spire brokerage event sustainable process industry

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SPIRE Brokerage EventSustainable Process IndustryProject Idea Presentation

Sarah Sangermann & Martin Riegels, LANXESS RUCSPIRE Brokerage Event, Brussels, 16th December 2013

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OrganizationLANXESS – Energizing Chemistry

LANXESS is one of Germany’s most important providers of polymers and chemicals

Employees worldwide

Global orientation

approx. 17,500

52 production sites worldwide

Performance PolymersAdvanced IntermediatesPerformance Chemicals

Portfolio

Sales in the year 2012 EUR 9.094 bn

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Rubber Chemicals (RUC): a leading supplier of chemicals and additive solutions to a variety of industries

Facts

Products & Brands

Applications

Part of: LANXESS Performance Chemicals Employees: < 600 Production Sites: Kallo (Belgium), Brunsbüttel,

Uerdingen (GER), Bushy Park (USA), Jhagadia (India)

Antidegradants

Accelerators

Specialties: bonding agents, anti-reversion agents, fillers

Selection

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Project Idea ConceptCurrent Situation of Production at RUC-site in Kallo, Belgium

Waste streams contain large amounts of Mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT), some amines, Zn2+ and other chemicals

Complex pre-treatment in several tanks with sulfuric acid before biological waste water treatment

Some recyclable fractions can be used again, but most are burned or abolished in the biology before the waste water is passed to the river

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Project Idea ConceptFuture Scenario: Development of robust waste water pre-processing

Membrane and/or ion exchange technology

For large scale factories and small scale pretreatment plants

Decreased amount for biological waste water treatment

Higher recycling rate of components, e.g. MBT, bromide

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Idea Impact

Reduction of the amount of zinc having to be treated in the biological waste water treatment

currently: around 430 kg/year possible reduction to „0“

Recycling of MBT which is now burned or abolished and that could be used again in the process

raw material savings: -10%

Cost savings – reduction of costs for sending certain components to the river

Simplified Process Design in general

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Existing Project Consortium

Testing and implementation

ECOSYNTH/Belgium Evaluation of the oxidation process

MIONTEC /Germany Evaluation ion exchange technology

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Looking for partners…

… specialist in membrane technologies to remove selective organics from waste water

… specialist in alternative technologies to remove selective organics from waste water

… other companies having similar waste water problems

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Contact details

Sarah SangermannLANXESS Deutschland GmbHGlobal Production & TechnologyBusiness Unit Rubber Chemicals

Kennedyplatz 150569 Köln, GermanyPhone : +49 221 8885 1390Mobile : +49(0) 175 3008051Sarah.Sangermann@lanxess.com

Lipnizki JensLANXESS Deutschland GmbHTechnical Application MembranesLiquid Purification Technologies

Kennedyplatz 150569 Köln, GermanyPhone : +49 221 8885 2013Jens.Lipnizki@lanxess.com

Martin RiegelsLANXESS N.V. Site Manager Rubber Chemicals Business Unit Rubber Chemicals

Geb. 7633, Ketenislaan 2, Haven 1992 9130 Kallo, Belgium Phone: +32 3 2127127 Martin.Riegels@lanxess.com

Jenny BarbierLANXESS Deutschland GmbHIon Exchange ResinsLiquid Purification Technologies

Kennedyplatz 150569 Köln, GermanyPhone : +49 221 8885 7288Jenny.Barbier@lanxess.com