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Hubei Sanning selects Honeywell’s technology to produce plastics

from coal

ubei Sanning Chemical Industry has selected gasified with water to produce synthesis gas, which is a
HHoneywell UOP's Polybed Pressure Swing Adsorption mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Each of these
(PSA) technology to produce plastics from coal at its components are purified and used in different stages to
monoethylene glycol (MEG) plant at Zhijiang in China's produce monoethylene glycol.
Hubei Province. The PSA technology will supply high-
quality hydrogen at MEG. The Hubei Sanning plant will use Emerson Acquires HTE
the hydrogen to produce MEG – commonly used to make
polyester resins, films and fibers — manufactured from coal. Engineering Services
The new PSA unit is designed to generate 165,000 cubic

merson today announced
Eit has acquired Ireland-
based HTE Engineering
Services Ltd., which will join
the Assembly Technologies
business within Emerson’s
Au t oma t ion Solu t ion s
platform. “HTE builds upon
and strengthens Emerson's
capabilities and solutions for
plastic joining with a unique
technology to serve our customers in discrete end
meters of hydrogen per hour. “This is the first application markets,” said Lal Karsanbhai, executive president
in China of the Honeywell UOP PSA technology in an MEG of Emerson Automation Solutions. HTE offers heat
chemical plant,” said Henry Liu, regional general manager staking technologies, a method of joining two or more
for Honeywell UOP China. “It demonstrates the flexibility parts when at least one is made from plastic. The
of Honeywell UOP’s hydrogen technologies in a wide range applications for heat staking – which include automotive
of uses, including chemical manufacturing.” Hubei Sanning interiors/exteriors, electronics and PC boards, and
chose the Honeywell UOP technology due to its proven medical devices – help the company more effectively
reliability, superior economics, and fast delivery and tap new market opportunities by further enhancing
start up schedule. The technology also features new UOP the company’s joining technologies solutions. “The
adsorbents that recover hydrogen at very high levels. As acquisition of HTE allows Emerson to fill out our Branson
a result, the PSA unit can generate hydrogen with purities plastic joining portfolio and continue to offer a process-
as high as 99.9999 percent, making it an excellent source neutral approach for our customers’ advanced material
for the production of high-quality monoethylene glycol. joining applications in key market segments like medical
The new PSA technology will help Hubei Sanning, which is equipment, packaging and automotive assembly,”
located near the Yangtze River, meet new environmental said John Meek, president of Assembly Technologies,
regulations. It also is part of the company’s plan to Emerson Automation Solutions.“We are pleased to
modernize its production technology to high-pressure join Emerson and look forward to the opportunity for
gasification and accommodate a new 600,000 tons-per- growth that comes from being a part of a company with
annum MEG plant that is scheduled to begin operations significant global scale and reach to better serve our
next year.China is rich in coal with reserves of nearly customers,” said Patrick Wood, managing director and
300 billion tons but imports more than 8 million barrels founder of HTE Engineering. HTE Engineering Services
of oil per day, about a tenth of which is converted into is headquartered in Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland.
petrochemicals. In China, coal is an increasingly attractive Terms of the acquisition, which closed on October 1,
alternative to oil as a petrochemical feedstock. Coal is
were not disclosed.

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