印度将把1亿吨煤转化为合成天然气和化工产品

据世界天然气9月2日消息称，印度计划在未来10年将1亿吨热煤转化为合成天然气和化工产品，这是印度为促进清洁能源的更广泛使用努力的一部分。

印度煤炭部长普拉拉德·乔希昨日晚间表示，预计到2030年，煤炭气化和液化总投资将达到4万亿卢比(550亿美元)。根据煤炭部的数据，在截至3月31日的财政年度，印度煤炭产量为7.291亿吨。

据总部位于伦敦的国际能源机构清洁煤炭中心表示，煤炭气化是将煤炭转化为合成气的过程，合成气是一氧化碳、氢气、二氧化碳、天然气和水蒸气的混合物。

这些合成气可以加工生产能源燃料以及尿素等产品。在煤的直接液化中，煤可以直接加工生产液态烃。这位部长说，该计划“不再是愿望，而是一项要求”，强调了该国对原油进口的严重依赖。

乔希表示，为了鼓励企业建立这样的项目，印度煤炭部制定了一项政策，如果生产的煤炭用于气化和液化，将在即将举行的煤炭商业开采区块拍卖中给予20%的收入分成。

国有煤炭生产商印度煤炭公司（CIL）是印度东部奥里萨邦拟议中的煤气化和化肥合资项目的一部分。

该部表示，CIL计划在该国至少建立三个合资气化厂。该公司已经在计划建立一个煤制甲醇项目。

曹海斌 摘译自 世界天然气

India to divert 100mn t coal to gasification projects

India is aiming to convert 100mn t of thermal coal into synthetic natural gas and chemical products in the coming decade, as part of its broader push to promote cleaner sources of energy.

A total investment of 4 trillion rupees ($55bn) is envisaged in coal gasification and liquefaction by 2030, coal minister Pralhad Joshi said late yesterday. India produced 729.10mn t of coal in the financial year that ended 31 March, according to coal ministry data.

Coal gasification is the process of converting coal into syngas — a mixture of carbon monoxide, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, natural gas, and water vapour, according to the IEA Clean Coal Centre, a London-based information and analysis provider.

The syngas can be processed to produce energy fuel as well as products such as urea. In direct coal liquefaction, coal can be directly processed to produce liquid hydrocarbons. This plan “is no more an aspiration, but a requirement,” the minister said, underscoring the country’s heavy reliance on crude oil imports.

To encourage companies to set up such projects, the coal ministry has devised a policy that will give a concession of 20pc on revenue sharing in the upcoming auction of coal blocks for commercial mining, if the coal produced will be used for gasification and liquefaction, Joshi said.

State-controlled coal producer Coal India (CIL) is part of a proposed joint-venture coal-gasification and fertilizer project in the eastern state of Odisha.

CIL plans to set up at least three joint-venture gasification plants in the country, the ministry said. The company is already working on plans to build a coal-to-methanol project.