Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that its three large air separation units (ASUs) in Hangjinqi, Inner Mongolia, for Inner Mongolia Yitai Chemical Co. Ltd. (Yitai Chemical) have come onstream. The world-scale facilities supply more than 9,000 tons per day of gasesous oxygen, four pressure levels of gasesous nitrogen, instrument air, and plant air to Yitai Chemical’s leading fine chemical demonstration project, which produces 1.2 million tons of high-quality fine chemical products annually.
Yitai Chemical is wholly owned by Inner Mongolia Yitai Group Co. Ltd., a leading coal group and one of the top 10 private companies in China. It is also the largest coal group in Inner Mongolia, which also has major coal-to-energy and chemical investments in Xinjiang.
“Air Products has been serving China for 30 years and contributing to many milestone energy projects. Inner Mongolia holds one of China’s largest coal reserves and is a strategic region for the country’s energy industry. We are pleased that our state-of-the-art large ASUs play a role in supporting this landmark project for the clean and efficient use of coal resources, a key goal of the Government’s 13th Five-Year Plan,” commented Saw Choon Seong, China president, Industrial Gases at Air Products. “We continue to pursue opportunities to leverage our innovation, scale, and reliable and safe supply to support our customers and the country’s sustainability goals.”