【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Equipment】The “Technology for Producing Isooctanoic Acid from Octenal and Hydroxide” was evaluated as a scientific and technological achievement between 1826 and 2024

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Happy May Day 2024! Safety first. Let’s give praise and support to the achievements in China’s chemical technology and equipment industry. **********************[Ten Years of Progress in Chemical Equipment] Continuous updates and summaries available; feel free to join the discussions: https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3576046-1-1.html (Source: Haichuan Chemical Forum Website) ***************** The technology for producing isooctanoic acid by reacting octenal with hydroxide has passed the evaluation for scientific and technological achievements. May 21, 2024 – On the morning of May 21, 2024, the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation organized an evaluation meeting for this technology in Zhangjiagang. On the morning of May 21, 2024, the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation organized a meeting in Zhangjiagang to evaluate the scientific and technological achievements related to the technology of producing isooctanoic acid by the addition of hydroxide to octenal. “The technology for producing isooctanoic acid by the addition of hydroxide to octenal was jointly developed by Jiangsu Huachang Chemical Co., Ltd., Zhangjiagang Huachang New Materials Technology Co., Ltd., and Suzhou Huachang Daote Chemical Technology R&D Co., Ltd. The pilot-scale production facility for isooctanoic acid with an annual capacity of 1,000 tons, built using this technology, has achieved a fully integrated production process, with a product purity of 99.94%. At the meeting, the experts carefully listened to the work reports, research reports, and application reports submitted by the entities responsible for completing the project, as well as the results of the on-site assessment conducted by the evaluation team on the pilot-scale installation; they also thoroughly reviewed the relevant technical documents. Following on-site inquiries, responses, and discussions during the meeting, the evaluation committee concluded that this achievement features strong technological innovation, safe and reliable manufacturing processes, as well as environmental friendliness, and is overall at an internationally advanced level. The committee unanimously agreed to approve it and recommended accelerating its industrialization and widespread application. The isooctanoic acid project is an important part of Huachang Chemical’s efforts to expand the industrial chain involving propylene, n-butylaldehyde, octenal, isooctanoic acid, isooctanoate salts, and isooctanoate esters, thereby strengthening and completing this chain. Huachang Chemical will use this outcome evaluation as an opportunity to accelerate the industrial development of isooctanoic acid. Jiangsu Huachang Chemical Co., Ltd. is the core enterprise of Jiangsu Huachang (Group) Co., Ltd. It is a A-share listed company whose main business is in the chemical industry; it ranks among the top 50 companies in China’s fertilizer industry, as well as among the top 100 chemical industry companies. It is also recognized as an advanced enterprise in terms of energy conservation and environmental protection within the chemical industry. At present, the enterprise has developed a diversified industrial structure encompassing coal chemical industry, salt chemical industry, petrochemical industry, hydrogen energy, and more.