Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical Research Institute is creating future value in the fields of basic industrial materials, next-generation advanced materials and environment-friendly technologies through innovations in technology.
Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical Research Institute is leading new technology change with customers from industrial basic materials to next-generation advanced materials. Based on understanding of the products customers need, Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical is raising the future value of our customers through innovations in technology.
Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical Research Institute develops catalysts uniquely that play a key role in determining the quality and performance of products in the petrochemical process, and stands comparison with global technology leaders and has unique core technologies in process technology and materials technology.
As Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical Research Institute is located in the same place with a plant, the product developed by researchers in the lab can be commercialized directly in the plant through scale-up process. In addition, new materials and new process are commercialized by constructing new plant, which drums up enthusiasm for R&D among researchers.
Developed highly active, high isotactic Ziegler-Natta polymerization catalysts and Phthalate-free PP catalyst
Improved productivity with 3 times higher activity and uniform morphology than commercial catalysts
Developed non-phthalate donor catalysts to respond to strengthened phthalate compound regulations
Developed original technology of porous catalyst substrate synthesis and commercially applied the same (2007)
Developed new catalyst using non-phthalate based new internal donor and commercially succeeded in applying the same (2014)
Won IR52 Jang Young-sil Award in the 38th week in 2007
Won IR52 Jang Young-sil Award in the 23rd week in 2014
Ultra-high temperature / ultra-high pressure polymerization initiator system and tubular reactor Realized a uniform molecular structure and a clean EVA material using the process polymerization technology
Improved solar cell efficiency and durability with high transparency, zero defect and low shrinkage
Commercialized World's first tubular reactor process
Ranked 1st in global market share for solar cell encapsulments
Selected as a world-class product in 2015
Won IR52 Jang Young-sil Award in the 13th week in 2016
Developed HDPE material for bottle caps with organoleptic high flow / ESCR characteristics
Demonstrated high rigidity, high flowability and high ESCR characteristics simultaneously by tie molecule and MWD control technology, and secured the world's highest level of organoleptic properties.
Established No.1 supplier system in Asia
Led the market through quality differentiation
Selected as a world-class product in 2016
Developed high isotactic PP through catalyst with wide molecular weight distribution and control of rubber morphology
Improved thermal and mechanical properties due to excellent isospecific property
Commercialize gas phase processes for the first time in Korea using its own catalyst and polymerization process technology (1995)
Long-term thermal stability UL IL Certification
Won IR52 Jang Young-sil Award in the 47th week in 1998
Flow mark free block PP for automobile bumpers and ultra-high product with high flowability
Improved processability due to suppression of surface flow mark and high flowability
Applied to the base composite materials for automobiles at home and abroad
Won IR52 Jang Young-sil Award at the 2nd week of 2013
Predicted and translated SM (Styrene Monomer) catalyst deactivation through computer simulation and improved processes using the same
Developed the world's first Simulation-based Expert System (SES) and new method of side-feeding SM, and applied the same commercially
Increased SM process capacity by 10% (2013)
Developed simulator for simulation of ultra-high pressure tubular LD / EVA polymerization process and prediction of product properties
Secured 95% accuracy of temperature profile in a reactor and 90% prediction accuracy of product property
Secured base technology by developing its own ultra-high pressure polymerization process simulator
Improved process productivity, and developed high value-added products
Ziegler-Natta catalyst for PP manufacturing with high-active, high-hydrophobic and excellent covalent properties
More than twice the polymerization activity compared to commercial catalysts
Increase productivity and process stability through uniform and excellent catalytic shape control
Improved melt flowability and rubber content dramatically through dough optimization
Development and commercial application of porous catalyst manufacturing technology (2019)
Successful commercial production of new RTPO products with high melting flow characteristics (2020)
Expanded application of high-value wire cable production is underway
Ziegler-Natta polymerization catalyst for Very High Molecular Weight PE production
3 times higher polymerization activity than commercial catalysts
Manufacture of Very High Molecular Weight PE with uniform particle size and high apparent density
Development and commercial application of catalyst technology for manufacturing Very High Molecular Weight PE (2019)
Successful commercial production of molecular weight between 250,000 and 2 million products (2020)
Entering and expanding the separation film market (2021~)
Eco-friendly products that can be recycled and energy-efficient as materials used for insulators, which are the core of high-pressure power cables.
PP manufacturing technology with excellent heat resistance, softness, and voltage resistance
Eco-friendly PP for KEPCO’s 22.9 kV ground power distribution
Commercialization of power cables
Specialization and expansion of soft PP product lines
2020 New Technology Certification (NET)
High transparent, shock resistant, eco-friendly PP material
Application of proprietary catalysts and technologies
Won the IR52 Jang Young-sil Award for Week 6 2012
