Clean production of steel pipe industry

We will promote industrial restructuring and layout optimization
In the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the iron and steel industry will promote the “double control” of the total amount and intensity of energy consumption, accelerate the green development and upgrading of the industry, improve energy efficiency, and ensure the continuous improvement of energy efficiency. According to statistics, the comprehensive energy consumption per unit product of crude steel decreased by 4.9%. The process structure and distribution of the steel industry will be further improved, the structural adjustment of the steel industry in welded steel pipe will be gradually deepened, the distribution of steel production capacity will be optimized, and pressure on air pollution control and transportation will be eased in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and its surrounding areas, as well as in the Yangtze River Delta. According to statistics, the average number of days with good air quality in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and its surrounding areas, the Yangtze River Delta and the Fen-Wei Plain in 2019 increased by 3.8, 4.9 and 9.6 percentage points, respectively, compared with 2017.

The environmental performance and governance level of the industry will be significantly improved
The clean production evaluation index system of the iron and steel industry officially released in 2018 covers key factors such as production process of hot rolled steel pipe and equipment requirements, resource and energy utilization index, product index, pollutant production index, waste recycling index and environmental management requirements. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, clean production technologies such as green clean electric furnace steelmaking and hot rolled strip steel-less rolling emerged. The whole process, including source reduction, process control and end treatment, promotes pollution and carbon reduction, improves energy utilization level, and provides a strong basic guarantee for implementing the core requirements of pollution and carbon reduction, quality and efficiency improvement of pre galvanized steel pipe in the next stage. The emission intensity of major waste gas pollutants, such as particulate matter, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, was reduced by 48%, 56% and 27%, respectively.

We will establish a comprehensive green design evaluation standard system
A whole-life green product management system with the evaluation system of green design products as the core has been gradually established. China has vigorously promoted green design, established dozens of green design steel demonstration enterprises, developed and revised a number of green design evaluation standards for steel products, and promoted more than 1,000 green products. Through the establishment of the standard system, the management of toxic and harmful components of raw and auxiliary fuels is greatly improved, and the green development requirements of the round steel pipe industry in the new era are realized, including emission reduction of pollutants in the whole manufacturing life cycle and efficient comprehensive utilization of energy and resources.

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