Ethanol

Ethanol
CAS: 64-17-5
Chemical formula: C2H6O
Colorless transparent liquid. It is an azeotrope of water distilled at 78.01 ° C. It is volatile. It can be miscible with water, glycerol, trichloromethane, benzene, ether and other organic solvents. Pharmaceutical excipients, solvents. This product is colorless clarified liquid; Slightly extra smelly; Volatile, easy to burn, burning light blue flame; Boil to about 78°C. This product can be miscible with water, glycerin, methane or ethyl sugar.

A large number of corn fuel ethanol projects are planned and constructed in China, and their spatial distribution is obviously related to corn raw materials. The main construction location of corn fuel ethanol in China is still in the main corn producing areas in Northeast China and Anhui, while the raw materials selected for the projects planned and constructed in areas with high temperature and humid climate such as Southwest, South China, Southeast and Southeast Asian countries are mainly cassava, sugarcane and other hot crops. In addition, fuel ethanol can also be built in Shaanxi, Hebei and other regions with high coal production, and these projects are mainly coal-to-ethanol. According to statistics, as of 2022, China’s corn fuel ethanol production is about 2.23 million tons, and the output value is about 25.333 billion yuan.

In terms of production technology, three of the first batch of designated fuel ethanol enterprises put into production in China use wet process. Since then, the enterprises put into production are mainly based on the dry production process, up to eight, with the continuous change of the production capacity process structure, the wet process is promoted faster. In China, corn fuel ethanol is mainly distributed in the northeast of China (including the northeast of Inner Mongolia), Anhui Province and Henan Province, where corn production is high.

On November 15, the quotation of some domestic ethanol manufacturers was stable
Jiangsu Dongcheng Biotechnology 150,000 tons/year cassava grade ethanol plant shut down, enterprise grade external quotation 6800 yuan/ton. Henan Hanyong 300,000 tons/year ethanol plant production line, excellent price of 6700 yuan/ton, anhydrous price of 7650 yuan/ton including tax factory. Shandong Chengguang Industry and Trade Co., LTD. 50,000 tons/year ethanol plant normal operation, 95% ethanol external quotation 06900 yuan/ton, anhydrous external reference 7750 yuan/ton.