It is reported that Sinopec Catalyst Co., Ltd., as a specialized company under Sinopec, is an internationally renowned, Asia's largest, and China's first producer, supplier, and service provider of refining and chemical catalysts. Its products cover more than 300 grades in six major categories, including refining, polyolefins, basic organic raw materials, coal chemical engineering, environmental protection, adsorbents, and additives, and are committed to building the "chip" of China's petrochemical refining industry. At present, the performance of four products of the company has reached the international leading level, and the performance of five types of catalysts has reached the international advanced level. Its comprehensive strength has ranked second in the global catalyst industry for three consecutive years.
Sinopec Catalyst (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (referred to as Catalyst Tianjin Company) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinopec Catalyst Co., Ltd., located in Nangang Industrial Zone, Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone. It was established by Sinopec Catalyst Co., Ltd. in February 2022, with an overall plan of 2000 tons/year silver catalyst plant, 1250 tons/year polyolefin plant, 200 tons/year spherical polypropylene catalyst and 500 tons/year carrier plant, 3 tons/year polyolefin elastomer catalyst industrial test plant and supporting public engineering system, auxiliary production facilities and living facilities. The project was constructed with the participation of enterprises such as Sinopec Fourth Construction Company.
Catalyst Tianjin Company strengthens production technology innovation, achieves integrated production monitoring, management, and operation through process interlocking, intelligent recognition systems, and DCS control, automates the production process and informatizes production management, drives the transformation and upgrading of product manufacturing from "traditional manufacturing" to "intelligent manufacturing", breaks foreign monopolies in production technology, fills domestic gaps, and achieves catalyst import substitution.
The total investment of the project is over 5 billion yuan, and the project will be constructed in stages. The first phase has been completed and put into operation, and the second and third phases are under construction. The subsequent projects are in the planning and feasibility study report preparation stage. The first phase of the project to be put into operation mainly involves the construction of catalyst production facilities such as silver catalysts and polyolefin catalysts, as well as supporting auxiliary facilities. The first phase of the project to be put into operation mainly involves the construction of catalyst production facilities such as silver catalysts and polyolefin catalysts, as well as supporting auxiliary facilities.
The silver catalyst device adopts Sinopec's independent intellectual property related patents, and the comprehensive performance of the three types of YS silver catalysts produced, namely high selectivity, medium selectivity, and "high efficiency", has reached the international advanced level, filling the technical gap of this type of catalyst in China and further enhancing the adaptability of domestic catalysts to ethylene glycol plants, providing support for breaking foreign technological monopolies. The device is based on powder mixing technology, continuous cutting and forming technology, and continuous roasting technology. It adopts centralized control, automated material transportation, precise measurement and other technologies. By optimizing equipment, instruments and layout schemes, it reduces material consumption, energy consumption and equipment loss, enhances the stability of device operation, realizes the automation of silver catalyst production, process continuity, and device sealing, reduces production costs, and achieves product quality stability and energy conservation and emission reduction goals.
The polyolefin catalyst device adopts a complete set of production technology with independent intellectual property rights of Sinopec. The BSG catalyst produced completely solves the two problems of low powder packing density and easy blockage of the catalyst static mixer. It shows the advantages of high activity, less fine powder, and good fluidity, and its comprehensive performance has reached the international leading level. The BCM catalyst produced by the device has the advantages of high activity, strong hydrogen sensitivity, high stereoorientation, good dispersion of polymer copolymer monomers, dry powder, and low fine powder content. These two new types of catalysts have broken the cross-border monopoly of the high-performance catalyst market, reversing the domestic market situation where high-performance catalysts mainly rely on imported products, increasing the domestic market share of catalyst products, effectively reducing the operating and manufacturing costs of chemical enterprises, promoting the opening of China's domestic brand products, and enhancing the international market share. The device effectively improves the operational efficiency of production processes and reduces equipment failure rates by optimizing mother liquor treatment technology, air release treatment technology, and heat medium control technology; For the first time, a waste gas and waste liquid incineration system was used to treat organic waste gas and waste liquid, fundamentally reducing the amount of NOx produced. At the same time, a combination process of "rapid cooling+alkali washing+electrostatic precipitator+SCR" was adopted for the exhaust gas generated by combustion, achieving standard exhaust emissions and clean production.
Catalyst Tianjin Company helps to strengthen the "new chain" of new materials in Tianjin, promote the adjustment and transformation of the catalyst industry structure, enhance the development level of high-end fine chemical industry, improve the green petrochemical industry chain, enhance the integration level of upstream and downstream of the industry chain, promote the synergy of industrial clusters, and assist Nangang Industrial Zone in Tianjin Economic Development Zone in building a world-class green chemical new material base.
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