Objective
IMPULSE aims at effective, targeted integration of innovative process equipment such as microreactors, compact heat exchangers, thin-film devices and other micro and/or meso-structured components, to attain radical performance enhancement for whole proces s, thereby contributing to significant improvement in supply-chain sustainability for the chemical industry. IMPULSE offers new opportunities by encouraging the use of flexible, integrated equipment and process units with appropriately targeted multiscale structuring. The IMPULSE approach represents a PARADIGM SHIFT in chemical engineering : Rather than adapting operating conditions to equipment limitations, IMPULSE proposes to adapt the equipment, structure and process architecture to enable achievemen t of the most desirable operating conditions for a given physicochemical transformation. Impulse goals include proof of principle in several supply-chain sectors (pharma, fine chemicals, consumer goods), validated business models (e. g., distributed prod uction, mass customization, etc.), teachable generic design methodology and optimization and decision criteria for ecoefficiency.
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Call for proposal
FP6-2003-NMP-NI-3
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Funding Scheme
IP - Integrated ProjectCoordinator
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France
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Participants (20)
PARIS
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OXFORD
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ESSEN
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TARRAGONA
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KARLSRUHE
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BRENTFORD
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PRAGUE 6
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VERNEUIL EN HALATTE
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VANDOEUVRE-LES-NANCY
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WEYBRIDGE, SURREY
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AACHEN
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MÜNCHEN
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COLOGNE
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DELFT
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WARSAW
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PRAGUE
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MANCHESTER
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LANCY
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FRANKFURT AM-MAIN
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MAINZ
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