

Gas TM is a slurry-feed gasifier which operates at typically 1400 C and 25e30 bar.
Detailed description of the technology is published in US-China Energy Center and
National Research Centre for Coal and Energy (2014). Its most representative example
up to date is the Wabash River Gasification Plant in the United States. However, the
CB&I E-Gas TM gasification technology has broken the ice and entered in the Chinese
market participating in two significant projects (Shah, 2016):
• The CNOOC Gasification Project: The China National Offshore Oil Corporation
(CNOOC) selected the CB&I E-Gas TM gasification technology for the new plant
to be located in Huizhou. The plant consists of three gasification trains and will
use as feedstock bituminous coal (4000 TPD), coke 2825 TPD, or coke/coal blend
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(80/20). The total syngas production is expected to be around 240,000 Nm /h, of
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which 225,000 Nm /h will be used to generate H 2 . Last news reports that its startup
was expected for late 2017.
• The Sincier Gasification Project: In October 2014, CB&I was awarded a contract
by Shandong Sincier Petrochemical Co., Ltd. for the license and engineering design
of a gasification unit to be built near Dongying, Shandong Province, China (CB&I,
2014). Using coal and liquid pitch as feedstock in the (2 þ 1) E-Gas plus gasifica-
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tion trains, it is expected to produce 230,000 Nm /h of (H 2 þ CO). As far as these
authors’ knowledge, the startup is expected in 2018 (Shah, 2016).