SINOPEC Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry
Founded in the June of 1958, SINOPEC Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry (BRICI) has been one of the pioneers in China dedicated to comprehensive researches for the petrochemical industry. Its history can even be traced to the August of 1922 when the famous patriot industrialist Mr. Fan Xudong and the famous scientist Dr. Hou Debang founded the Huanghai Research Institute of Chemical Industry in Tanggu, Tianjin. With integration of the research institute of Sinopec Yanshan Petrochemical into BRICI in 2010, a new prospect of development emerged for BRICI with its 3 operation sites in Beijing. Its headquarter is located inside the Third Ring Road with a beautiful campus, convenient transportation access and comfortable living environment; Its well equipped Pilot Plant Site is located in Tongzhou district, providing a broad space for further development; Yanshan Division is neighboring Yanshan Petrochemical, with convenient access to various stockfeeds and utilities for bench and pilot plant tests. In 2010, BRICI also established closer connection with the R&D institutions of Qilu Petrochemical, Yangzi petrochemical and Yanshan Petrochemical to strengthen its capability in new product development and technical service by founding BRICI Qilu Branch, BRICI Yangzi Branch, and BRICI Yanshan Resin Branch, respectively.
Oriented to Sinopec's main businesses, BRICI works as an propeller to the company’s technology innovation. It keeps its commitment to the mission of “being Practical and Innovative, and striving for Customer Success”, and adheres to the guideline of "independent innovation, key area breakthrough, sustainable development, and leading the future" in its technology development activities. BRICI has implemented the innovation strategies for technology leadership, product differentiation and sustainable development, and put strengths to innovation in originality, integration, and re-creation based on import and assimilation. BRICI has shaped technology platforms in the areas of industrial catalysis, organic synthesis, polymerization, plastics processing, synthtic rubber, environment protection in chemical industry, chemical engineering, analysis and characterization, and information technology application, and established its advantage in ethylene technology, synthetic resin, sythetic rubber, organic and fine chemistry, and chemical industry environment protection. BRICI is home to a few national centers, such as National Engineering Research Center for Polyolefins, National Engineering Research Center For Synthesis of Novel Rubber and Plastic Materials, the National Quality Inspection Center for Basic Organic Raw Materials, the National Test Center for Chemical Construction Materials, and the National Quality Inspection Center for Polymer Materials and Products. BRICI also publishes a few influential academic magazines such as Petrochemical Technology, Environment Protection in Chemical Industry, and Petrochemical Newsletter, of which Petrochemical Technology was among the RCCSE Choice of Periodicals.
By the end of 2010, BRICI has totally filed 1640 patent applications in China and 389 applications overseas. BRICI has won 303 provincial or ministry level awards for its achievements in science and technology, including three National Prizes for Technology Invention, two National 1st- Prize for Progress in Science and Technology, seven 2nd National Prizes for Progress in Science and Technology, and one China Gold Prize for Invention. BRICI plays a key role in the development and industrial application of large scale package technologies of one million MTA ethylene, 300 K MTA polyethylene, 300 K MTA polypropylene, C5 separation, ethylene trimerization to hexene-1, solution polymerization SBR, and SBS, providing strong support to the domestication of some major petrochemical technologies.
The large scale ethylene cracking furnace technology has been applied to the construction of 63 ethylene cracker units, with total capacity of 5.27 million MTA. The large scale PP package technology has been applied to 27 PP units, with total capacity of 4.71 million MTA. BRICI has also developed 49 grades and 30 types of petrochemicla catalysts, including catalysts for ethylene polymerization, propylene polymerization, front-end depropanation hydrogenation, C2 selective hydrogenation, C3 selective hydrogenation, C3 catalytic distillation, pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation, low temperature methanation, olefin de-CO / de-hydrogen / deacetylene / de-oxygen, Ethylene oxy-chlorination, ethylene oxidation to EO, phthalic anhydride, maleic anhydride, and organic amide. In the area of new sythetic materials, BRICI has developed seller resin grades such as PE100 grade for gas pipes, high speed and high stiffness BOPP, specialty PP grades for auto bump, high impact PP, high crystallinity PP, and rubber grades such as: Integrated rubber (SIBR), high transparent and Impact resistance Styrene-Butadiene Resin, Styrene-isoprene block copolymer （SIS）, Low-cis polybutadiene rubber （LCBR）, Styrene-Butadiene block copolymer, Brominated butyl rubber(BIIR), Rare earth isoprene rubber (NdIR). Moreover, BRICI provides technologies for applications in energy saving, pollution treatment, waste reduction and recycled use, thus to help in clean production, cost reduction, and profitability boosting.
BRICI are also successful in international market for technologies such as ethylene cracking technology, propylene polymerization technology, SBS technology, and products such as C2 selective hydrogenation catalysts, C3 selective hydrogenation catalysts, PE catalysts and PP catalysts, among others.
Contact us:
Address: 14, Beisanhuan Donglu, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Zip Code: 100013
Tel: 86-10-64205437
Fax: 86-10-64228681
Website: www.brici.ac.cn
E-mail Contact:lianjm@brici.ac.cn
