The update rate of defoaming agent products is slow, and the industry still needs to continuously upgrade in the direction of high-end

Defoaming agent, also known as defoaming agent and anti-foaming agent, is a substance that can reduce the surface tension of water, solution, suspension, etc., prevent the formation of foam, or reduce or eliminate the original foam. There are various types of defoaming agents. According to different forms, defoaming agents can be divided into oil type, paste type, emulsion type, dispersion type, and solid particle type defoaming agents; according to different ingredients, they can be divided into mineral oil type, amide type, and phosphoric acid type. Ester, silicone, non-silicon, polyether, polyether modified polysiloxane defoamer, etc.

Defoaming agents have the characteristics of strong defoaming power, wide application range, good permeability, good heat resistance, strong oxidation resistance, and high safety. They are widely used in food fermentation, papermaking, coatings, biomedicine, daily chemicals, water treatment, and washing. It is widely used in chemical, petrochemical and other fields. Among them, water treatment is one of the main application areas of defoaming agents, including papermaking water treatment, aromatic organic wastewater treatment, oily wastewater treatment, dye wastewater treatment and many other specific application scenarios. Defoaming agents in the field of water treatment can accelerate the efficiency of wastewater treatment. , Reduce environmental pollution.

In recent years, against the background of rapid social and economic development and continuous improvement of national living standards, the rapid development of terminal papermaking, dyes, coatings and other fields has led to an increasing amount of wastewater discharge. As an important component of water treatment, defoaming agents have continued to have market demand. Increase. In 2021, the domestic paper industry’s wastewater discharge will be 214,000 tons; the total domestic industrial wastewater discharge will reach 32.85 billion tons. Against this background, my country’s defoaming agent market demand continues to increase and production continues to increase. According to the“Defoaming Agent Project Business Plan 2022-2026″ released by the Industrial Research Center Book” shows that in terms of production, domestic defoaming agent production will reach 856,000 tons in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 5.3%.

my country’s defoaming agent industry started relatively late. At present, domestic defoaming agent products are mainly concentrated in the low-end market, and the high-end market is still dominated by leading foreign companies. At this stage, international defoamer companies mainly include Dow Chemical, Dow Corning, BASF, BYK Additives, Wacker Chemicals, Momentive Advanced Materials, Shin-Etsu Silicones, Evonik, Ashland, etc. Domestic companies mainly include Jiangsu Four New Technology, Elkem Silicones, Demei Fine Chemicals, Standard American Silicone and Fluorine New Materials, etc. In the future, domestic defoaming agent companies will need to continue to improve their technical level and innovation capabilities, and then continue to narrow the gap with leading foreign companies. The future development potential of the industry is huge.

Industry analysts said that in recent years, under the background of rapid domestic social and economic development, the application field of defoaming agents has continued to develop, which has led to Its market demand continues to increase, its output continues to increase, and the industry development prospects are good. However, due to the current low technical level of local defoaming agent companies, relatively single products, and slow replacement speed, there is still a large gap between domestic defoaming agent companies and leading foreign companies, and high-end products still rely on foreign imports. In the future, local defoaming agent companies will need to continue to increase innovation and improve technology levels, thereby promoting the continuous acceleration of domestic product updates and iterations, and promoting the continuous transformation and upgrading of the industry in the direction of high-end. The domestic defoaming agent industry has huge development potential in the future.