1. One of the basic organic raw materials, used to manufacture various organic products such as methyl chloride, methylamine and dimethyl sulfate. It is also a raw material for pesticides (insecticides, acaricides), medicines (sulfonamides, synmycin, etc.), and one of the raw materials for the synthesis of dimethyl terephthalate, methyl methacrylate and methyl acrylate.

2. The main application area of ​​methanol is the production of formaldehyde. Formaldehyde can be used to produce adhesives, mainly in the wood processing industry, and secondly as a treatment agent for molding compounds, coatings, textiles and paper.

3. Another main purpose of methanol is to produce acetic acid. Acetic acid consumption accounts for about 7% of global methanol demand. It can produce vinyl acetate, cellulose acetate and acetate. Its demand is closely related to the needs of coatings, adhesives and textiles.

4. Methanol can be used to make methyl formate. Methyl formate can be used to produce formic acid, formamide and other fine chemical products. It can also be used as pesticides, fungicides, fumigants, tobacco treatment agents and gasoline additives.

5. Methanol can also produce methylamine. Methylamine is an important aliphatic amine. It uses liquid nitrogen and methanol as raw materials and can be separated into monomethylamine, dimethylamine and trimethylamine through processing. It is one of the basic chemical raw materials. .

6. It can be synthesized into dimethyl carbonate, which is an environmentally friendly product used in medicine, agriculture and special industries.

7. It can be synthesized into ethylene glycol, which is one of the petrochemical intermediate raw materials, and can be used to produce polyester and antifreeze.

8. It can be used to make growth promoters. It can increase the yield of crops by a large amount, keep the branches and leaves fresh and vigorous, and will not wilt in summer, and can greatly reduce the irrigation water, which is conducive to the growth of dryland crops.

9. It can synthesize methanol protein. The methanol protein produced by microbial fermentation with methanol as the raw material is called the second-generation single-cell protein. Compared with natural protein, it has higher nutritional value and the crude protein content is much higher than that of fish meal and soybean. And it is rich in amino acids, minerals and vitamins, which can replace fish meal, soybeans, bone meal, meat and skimmed milk powder.

10. Methanol is used as a cleaning and degreasing agent, MOS grade is mainly used for discrete devices, medium and large-scale integrated circuits, and BV-Ⅲ grade is mainly used for ultra-large-scale integrated circuit technology.

11. Used as analytical reagents, such as solvents, methylation reagents, chromatographic analysis reagents. Also used in organic synthesis.

12. Generally, methanol is a better solvent than ethanol and can dissolve many inorganic salts. It can also be mixed with gasoline as an alternative fuel. Since the 1980s, methanol has been used to produce gasoline octane additive methyl tert-butyl ether, methanol gasoline, methanol fuel, and methanol protein products, which promoted the development of methanol production and market demand.

13. Methanol is not only an important chemical raw material, but also an excellent energy source and vehicle fuel. Methanol reacts with isobutylene to obtain MTBE (methyl tert-butyl ether), which is a high-octane unleaded gasoline additive and can also be used as a solvent. In addition, it can also produce olefins and propylene to solve the problem of resource shortage.

14. Methanol can be used to produce dimethyl ether. Dimethyl ether has a wide range of uses in daily chemicals, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, dyes, coatings, etc., it also has convenient cleaning, high cetane number, good power performance, and less pollution. . It is easy to pressurize as a liquid, easy to store and other fuel properties. A new type of liquid fuel prepared by methanol and dimethyl ether in a certain proportion is called alcohol ether fuel. Its combustion efficiency and thermal efficiency are higher than that of liquefied gas.