Sinopec launches major science and technology project for high-end polyamide material preparation and research and development

Recently, Sinopec’s Ministry of Science and Technology organized a launch meeting for a major scientific and technological project in Yueyang called “Key Technology Research and Development and Industrial Demonstration of High-End Polyamide Material Preparation”, clarifying “the development of a series of special polyamide product synthesis and processing application technologies. The overall research goal is “application in aerospace, electronic appliances, oil field downhole parts, high barrier films and other fields.”

The project is led by the project leader, Baling Petrochemical, with participation from 9 units including the Shanghai Petrochemical Research Institute, Sinopec Academy of Petrochemical Sciences, and Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, and collaboration from 6 universities, with a total of more than 190 team members.

Polyamide, commonly known as nylon, can be used in engineering plastics, films and spinning fields. It was initially used as a raw material for making fibers. Later, it was widely used in machinery due to its comprehensive properties such as strength, wear resistance, self-lubrication, and wide operating temperature range. , automobiles, electrical appliances, textile equipment, chemical equipment, aviation, metallurgy and other fields, with many varieties, among which nylon 6 and nylon 66 have the largest output, accounting for more than 90% of nylon output. Foreign polyamide technology is generally mature, PA6 and PA66 are developing towards large-scale production, production costs are reduced, and high-end polyamide products have a high degree of monopoly. my country’s high-temperature-resistant polyamide relies heavily on imports, with an import dependence as high as 54.5%.

It is understood that my country’s “New Chemical Materials Industry “14th Five-Year Plan” Development Guide” proposes that special engineering plastics strive to increase the self-sufficiency rate to 85% in 2025. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has listed high-flow polyamide, high-temperature polyamide, and long carbon chain polyamide in the “Guidance Catalog for the First Application Demonstration of Key New Materials”; the National Development and Reform Commission has listed high-barrier materials in the “Guidance Catalog for Industrial Structure Adjustment”, and biotech Base polymers are included in the “Guidance Catalog of Key Products and Services for Strategic Emerging Industries”; the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s “Special Project to Support the Development of Advanced Manufacturing and Modern Service Industries in 2022” focus on supporting the use of green and efficient production technologies such as in-situ polymerization and liquid coloring.

Baling Petrochemical established a polyamide department (Hunan Polyamide Division of Sinopec Synthetic Fiber Technology Center), set up an R&D center, a marketing center and a polyamide device to promote the organic integration of production, marketing and research. The project leader unit and each member unit of the project signed a mutual confidentiality agreement to carry out the work. Establish a technical committee and a coordination office, which are responsible for reviewing and adjusting technical routes, guiding technical difficulties, demonstrating major technical plans and decisions, and assisting the project leader in project organization planning, comprehensive coordination, promotion of implementation, guidance, and organization of discussions. Formulate and implement major project operation management methods and subject assessment management methods, and implement an inspection and supervision mechanism that combines regular supervision and real-time supervision.

The person in charge of the “Key Technology Research and Development and Industrial Demonstration of High-End Polyamide Material Preparation” project said that the R&D team will implement Sinopec’s high-quality development strategy, rely on Sinopec’s “large corps operations” innovation advantages, face the world’s technological frontiers, and develop original technologies. Contribute to the technological progress of the domestic polyamide industry, form an independent technology family in mechanism research, monomer synthesis, polymerization production, processing modification, application evaluation, equipment development, etc., and enhance the core competitiveness of Sinopec’s polyamide industry chain; high standards Build an internationally advanced polyamide R&D and production base, cultivate a group of leading polyamide technology talents through the integrated model of production, marketing, research and application, realize the industrialization of high-end polyamide products, build an internationally advanced polyamide R&D and production base, and promote Promote the self-sufficiency rate of China’s special polyamide to more than 85%, leading the development of China’s polyamide industry chain to be “high, sophisticated and cutting-edge”.