China's largest high-pressure polyethylene plant put into operation

At present, China's largest production scale and the most advanced technologically advanced 250,000-ton/year high-pressure polyethylene plant is driven by Maoming Petrochemicals on March 17 to achieve a safe and economical operation.

The investment of more than 1.4 billion yuan in the 250,000 tons/year high-pressure polyethylene plant is a key project of Sinopec Maoming's 1 million ton/year ethylene renovation and expansion project. It is also an important project that makes full use of ethylene resources and enhances investment efficiency. Its high-pressure polyethylene is produced. It is the most demanding high-end plastic variety in the Guangdong market and has good market prospects and efficiency expectations. This new set of equipment introduces the high pressure pipeline technology of Basel Corporation of the United States. It has the technical advantages of high reaction pressure and conversion rate, short product switching time, and high operating rate. It can produce high transparent film, shrink film, cable material and foaming material. Such as 16 brands of products, have a wide range of uses in the electronics, power, light industry, packaging and other industries, is a high added value thermoplastic products, the current domestic market demand for more than 50% rely on imports to meet. The completion of the 250,000-ton/year high-pressure polyethylene plant in Maoming will help optimize the structure of Guangdong's ethylene varieties, meet market demand for high-end plastic products, increase the level of post-ethylene processing, and stimulate regional economic development.

The 250,000-ton/year high-pressure polyethylene is a project with the highest technological content, the largest number of imported equipment, and the strictest requirement for construction quality in the four new installations of Maoming's 1 million tons/year ethylene reformation and expansion. Among them, the introduction of compressors has the highest operating pressure level in China, and key equipment such as extrusion granulators, ultra-high pressure pipelines, and high pressure valves have also been introduced from abroad, and construction is extremely difficult. In order to give full play to the production capacity of the built-in ethylene faucet device, and seize the petrochemical boom cycle to create more benefits, Maoming Petrochemical put forward the project management concept of “all interlocking, pressing hard, pressing hard, and completing difficulties as scheduled”, and construction management. The Department of Science coordinated the organization and implemented a 24-hour round-the-clock service. More than 3,000 builders gave up holiday breaks, competed against the clock and day and night, protected key points and difficult points, overcame difficulties in design interfaces, difficulty in on-site construction, and strict installation requirements for high-voltage equipment. High-pressure pipe installation, large equipment lifting and other technical difficulties. The new device was started in April 2006 and completed at the end of February 2007. The construction period lasted only 11 months, setting the record for the shortest construction period of the same type of equipment in China, achieving high-speed construction and high-standard delivery.

Maoming Petrochemical and Chemical Division, with the characteristics of new equipment, large scale and new technology, and high operational pressure level, intervened in advance, and started preparation for production from scratch. In order to absorb and introduce advanced technologies as soon as possible, this division not only invites foreign experts to give lectures on technical and technical points, but also organizes employees to go to the same kind of equipment for the same type of training in the brother enterprises, uses the quality inspection opportunities in the project to become familiar with the equipment and processes, and conducts live process competitions. Activities such as anti-accident drills and special technical lectures enabled the employees to grasp the latest technology and operational essentials quickly. At the same time, in order to ensure that the new devices are completely safe to drive, they scrupulously follow the start-up plan and push forward the purge, airtight, trial operation and other procedures, and overcome difficulties such as the commissioning of compressors and debugging of control systems to ensure that the devices have the driving conditions. In the beginning, Maoming Petrochemical closely cooperated with each other, calmly responded to the situation, and managed to seek for stability. The process was completed in a relatively short period of time, and the production was successful once.