據烴加工網3月9日報道，近日，沙特基礎工業公司（SABIC）與Coolbrook簽署了一項協議，以評估Coolbrook的Roto Dynamic Reactor(RDR)技術，以支持脫碳乙烯生產。

沙特基礎工業公司致力于實現其既定的脫碳目標——到2030年減排20%，到2050年實現碳中和——并支持客戶實現自己的脫碳目標。此次合作是沙特基礎工業公司眾多積極項目之一，旨在減少并最終消除制造設施的二氧化碳排放，并為客戶的能源轉型之旅提供支持。一個非常有前景的選擇是蒸汽裂解工廠的電氣化，與可再生能源的使用相結合，有可能將與乙烯和丙烯生產相關的范圍1和2排放減少90%以上。

SABIC Ventures總經理Aruna Subramanian表示，這重申了SABIC承諾到2050年通過蒸汽裂解爐電氣化等多種途徑實現碳中和。與Coolbrook的RDR技術等外部創新的合作和支持，證明了SABIC有興趣推動我們的行業和世界向前發展。

除了推進近期可用電氣化技術的商業化，SABIC通過其全球企業風險投資部門SABIC Ventures，繼續激勵行業生態系統，并投資于一系列早期技術，期望其中一些技術一旦完全開發，可以商業化，以支持SABIC和更廣泛的石化行業向碳中和過渡。SABIC認為，合作和伙伴關系是實現其雄心勃勃的氣候目標的關鍵，符合行業的增長愿望。

Coolbrook首席執行官Joonas Rauramo表示，“SABIC是石油化工領域的全球領導者，我們已經在荷蘭建立了密切的合作關系，兩家公司在荷蘭都有著強大的影響力。我們相信，我們攜手合作，可以對減少乙烯生產對當地和全球的氣候影響產生重大影響”。

SABIC已經與合作伙伴巴斯夫（BASF）和林德（Linde）合作開發和商業化技術解決方案，以應對與電動蒸汽裂解相關的挑戰，并預計將于2023年晚些時候投產世界上第一個商業示范規模的電動裂解設施。此外，SABIC還選擇了采用SABIC- basf - linde技術的裂解爐電氣化，將其納入其第一個采用者計劃，其目標是在未來幾年內在其一個制造設施中運行一個完全商業規模的電裂解爐。

郝芬 譯自 烴加工網

原文如下：

SABIC setting its sights on the electrification of ethylene production

SABIC has signed an agreement with Coolbrook to assess Coolbrook’s Roto Dynamic Reactor (RDR) technology in support of decarbonizing ethylene production.

SABIC is committed to achieving its stated decarbonization ambitions – 20% reduction by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050 – and in supporting customers in achieving their own decarbonization ambitions. This new collaboration is one of SABIC’s many active programs aimed at reducing, and ultimately eliminating, the CO2 emissions from manufacturing facilities as well as supporting customers on their energy transition journeys. One very promising option is the electrification of steam cracking plants, which in conjunction with the use of renewable power has the potential to reduce the Scope 1 and 2 emissions linked with ethylene and propylene production by over 90%.

Aruna Subramanian, Managing Director, SABIC Ventures, said, “This reaffirms SABIC’s commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2050 through, among many pathways, the electrification of steam crackers. Collaborations with, and support of external innovations, such as Coolbrook’s RDR technology, is a testament to SABIC’s interest in driving our industry and world forward.”

In addition to pressing ahead with the commercialization of near term available electrification technology, SABIC, via SABIC Ventures, its global corporate venturing arm, continues to stimulate the industry ecosystem and invest in a pipeline of early stage technologies with the expectation that some of these, once fully developed, can be commercialized to support SABIC’s and the wider petrochemicals industry’s transition towards carbon neutrality. SABIC believes collaboration and partnership are key to achieving its ambitious climate targets in line with the industry’s growth aspirations.

Joonas Rauramo, CEO of Coolbrook, said: “SABIC is a global leader in petrochemicals, and we have already established a close cooperation relationship in The Netherlands, where both companies have a strong presence. We are confident that together we can have a significant impact on reducing the climate impact from ethylene production here and globally.”

SABIC is already working with partners BASF and Linde to develop and commercialize technological solutions to the challenges associated with electrically powered steam cracking and anticipates the commissioning of the world’s-first commercial-demonstration scale electrically powered cracking facility later in 2023. Furthermore, SABIC has selected cracker electrification with the SABIC-BASF-Linde technology for inclusion in its 1st Adopter Program with the ambition for having a full commercial-scale electrical cracking furnace in operation at one of its manufacturing facilities within the next several years.