On November 20, 2019, Mr Li Junyang, IEEPA Vice-President, and Mr Liu Jianmin, IEEPA expert and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Coal-fired Power Generation and Pollutant Control, visited Xuzhou Combustion Control Research Institute (Hereafter referred to as “XCC”). The senior leadership and technical staff of XCC accompanied the visitors.
The team of experts visited the production plants No.1-No.4 and experimental centers. The relevant technical staff of XCC detailed their products, combustion control technique, and manufacturing processes, with the two sides discussing how combustion can be more complete with a higher efficiency.
The group then visited the central control room and observed the main experimental equipment ofXCC. The test center has the largest combustion test platform in Asia, which can be used for ignition and steady-state combustion testing of oil, gas, coal and other fuels. Technicians explained in detail the mechanisms of low-nitrogen combustion, organic exhaust treatment, flare stack system, double-strong micro-oil ignition, plasma non-oil ignition, high alkali coal and other technologies.
At the symposium, the leaders of XCC gave details of the company's development process, market positioning and future development strategy. Technicians also detailed garbage power and uses of the clean energy.
Mr Liu Jianmin pointed out that China’s ecological environment has undergone profound changes, yet waste disposal is still an important task in the ecological sector of environmental protection, because if landfills are used as the main method of treating waste, this will not only waste land resources but also cause groundwater pollution. Further, the garbage power industry has reached a new level. China currently has 30% to 40% of household waste that can be used to generate electricity, and for XCC, the task is not to only make waste power generation “green”, but it is also an opportunity to sell outputs, engage in systematic construction, and the opportunity to seize the market, all forming a virtuous cycle.
Mr Li Junyang pointed out that the development of the eco-economy is a major trend and that garbage power in line with the economic and environmental protection requirements, government support and enterprise determination, is indispensable for continued growth. At the same time, China’s waste incineration power industry is rapidly developing. However, lack of funds in the early stages of enterprise, dysfunctional operation, low-cost bidding and other issues are gradually exposed. Furthermore, subsidies face the problem of decline and so therefore begin to restrict the development of the industry. The government should support enterprises such as XCC, so that it can form a good momentum of development and turn enterprise disadvantages into an advantage.
