The Taiyuan Chemical Plant - Taiyuan, Shanxi Province
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The Taiyuan Chemical Plant produces chlor-alkali, phenol, chlorobenzene, polyvinyl chloride, cyclohexane and hexane di-acid.
The plant has been using technologies which date from the 1950s and 1960s. The plant undertook a Cleaner Production audit in 1994 and has since made major progress in implementing cleaner production technologies.
Implementation has been based on the no-cost, low-cost and medium cost recommendations from the CP audits, in that order. Investments have been modest and benefits have been substantial, with short term returns on investments. For example, in the hexane di-acid plant an investment of 784,400 RMB for process improvements had a return on investment of 1.37 years. In another example, 877,000 RMB was invested in water recycling in the chlorobenzene plant. In one year, more than one million tons of water was saved, at a net savings of more than 1,300,000 RMB.
While this initial CP effort at Taiyuan Chemical has been successful, staff fully recognize that it is an ongoing effort. They have also identified that resources from outside the plant will be required to implement CP throughout the plant. For more information, see Taiyuan Chemical Plant -- a case study in cleaner Production.
The factory receives assistance in implementing cleaner production from the China-Canada Cooperation Project on Cleaner Production.
Contact
The factory can be contacted by email at
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Taiyuan Chemical Plant -- a case study in Cleaner Production
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Sewage Treatment and Recycling at Taiyuan Chemical Plant -- http://invt.sx.cei.gov.cn/issue/einform_content.asp?no=321&name=Public%20Utilities or http://invt.sx.cei.gov.cn/ - see Sewage Treatment and Recycle at Luocheng Sewage Treatment Plant
ŠNDRC 2000-2006