Which fluorine chemical projects were put into operation in 2023?
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In recent years, driven by the rapid growth in downstream demand, there has been a massive surge in the expansion of fluorine chemical production capacity in China. According to ACMI, there have been over 300 fluorine chemical projects under construction since 2021. Currently, some projects have been successfully put into operation; below are the basic details of some of them. In 2001, a project was launched to produce 20,000 tons of difluoroethane along with 9,000 tons of acetylene. Around the beginning of that year, Linxi Tianyi Mining Development Co., Ltd. managed to get this project up and running through measures such as cooperative efforts, equipment calibration, and operational optimization. It is understood that Linxi Tianyi Mining Development Co., Ltd. also plans to build a project for the production of 10,000 tons per year of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) resin; therefore, it is easy to infer that the project for the production of 20,000 tons per year of difluoroethane is intended to serve as a supporting facility for the PVDF project. 02 5,000 tons/year trifluoroethanol technology upgrade project: On March 15, the 5,000 tons/year trifluoroethanol technology upgrade project at Zibo Feiyuan Chemical Co., Ltd. was successfully put into operation, with product quality reaching international leading standards. The product of this project, trifluoroethanol, can be used in fields such as fluorine-containing pharmaceuticals, pesticides, electronics, new energy batteries, and coatings. In the pharmaceutical industry, it is used to produce various drugs, vitamins, anti-arrhythmic medications, painkillers, etc., and has become one of the important intermediates for fluorine-containing fine chemicals. The project for producing 9,802 tons per year of high-purity inorganic fluorides was established in 2003. It was funded by Gansu Tongshi Technology Co., Ltd. with an investment of 50 million yuan, and it began operations this year. It mainly produces high-purity inorganic fluorides, which are used in the treatment of specialty gases, the production of high-purity fluorine, as well as in the manufacture of infrared glass and stealth materials. 04 Haishufo Green Fluorine Fine Chemicals Project (Phase II): On September 12, the Haishufo Green Fluorine Fine Chemicals Project (Phase II) was completed and put into operation. Once fully operational, it will be able to produce products such as hexafluoroepoxypropane, hexafluoropropanotrihydrate, hexafluoroisopropanol, hexafluoroisopropyl methyl ether, bisphenol AF, hexafluoropropylene oligomers, perfluoropentyl methyl ether, ethyl trifluoroacetate, perfluoroisobutyronitrile, and perfluoroalkyl ethers.
05 Company Introduction On May 10, Zhongxin Fluorine Materials issued a statement stating that the project for annual production of 5,000 tons of 4,4’-difluodiphenyl ether, along with its associated facilities, has entered the trial production phase. The product 4,4’-difluorodiphenyl ether can be used as a pharmaceutical intermediate for the synthesis of the new, potent cerebrovascular dilator drug flupentixol as well as the drug donepezil used to treat Alzheimer’s disease. It can also serve as an intermediate for new materials, utilized in the synthesis of the engineering plastic polyether ether ketone (PEEK). The project for producing 20,000 tons of lithium bisfluorosulfonylimide in 2006: On April 11, Tianci Materials issued a statement stating that the installation and commissioning of the production equipment for this project had been completed. In January 2023, approval was granted for pilot production, and production officially began at the end of March, entering the pilot production phase. 07 The 5,000-ton fluorobenzene project: On April 26, Zhongxin Fluorine Materials issued a statement stating that the main construction of Phase 1 of Fujian Gaobao Mining Co., Ltd.’s expansion project for fluorine-based fine chemicals – namely the production of 5,000 tons of fluorobenzene along with related facilities – has been completed and approved. The installation and debugging of the main equipment have been finished, and the project is now in the trial production stage. 08 5000-ton R1234ZE project: On August 22, Zhongxin Fluorine Materials released its semi-annual report for 2023. The report shows that Zhongxin Fluorine Materials has completed the construction and started trial production of 5,000 tons of R1234ZE for its 4th-generation refrigerant project in July.
On August 22, Tianci Materials issued a statement stating that the production line for 150,000 tons per year of liquid lithium hexafluorophosphate, as part of the project to produce 152,000 tons per year of new materials for lithium-ion batteries, was installed and successfully tested by the end of July. Trial production using this line began recently, and three batches of qualified products have already been produced, with all of them meeting the requirements for electrolyte production. In August, the country’s first industrial production line for perfluoroisobutynonitrile with a capacity of 1,000 tons was put into trial production at Haisufu Company. Compared to sulfur hexafluoride, the next generation of insulating gas, perfluoroisobutylene, can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 98%. On October 11, Jinshi Fluorine Industry’s Hanxin Technology project, which aims to produce 20,000 tons of UP-grade and 5,000 tons of G5-grade ultra-high-purity electronic-grade hydrofluoric acid per year, began trial production. This development further enhances China’s capacity to supply G5-grade electronic-grade hydrofluoric acid. The 33,000 tons per year liquid lithium hexafluorophosphate production project: On November 3, Yongtai Technology issued a statement stating that its subsidiary in Shaowu, Yongtai, which is responsible for the production of 33,000 tons of liquid lithium hexafluorophosphate per year (Phase 1: 9,900 tons per year of solid lithium hexafluorophosphate), now has the necessary conditions to start trial production, and trial production began on November 2, 2023. Source: Fluorine Chemical Industry. Disclaimer: The content contained herein is derived from the Internet, WeChat official accounts and other public sources; we maintain a neutral stance regarding the views expressed in it. This article is intended for reference and discussion only. The copyright of the reproduced articles belongs to the original authors and institutions; if there is any infringement, please contact us to have it removed.
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