Objective CO-METATHESIS OF NATURALLY AVAILABLE AND RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS AS FATA, FATTY ACID ESTERS AND DERIVED PRODUCTS WITH LIGHT OLEFINS FROM PETROCHEMICAL ORIGIN WILL BE USED TO PRODUCE CATALYTICALLY A WHOLE FAMILY OF SPECIALLY CHEMICALS, WHICH VIA OTHER ROUTES CANNOT AS EASILY BE MADE OR CANNOT BE MADE AT ALL.TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN AN ECONOMIC AND COMPETITIVE WAY, MORE ACTIVE, SELCTIVE AND CHEAPER CATALYSTS THAN THE PRESENTLY USED ONES, MUST BE DEVELOPED. ONCE THESE CATALYSTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR A FEW VERY SPECIFIC CO-METATHESIS REACTIONS, THEY WILL BE SUITABLE FOR PROCESS DEVELOPMENT IN A WHOLE RANGE OF CONVERSIONS.THE FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE ON WHICH CAN BE BUILD TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL IS SOUND AND SOLID, BUT MUCH PROGRESS BEYOND THIS STATE OF THE ART IS NEEDED BEFORE NEW PROCESSES WILL BE AVAILABLE.MORE SPECIFICALLY, THIS WILL REQUIRE A CONSEDERABLE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH, OBVIOUSLY TO BE CONDUCTED ALONG SPECIFIC KEY ROUTES, FOCUSSING MAINLY ON CATALYSTS IMPROVEMENT, BY CHANGING THE SUPPORT ACIDITY AND SHAPE-SELECTIVITY AND STUDYING THE CATALYST ACTIVITION CHEMISTRY. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculeslipidsnatural scienceschemical sciencescatalysis Programme(s) FP1-BRITE - Multiannual research and development programme (EEC) in the fields of basic technological research and the applications of new technologies (BRITE), 1985-1988 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Synfina-Oleofina NV EU contribution No data Address Parc Industriel Zone B 7170 Manage Belgium See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Catalysts & Chemicals Europe SA Belgium EU contribution No data Address 2,Place du Champ de Mars 1050 Bruxelles See on map Total cost No data KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN Belgium EU contribution No data Address Oude Markt 13 3000 LOUVAIN / LEUVEN See on map Total cost No data Süd-Chemie AG Germany EU contribution No data Address 83052 Bruckmühl See on map Total cost No data
