ZHOUSHAN, CHINA — China’s Sinopec, the China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, recently announced it has successfully installed the world’s largest ever slurry-bed residue hydrogenation reactor, setting a Chinese record for the highest hoisting weight by a single piece of equipment.
Installation of the 3,025-ton reactor took 15 hours on June 10 in Zhoushan, China. The reactor, which enables chemical reactions between compounds and hydrogen, has a height of 72 metres, corresponding to a 26-storey building, noted a release.
The reactor’s outside diameter is 6.156 metres and has a wall thickness of 320 millimetres. It’s the core equipment of Zhejiang Petroleum and Chemical’s 40-million-ton-per-year phase two chemical refining integration project.
The record-breaking installation used a 5,200-ton slidable hydraulic gantry lifting system for the main hoisting task, and a 2,000-ton XGC28000 crawler crane co-ordinated the lift from the other end.
The lifting system will now be relocated to prepare for the lifting and installation of a second hydrogenation reactor, and it will complete six more similar hoisting jobs in the coming months.
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