Progress in technologies of coal-based ethylene glycol synthesis
Yuan‐Gen Yao · Huagong jinzhan · 2010
The present status and development trends of ethylene glycol(EG)production technology are summarized.The oil ethylene route is currently the main process for producing EG in chemical industry.While,the technology of EG from coal meets the energy character of China with high economic efficiency,which would take the advantage of coal resource that is relatively rich in China.After nearly 30 years of research,with the cooperation of enterprises,Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter,CAS,have completed the first industrialization set of EG from coal in the world.