石油设备网讯 据烃加工在线7月11日消息称，巴斯夫已将其高羧酸（HCA）异壬酸（INA）和2-乙基己酸（2-EHA）的全球生产能力从5.5万吨/年提高到6.8万吨/年。凭借位于德国路德维希港和马来西亚关丹的Verbund工厂拥有的世界规模和高度灵活的生产设施，巴斯夫是全球最大的HCA生产商之一。
巴斯夫中间体部门总裁安德烈·弗兰泽尔博士表示：“我们继续支持客户对高质量化学中间体HCA不断增长的全球需求。我们的产品为合成润滑油的高性能配方增加了价值，例如在制冷行业。这一扩张是在我们Verbund的区域性网点增加HCA可用性的下一步措施。基于此，我们从2016年开始在关丹投资2-EHA，特别是INA，以补充我们在欧洲的生产。凭借我们灵活可靠的HCA生产和供应网络，我们可以快速响应市场的需求。”
INA在几种高性能配方中被作为基本构成要素。这种配方的实例是用于空调的合成制冷润滑剂，其使用更环保的制冷剂技术来满足可持续性需求。使用INA的另一个例子是用于航空工业的合成润滑剂。此外，INA还应用于制药、化妆品、农药和涂料等领域。
2-EHA还用作生产增塑剂、PVC稳定剂、润滑剂、化妆品和涂料干燥添加剂生产中某些配方中的基本组分。
曹海斌 摘译自 烃加工在线
原文如下：
BASF expands higher carboxylic acids capacity
BASF has increased its global production capacity for the higher carboxylic acids (HCA) isononanoic acid (INA) and 2-ethylhexanoic acid (2-EHA) from 55 000 tpy to 68 000 tpy. With world-scale and highly flexible production facilities at its Verbund sites in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Kuantan, Malaysia, BASF is among the largest producers of HCA worldwide.
“We continue supporting our customers’ growing global demand for the high-quality chemical intermediates HCA. Our products are adding value in high-performance formulations for synthetic lubricants for example in the refrigeration industry,” said Dr. Andrea Frenzel, President, BASF Intermediates Division. “This expansion is the consequent next step to increase the availability of HCA at our regional Verbund sites. With this we are following our investment in 2-EHA in Kuantan from 2016, particularly for INA to complement our European production. With our flexible and reliable production and supply network for HCA we can respond quickly to the demand from the market.”
INA is used as a building block in several high-performance formulations. Examples for such formulations are synthetic refrigeration lubricants for air conditioners using more environmentally friendly refrigerant technologies to address sustainability needs. Another example for the usage of INA are synthetic lubricants for the aviation industry. Furthermore, INA is used in many other applications such as pharma, cosmetics, agrochemicals and coatings.
2-EHA is also used as a building block in certain formulations in the production of plasticisers, PVC stabilisers, lubricants, cosmetics and drying additives for coatings.
