By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Apr. 15 -- Wilson (Nanjing) Chemical Co. Ltd. signed a licensing agreement with GE Energy, a division of General Electric Co., Atlanta, for the use of GE's technology in a new plant in Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park on the Yangtze River.
The plant, slated to start operation in 2007, will convert coal into carbon monoxide and hydrogen, which then will be used to produce products. The project calls for three 450 cu ft gasification units, of which one will be a spare.
The GE contract also includes the preparation of a gasification process design package, technical services, and equipment to implement the gasification technology. China Tianchen Chemical Engineering Corp. of Tianjin, China, is the project engineer.
A total of 23 licenses for GE's gasification technology have been signed in China since the early 1970s, the company said.
