QIBEBT wins first prize of 2023 Qingdao Technology Invention Award

http://qibebt.cas.cn/news/zyxw/202408/t20240815_7273375.html

The prize was provided on August 16 at the Qingdao Science and Technology Innovation Conference.

QIBEBT has focused for many years on the problem of high-performance tire treads which presently rely on imports of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber.

Wang Qinggang, director of the Catalytic Polymerization and Engineering Research Center of QIBEBT, and his project team have created a new material of iron-based combed styrene-butadiene rubber and invented technologies of green, environmentally friendly, controllable and stable industrial production. The Qingdao Institute of Energy has achieved the first 10,000-ton industrial demonstration of iron-based combed styrene-butadiene rubber in the world, and has completed the manufacturing demonstration and sales of more than 500,000 high-performance tires, achieving the highest level A in the EU new labeling law.

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Sept. 13 – 16, 2025: 2nd International Conference on Green Carbon in Qingdao and online

Registration is open: https://conf.sciencemate.com/ICGC2025

ICGC aims to provide an interdisciplinary academic exchange platform and academic community for scientific and technological innovation in the area of CO₂ emission reduction and sustainable development. The conference will focus on carbon resources, carbon conversion technologies, carbon life cycle management, and breakthrough developments in green carbon science.

Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, CAS/Shandong Energy Institute (QIBEBT/SEI) is a research institute that is active in science and technology developments of bioenergy, fossil energy, hydrogen energy, energy storage devices, and energy informatics, see http://english.qibebt.cas.cn

A hydrogen-powered tugboat in Qingdao port

https://j.people.com.cn/n3/2025/0627/c95952-20333735.html

The tugboat was designed and built by Shandong Port Qingdao Port Group Co., Ltd. and is equipped with a hybrid system of “hydrogen fuel cells + liquid-cooled lithium batteries” to achieve zero carbon dioxide emissions. It can sail for more than 12 hours at a speed of 9 knots and has a towing force of 82 tons. With technologies such as fully automatic smart on-shore charging, it has become the country’s largest port tugboat in terms of horsepower and lithium battery capacity.

Qingdao operates an advanced 3D city map for smart urban management

https://en.people.cn/n3/2025/0530/c98649-20322033.html

A platform on real-scene 3D modeling of the city of Qingdao was launched in March 2021 under the leadership of the Qingdao Institute of Survey and Mapping

Qingdao’s varied topography – marked by hilly terrain and dramatic elevation changes – necessitated the use of oblique aerial imaging to capture raw imagery and build an accurate 3D model. The project team deployed manned fixed-wing aircraft equipped with 150-megapixel, five-lens oblique aerial cameras. The aerial survey covered the entire urban area, achieving a ground resolution of 15 centimeters and maintaining more than 70 percent image overlap to maximize accuracy.

In March 2022, following expert review, the project was officially launched for citywide application. Today, the platform covers Qingdao’s entire land area – 11,000 square kilometers – as well as 800 kilometers of coastline, 49 bays, and seven inhabited islands.

The 3D simulation platform has been shared with over 60 municipal departments. It supports more than 100 key functions, including disaster prevention and mitigation, urban planning, social governance, and urban renewal. The platform also underpins over 70 digital government service applications and records nearly 100 million uses annually. As an example, at the bureau’s headquarters, staff members examined two versions of a digital model for a former mining site in Qingdao’s West Coast New Area. The comparison revealed tangible signs of ecological restoration – more vegetation and a gentler slope. Qingdao is home to 898 legacy mine sites. In the past, inspecting these sites required a full month of on-the-ground efforts. Now, with the help of the 3D model, the same work takes just five days.

Since 2023, the city has carried out annual temporal updates to the city-scale 3D simulation platform, enabling it to track urban changes with precision and support data-driven lysis and evidence-based planning.

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