Cradle to Consumer
Identity ID
500d61db-68a4-4055-a527-9c4e0b8a4a7a
Materials
Associated ID
bb63fa85-3003-4e5e-8767-76ffb69ccaa6
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Description
This is a market dataset representing the consumption market in the region. It includes transportation of the product from the factory gate to consumption, with transport services calculated according to the regional transportation conditions for the product.
Activity Description
The process flow for producing gasoline from coal-based methanol includes coal powder gasification, purification, methanol synthesis, distillation, olefin separation, olefin cracking to ethylene, ethylene oxidation to ethylene oxide, and ethylene oxide hydration to ethylene glycol.
Process Description
Gasoline is a fossil fuel. It serves as a liquid fuel derived from the fractional distillation of crude oil. Gasoline is one of the most widely used light petroleum products and a vital fuel for engines.
Time period
2020
2026
Geography
China,Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Macroeconomic value
Business-as-Usual
Data validation
Yes
Technology
Current Technology
Technology comment
The production process of this product includes: (1) gasification of coal powder to produce raw synthetic gas, which undergoes sulfur-resistant shift conversion via Co-Mo catalysis, followed by cold methanol washing for sulfur recovery with liquid sulfur as a by-product. (2) Purified synthetic gas is converted into methanol using a Lurgi low-pressure methanol synthesis unit, methanol distillation columns, and hydrogen recovery units; methanol is then separated into olefins via MTO process, and olefins are cracked to produce ethylene. (3) Ethylene is oxidized to produce ethylene oxide, which is subsequently hydrated to form ethylene glycol.