Description du projet
Un processus de recyclage vert pour les huiles de cuisson usagées
De nombreux pays ont adopté des lois destinées à promouvoir le recyclage des huiles végétales usagées. Cependant, les limitations de la technologie actuelle font obstacle à une réutilisation correcte de cette matière première. Le projet WORLD, financé par l’UE, a pour objectif de créer un processus vert vertueux de recyclage des huiles de cuisson usagées reposant sur un modèle d’économie circulaire. En utilisant des matières premières vertes et recyclables, il fera la démonstration d’un procédé de production rapide et sans déchets de biolubrifiants fabriqués à partir d’huiles de cuisson usagées. Les eaux usées et les bentonites contaminées seront recyclées dans des sous-processus distincts. Le projet étudiera également la possibilité d’obtenir un milieu approprié pour le traitement des composés organiques volatils provenant des mêmes huiles de cuisson usagées. Ces travaux permettront la production de produits raffinés compétitifs à l’échelle mondiale sur la base d’un modèle d’économie circulaire.
Objectif
Although several Countries have enacted specific legislations in order to boost the recycling of used vegetable oils, the limits of the current technology don’t allow a proper reutilization of such raw material. The project WORLD aims to develop a virtuous green process for WCOs recycling which applying a circular economy model. An innovative fast and zero-waste production of biolubricants from WCOs will be developed employing green and recyclable raw materials (water and natural bentonites). The wastewaters and the contaminated bentonites will be recycled in two independent sub-processes. In addition to the biolubricants production, the possibility to obtain a suitable medium for VOCs treatment from WCOs will be considered. The scientific part of the project will be developed in agreement to the economic guidelines defined by UBU-ICCRAM. In fact, in order to develop a circular economy model and to produce refined products competitive on the global market, a detailed business plan will be edited. The recycling of the raw materials, the minimization of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) and reduction of the production costs with respect to existing processes, will be exploited for build the economic plan. The Company GESTTA will guarantee assistance in the scale-up step will facilitate the brake into the market of the refined products. Life Cycle Assessment studies (LCA) and market analyses performed by UBU-ICCRAM will enhance the market competitiveness of the proposed process. The optimized transfer of know-how and skills within the Staff members involved from the academic and private sectors, as well as the best strategies of value chain analysis, scaling-up analysis and financial requirements analysis, during all the duration of the project will be guaranteed by the contribution to the project of FYD, an Italian Company specialized in transfer of knowledge activities.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecycling
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringmining and mineral processing
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturevegetable growing
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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MSCA-RISE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)Coordinateur
20133 Milano
Italie