How can the rapidly developing fluorosilicon industry be stable and far-reaching?

Experts proposed - follow the safety and go green

In 2021, the operating income of China's 25 fluorine chemical listed companies reached 195.
8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 54%, and the profit was 23.
1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.
45 times; the revenue of 22 silicone listed companies was 206.
7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 46.
91%, and the profit was 29.
5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.
4 times
.
China's fluorosilicon material production capacity, output and consumption are more than 50% of the world, and the development situation is good
.
At the 5th China Fluorosilicon Industry Green Development Conference held in Quzhou on November 17, Cao Xianjun, vice chairman and secretary general of China Fluorosilicon Organic Materials Industry Association, won warm applause from the delegates with a series of figures
.

"China has become a well-deserved fluorosilicon material manufacturing country, and the fluorosilicon industry is still in
a stage of rapid development.
" However, it must be recognized that the industry still has many deficiencies
in corporate safety, environmental protection, and social responsibility.
Cao Xianjun threw out a question in the applause - how to ensure the stable and long-term development of the industry?

A reminder: be wary of new materials and pollution

Lin Jun, director of the Chemical Substance Environmental Risk Assessment Center of the Solid Waste and Chemical Management Technology Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, reminded the participants that new materials and new functions may also bring new pollution
.

"Fluorosilicon is an industry with a high concentration of new materials and products, and blindly expanding the scope of production and use is likely to bring greater environmental risks
.
" Lin Jun called on industry enterprises not only to focus on the product functions of new materials, but also to pay attention to their harmful attributes to the environment and human body, and continuously iterate
in the direction of environmental protection and health while optimizing product performance.

Lin Jun also revealed that the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will soon carry out a number of rectification measures such as "screening-evaluation-control" in accordance with the "New Pollutant Control Action Plan" issued by the General Office of the State Council in May this year, and some fluorine-containing products may be included in the list of new pollutants in the future, and even be restricted, restricted and banned
.
"Strengthening the supervision of toxic and harmful substances can also promote the alternative use of low-toxic substances to a certain extent and promote the green upgrading
of the industry.
" He said
.

At the meeting, Lin Jun interpreted the Plan
.
He summarized the core concept of new pollutant governance as: take effective prevention of environmental and health risks of new pollutants as the core, follow the concept of environmental risk management throughout the life cycle, and coordinate and promote environmental risk management
of new pollutants.
According to reports, at present, the treatment objects of new pollutants in China are mainly divided into four categories
: newly detected, newly synthesized, newly discharged and newly found harmful.

"If the price of the rapid development of industry enterprises is the loss of a good ecological environment, then the work we think we create value will be meaningless
.
" Our contribution to society and humanity will not only be zero, it will most likely become negative
.
Cao Xianjun said
.

Two documents: Interpreting Learning for Safety

Security was another focus
for delegates.

Duo Yingquan, deputy director of the Institute of Hazardous Chemicals of the Chinese Academy of Work Safety, and Cheng Changjin, chief engineer of the China Chemical Safety Association, respectively issued the "Guidelines for Safety Risk Prevention and Control of Hazardous Chemical Production and Construction Projects (Trial)" jointly issued by the Ministry of Emergency Management and other four departments in June this year, and the "Safety Code for Special Operations of Hazardous Chemical Enterprises" (GB30871-2022) officially implemented on October 1 this year and referred to as "30831" in the industry Two documents closely related to the safety production of fluorosilicon industry were interpreted to solve the problems
of some enterprises misunderstanding of the documents and insufficient attention.

The Guidelines mention that for construction projects involving hazardous chemical processes such as fluorination, it is necessary to strictly review the hazardous chemical production and construction projects, and conduct reaction safety risk assessments
for the whole process of product production processes.
The production workshop (area) with a risk level above 2 should be controlled to less than 3 on-site operators at the same time, and the upstream and downstream supporting devices of the high-risk process device should realize the automation of the whole process of raw material handling, reaction process, distillation and refining and product storage (packaging
).

Duo Yingquan said that the "hazardous chemical production and construction projects" in the Guidelines use a broad concept, not only referring to construction projects for the production of hazardous chemicals, but also including all "production type construction projects" involving hazardous chemicals, and fine chemical construction projects represented by the fluorosilicon industry are also within
the scope of management.
"However, the regulation emphasizes the production aspect, and construction projects in hazardous chemical storage, pipeline transportation, exploration and mining are not applicable
.
" He added
.

"A self-aware enterprise should consciously use the corresponding norms
.
" When interpreting the Code, Cheng Changjin said that compared with the previous version in 2014, the text of the Code is all mandatory provisions
.
Based on the principle of controlling the large risks of special operations and the lessons learned from past accidents, the requirements for risk identification and corresponding safety measures in the process of special operations are added, and continuous monitoring and video surveillance
are required for special hot operations and confined space operations.
The enforcement effect of the clause has been significantly improved, which will effectively guide and regulate the safety development of
the fluorosilicon industry.

"Standards are only the minimum requirements, and companies should do security management
based on risk.
" Cheng Changjin also pointed out, "Although today we are talking about '30871', the root cause of the accident is the lack
of intrinsic safety management of the enterprise.
”

"There are big safety issues
in our inspection and maintenance operations.
" For example, he said, according to statistics, in the first half of 2022, a total of 13 poisoning and suffocation accidents occurred in the domestic petroleum and chemical industry, of which 8 involved inspection and maintenance operations and 10 involved confined space operations
.
He raised a question: Why is it that compared with foreign countries, there are more special operations such as hot work and confined space operations in China's chemical enterprises?

"When we recently carried out the special inspection of industrial transfer, we found that many enterprises are constantly changing and upgrading their processes
.
" Cheng Changjin said that this is conducive to the survival of enterprise competition, but a large number of changes will also bring a large number of special operations
.
At the same time, many enterprises do not pay attention to system rectification, passively cope with inspections, do not actively eliminate and replace old equipment, and similar problems occur repeatedly in inspections, resulting in an increase
in special operations.

Six suggestions: Embrace "dual carbon" first

As a hot topic in recent years, the topic of "dual carbon" has also attracted much attention
at this conference.
Experts at the meeting said that the "dual carbon" goal at the national level ultimately needs to be shared by enterprises
.
How to turn the pressure of "dual carbon" into a driving force for development, the industry should take precautions
.

Lin Chengsen, senior engineer of Zhejiang Development Planning Research Institute, put forward six suggestions: first, seize the "dual carbon" investment opportunity and lay out new energy and other related industries; The second is to find out the "background" of its own carbon emissions, control fluorinated gases, reserve alternative products, and build an enterprise energy statistical measurement system; The third is to prepare enterprises' own carbon peaking and carbon neutrality plans and design long-term and feasible paths; Fourth, increase investment reserves in low-carbon industries and low-carbon technologies; Fifth, actively participate in the government's demonstration and pilot work and occupy the initiative position in reform; Sixth, pay attention to multiple market changes such as carbon trading, and plan and consider
in advance.

Lin Chengsen also shared
the local paths and actions of the implementation of "dual carbon" based on the existing practical experience of Zhejiang Province.