CHEMICAL RESEARCH AT VKB KOMBINAT OTTO GROTEWOHL, BOEHLEN

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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Chemical Research at VEB Kombinat Otto
Grotewohl, Boehlen
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1. Chemical research at YD Zabisat "Otto Grotewohl"
the direction of Dr. Schmitt (fun). Schmitt al^
for Organic Chemical Raw and Basic Materials (Arbeitskreis fuer
Organisch-Chemische Roh-und Grundstoffe) founded in early 1952 upon the
initiative of the Zentralamt fuer Forschung and Technik (ZAFT).
2. The chemical research projects of the enterprise were divided into Lbwre
categories in 1953:
(a) Projects of importance not only for the enterprise but for the
East German economy which were taken over into the e
Plan. 1
(b) Projects of importance for the individual departments of the 25X1
enterprise (Arbeitsauftraege).
(c) Projects initiated by the Kombinat indlivldakdSt Shethe
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4. The following table lists those projects which were successfully concluded
in 1953. The table also indicates the numbers of the projects, their
supervisors and the profits expected to be made through them by industrial
exploitation. All amounts are in millions of DIES
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F3-01 Investigation and development
of contact substances Dr. Prinzier
F3-o6 Polymerization (Light oil
refining)
V3-02 Platinum contacts (62.70
Benzin)
V3-03 Desulphurization of circu-
lation gas
V3-08 Aromatic cracking (raw
Diesel refining)
Dipl. Ing. Binder 0.100
Dipl. Ing. Sander 11.000
Dr. Grunewald 1.000
B. Enterprise Projects
B 50 Metaphosphate vaccination Rossmanith
B 51 Production of T-product Dr. Grunewald
B 63
C 100 Pre-washing in sulfur production Dr. Grunewald 0.225
C 103 Pyridin production Dr. Grunewald 0.360
C 107 Sulfur production (Koks-
schnecke) (sic) Dr. Grunewald 0.500
5. The 1953 research program of the enterprise was carried out with a total
of 0f12ytrsons, among them 67 scientists, engineers and technicians. A
total of 2.1 million DME was spent for research in 1953. The "success ratio"
of 1953 was 11:1, i.e. eleven DME are expected 44i,return sooner or later
from every DME invested in 1953 research.
6. With respect to other 19$3 ressaroh.projects not mautioasd In the above table,
the following statesents,see made ttta sa uel 19_5Yrepo of a enter ise :
a) A eoataet substa... not yet i. exist.... i. bet Aerteday is ender enlop-
rent. This contact is to be produced in 1954 on a semi-technical scale;
later ~*it will beippoduced and used on a full technical scale. Use of
this contact will permit better exploitation of the available installation
and, thus, increased production of high quality fuels. The enterprise
counts on a fuel production increase of 11 million DME per year through
use of the contact in one of its dehydration chasers.. If the contact
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is used at the same time in the second dehydration chamber of the enter-
prise for refining raw Diesel fuel and light oil, an additional 10 million
DME per year of increased production are to be expectedy
b) Increased sulfur production in the value of about 1.5 million DME per year
will be the result of a research project on the desulfurization of the
circulation gases in the distillation plant. The results of this project
have already been partly applied.
c') Another project deals with modern test methods in connection with the
development of new catalysts for hydrogenation. Successful results have
already been obtained. Contact substances have been developed which have
better resistance against vaporization than those used so far. Use of these
new contacts which, however, are still under investigation, will increase
annual production by about 500,000 DME.
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