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Photoelectrocatalytic device for SUN-driven CO2 conversion into green CHEMicals

Descrizione del progetto

Un reattore alimentato dal Sole per convertire CO2 in sostanze chimiche preziose

L’utilizzo di CO2 come materia prima chimica potrebbe ridurre significativamente le emissioni annuali di gas a effetto serra a livello globale. Il progetto SunCoChem, finanziato dall’UE, intende produrre una soluzione competitiva e integrata che contribuisce attivamente a eliminare dall’atmosfera la CO2 in eccesso. In particolare, il progetto svilupperà un reattore tandem fotoelettrocatalitico che impiegherà solo luce solare, acqua e CO2 per produrre sostanze chimiche di alto valore. L’obiettivo è quello di raggiungere il livello 5 di maturità tecnologica. Il progetto punta alla produzione di tre sostanze chimiche: l’acido glicolico, utilizzato come elemento costitutivo dei polimeri, la varaldeide, una sostanza aromatica, e LimoxalTM, una sostanza profumata.

Obiettivo

SunCoChem will have an important impact in reduction of the dependence of the European Chemical Industry (ECI) on carbon feedstock by producing a competitive and integrated solution enabling the carbon-netural production of high valuable chemicals from solar energy, H20 and CO2.
SunCoChem will provide a solution based on a competitive tandem photoelectrocatalytic reactor (TPER) to efficiently produce oxo-products from CO2, water and sunlight. This will be achieved by process intensification coupling a sun-driven carbon dioxide reduction to CO/water oxidation to O2 with C-C bond carbonylation reaction catalysed by novel multifunctional hybrid photoelectrocatalysts (PEcats)
SunCoChem is focused on the production of 3 main oxo-products of interest for three important chemical industries in Europe: i) Glycolic Acid, used as polymers building block and of interest to AVANTIUM CHEMICALS BV; ii) Valeraldheyde, a flavor ingredient of interest to and produced by DOW CHEMICALS; and iii) LimoxalTM a fragrance ingredient of interest to and produced by IFF.
The TPER will be demonstrated at a TRL5 scale of 1m2 and validated by a set of 3 case studies corresponding to the 3 selected products, representing real chemical industry needs from the 3 mentioned industrial partners. The sustainable and efficient technology for oxo-products production will be demonstrated by addressing the recycling CO2 flue gas and by-products from Dow Chemicals and IFF, with an improved chemical energy conversion efficiency (≥10%) and CO2 emissions reduction (≥50%). The advantages of the SunCoChem technology in terms of social and environment impact will be analyzed with respect to conventional production routes of the same target products.
Maximum impact will be ensured through the involvement of the mentioned three industrial end users in the validation of the technology, a well-balanced dissemination, standardization, communication, stakeholders engagement and exploitation of the different results.

Invito a presentare proposte

H2020-NMBP-ST-IND-2018-2020

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Bando secondario

H2020-NMBP-ST-IND-2019

Meccanismo di finanziamento

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinatore

FUNDACIO EURECAT
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 1 188 586,36
Indirizzo
AVENIDA UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA 23
08290 Cerdanyola Del Valles (Barcelona)
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Regione
Este Cataluña Barcelona
Tipo di attività
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Costo totale
€ 1 188 586,36

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