巴斯夫创建催化剂和工艺开发创新研究中心

中国石化新闻网讯 据世界石油网3月26日报道，德国化工巨头巴斯夫日前在路德维希港一体化基地中心靠近著名“氨实验室”的地方正式开设了一个开创性的研究中心。这个用于催化剂和工艺开发的新试验厂设施将由全球著名研究单位Process Research & Chemical Engineering运营。

这个开创性研究中心拥有高度自动化的实验设施，用于高效的工艺开发和新工艺催化剂的测试。这个现代化实验室的亮点包括测试设施的模块化建设，使用数字技术更好地可视化和管理试验厂设施以及数字化的工作环境。

为了实现这一理念，一栋迄今已有60年历史的老建筑在过去两年里被彻底拆除并进行了更新改造。现在前沿研究设施已经在一楼开放，上面的楼层将继续翻新。巴斯夫每年在这个复杂的项目上投资100万欧元。一旦升级工作在几年内完成，这座大楼将成为液体和气体物质自动化试点厂的实验中心。

研究单位Process Research & Chemical Engineering负责人德特勒夫·克拉茨博士说：“随着巴斯夫化学品和工业解决方案的重要性日益增加，对产品研究，特别是工艺研究的需求也越来越大。在我们的试点厂里，我们使用最先进的基础设施进行实验。这使我们能够采取新的研究方法，缩短研究和开展项目的时间，同时继续提高所收集资料的质量。因此，我们正在系统地追求提高项目成功可能性的目标。”

李峻 编译自 世界石油

原文如下：

BASF opens innovative research center for catalysts and processes

BASF officially opened a pioneering research center at the heart of the Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, close to the famous Ammonia Lab. This new pilot plant facility for catalyst and process development will be operated by the global research unit Process Research & Chemical Engineering.

It houses highly automated experimental facilities for efficient process development and testing of new process catalysts. The highlights of the modernized lab include modular construction of the testing facilities, the use of digital technologies to better visualize and manage the pilot plant facilities, and a digitalized working environment.

To implement this concept, a 60-year old building was completely gutted and updated over the past two years. Now that the cutting-edge research facility has opened on the ground floor, renovations will continue on the floor above. BASF is investing a single-digit million euro sum each year in this complex project. Once the upgrades are completed in a few years, this building will be the central hub for experimental work with automated pilot plants for liquid and gaseous substances.

“With the increasing importance of the BASF segments Chemicals and Industrial Solutions, there is a growing need for product research and especially process research,” said Dr. Detlef Kratz, head of the research unit Process Research & Chemical Engineering. “In our pilot plant facility, we are using state-of-the-art infrastructure to carry out experiments. This enables us to pursue new research approaches and reduce the length of research and development projects, while also continuing to improve the quality of the data collected. We are thus systematically pursuing our goal of increasing the likelihood of success of our projects.”