【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Equipment】The demonstration plant for nickel-based catalysts E-POE, with independent intellectual property rights, has entered the design phase (1393–2024)

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Happy New Year 2024 **********************【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Processing Equipment】A continuously updated summary post is available; feel free to join the discussions at https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3576046-1-1.html (Source: Haichuan Chemical Industry Forum) ***************** The demonstration plant for producing nickel-based catalysts on a scale of 10,000 tons, utilizing independent intellectual property rights, has entered the design phase. Recently, the Environmental Protection Bureau of Hefei High-Tech Zone issued its approval for the environmental impact assessment report related to the “Zhongke Keler Polyolefin Elastomer Encapsulation Materials Headquarters Project” carried out by Hefei Zhongke Keler New Materials Co., Ltd. On July 11, 2023, Beijing Petrochemical Engineering Co., Ltd. and Hefei Zhongke Keler New Materials Co., Ltd. signed an EPCM contract for the advanced polymer material R&D and production base project in Beijing, marking the entry of the 10,000-ton capacity E-POE (vinyl polyethylene elastomer) demonstration plant into the substantive engineering design phase. It is reported that this project uses nickel-based catalysts with entirely independent intellectual property rights; vinyl polyolefin elastomers (E-POE) can be produced using only ethylene as a raw material, without the need for octene (an α-olefin) monomer. Taking toughened polypropylene as an example, only one-third of the amount of polyolefin elastomers currently used is required to achieve the same level of toughness, offering a much better cost-performance ratio compared to commercially available polyolefin elastomers. Hefei Zhongke Keler New Materials Co., Ltd. was successfully established in 2022 with an investment of 3 million yuan from the Hefei High-Tech Zone Science and Innovation Fund, and 2 million yuan each from the Hefei Seed Fund and angel funds. It is based on the \"Polyolefin Elastomer Packaging Materials Project\" developed by Professor Chen Changle from the University of Science and Technology of China. Focusing on the development of high-end polyolefin catalysts and the research and development of high-end polyolefin materials, the company has completed scale-up experiments for polyolefin elastomers on a ten-ton scale in Hefei High-Tech Zone. It is currently building a production line with a capacity of ten thousand tons, aiming to break foreign monopolies over POE technology and achieve the goal of domestic production of high-end polyolefins.