Project description
Manufacturing polymers with a green alternative
Bisphenol A (BPA), a toxic petroleum-based monomer, is widely used in industry to manufacture polymers that can be used as coatings, adhesives, and polycarbonate plastics. To overcome the deficiencies related to this material, the EU-funded VIPRISCAR project aims to develop and validate efficient production processes using a bio-based and safe alternative to BPA named isosorbide bis(methyl carbonate) (IBMC). As proof of principle, the project will also create several IBMC prototypes for use in manufacturing industrial coatings, adhesives, and biomedical catheters. The use of IBMC in polymer manufacturing will improve the health and environmental safety of polymer products.
Objective
The use of isosorbide (IS), a still a low market volume bio-based chemical but with a high Cumulative Annual Growing Rate of 10.9%, in the manufacturing of intermediate building blocks and high volume polymers, such as polycarbonates, has some drawbacks that could be overcome by using isosorbide bis(methyl carbonate) (IBMC), a barely explored IS secondary building block which is proposed to enhance IS value chain. VIPRISCAR main objectives are: 1) To validate at pilot scale in an industrially relevant environment (TRL 5) a sustainable IBMC production process from IS; 2) To show a proof of principle for the added value IBMC brings to the market by demonstrating the usefulness of polymers derived thereof in three high-volume market sectors: industrial coatings, hot-melt adhesives, and biomedicine (antithrombotic-antimicrobial catheters).
Results expected are: 1) A validated highly-efficient IBMC production process (TRL 5) able to be up-scaled and produce, under suitable market conditions, IBMC at a similar price to that of current oil-based monomers used in polycarbonates and polyurethanes; 2) at least 1 IBMC-derived coating for automotive and furniture; 3) at least 1 IBMC-derived hot-melt adhesive; 4) 1 antithrombotic-antimicrobial IBMC-derived catheter. Exploitation encompasses patent licensing, collaborative research for further development to high TRLs and direct production-commercialization (industrial partners).
The 3-years project is divided in 4 phases consisting of 8 WPs: 1) IBMC manufacturing process improvement to move from the current TRL of 3 (TEC granted patent) to 4 (WP2); 2) IBMC up-scaling to TRL 5 (WP3); 3) Proof of principle of IBMC applications (WP4-Coatings, WP5-Adhesives, WP6-Catheters); 4) Horizontal issues: Management (WP1); techno-economic analysis, LCA, REACH, health-safety, barriers and standards (WP7); market analysis, business models-financial impacts, IPR and exploitation, risk management, communication and dissemination strategy (WP8).
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- engineering and technology mechanical engineering manufacturing engineering
- natural sciences chemical sciences inorganic chemistry inorganic compounds
- natural sciences chemical sciences polymer sciences polyurethane
- engineering and technology materials engineering coating and films
- social sciences sociology governance crisis management
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H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy
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BBI-RIA - Bio-based Industries Research and Innovation action
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(opens in new window) H2020-BBI-JTI-2017
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48160 DERIO BIZKAIA
Spain
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