Methanol-to-olefins(MTO)conversion is one of the critical technologies for the clean utilization of coal,which has important strategic significance for ensuring national energy security.SINOPEC has continuously innovated in the area of catalytic reaction mechanism,high-performance zeolite catalysts and reaction-regeneration process for more than 20 years,and developed the SMTO catalytic technology with high efficiency for industrialization.The tandem innovation from oriented fundamental research to industrial application was thus demonstrated using SMTO as a case in this account.
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