Objective The overall goal of the NEPUMUC project is to make the benefits of microreaction technology available for industrial purposes, in particular nitration chemistry. Therefore, the project partners will jointly develop, test and evaluate a new microreaction p rocess as a prototype to demonstrate that even under industrial requirements microreaction technology can be made available in a flexible and multi-purpose manner. The project will address these different technical challenges by new and highly innovative methods and technologies. For the first time, simulation and modelling tools will be consequently applied for the design of both the entire nitration process and its core component, the microfluidic reaction unit. This will be a totally new approach to ove rcome the problems of achieving sufficient throughput although microfluidic structures are used. To enable a robust, stable and safe proccessing under high industrial requirements, new microfluidic sensors will be developed and adapted to the microreaction units. These sensors will allow an accurate process monitoring and process control in the immediate vicinity of the most important part of the process: the microreactor. For the first time, microfluidic sensors will become an integral part of an industria l microreaction process. Finally, the development of an appropiate automation system that interacts accurately with both microfluidic sensors and macroscopic actuators (pumps, heating/cooling devices ) will make microreaction technology processable like c onventional chemical processes. An evaluation procedure will be an integral part of the entire project. The evaluation will clearly describe the technical and economic benefits and potential limitations of the microreaction process. Besides process intensi fication and process flexibility further significant benefits will be expected and evaluated concerning environmental and safety aspects. Fields of science natural sciencesphysical sciencesclassical mechanicsfluid mechanicsmicrofluidicsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringthermodynamic engineeringsocial sciencessociologyindustrial relationsautomationengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors Programme(s) FP6-NMP - Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices: thematic priority 3 under the 'Focusing and integrating community research' of the 'Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area' specific programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) NMP-2003-3.4.3.3-2 - New life-cycle optimised, safety and environmental technologies for industrial production Call for proposal FP6-2003-NMP-TI-3-MAIN See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. Address Hansastrasse 27c München Germany See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all DOTTIKON EXCLUSIVE SYNTHESIS AG Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Hembrunnstrasse 17 Dottikon See on map Links Website Opens in new window SC IPA SA Romania EU contribution € 0,00 Address Calea floreasca nr. 167 bis Bucuresti See on map Links Website Opens in new window MIKROGLAS CHEMTECH GMBH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Galileo-galilei-str.28 Mainz See on map Links Website Opens in new window PLINKE GMBH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Kaiser-friedrich-promenade 24 Bad homburg See on map Links Website Opens in new window SNPE MATERIAUX ENERGETIQUES France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 12 qu henri iv Paris 4 See on map WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (POLITECHNIKA WROCLAWSKA) Poland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Wyb. wyspianskiego 27 Wroclaw See on map Links Website Opens in new window PROCESS DESIGN CENTER BV Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Catharinastraat 21f Breda See on map Links Website Opens in new window
