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With the contribution of the LIFE Programme of the European Unionunder grant agreement LIFE14/ENV/IT/000346
LIFE-TRIALKYL “An innovative and sustainable continuous process for the development of high quality trialkyl phosphites”
Demonstrative workshop– ARESE, Pilot Plant facilityLIFE14/ENV/IT/000346
STATE OF THE ART Although there is no conclusive data on their toxicity for human health and the environment, these chemical additives’ production can involve intermediaries (such as specific ammines) that need to be treated and recovered, or the use of phenolThese intermediates are often categorized as highly dangerous. Additionally, wastewater produced in the process needs to be treated before disposal or recycling and by products are not fitting with the circular economy concept
OBJECTIVES of LIFE TRIALKYL:
• Set up an innovative, highly sustainable and efficient industrial
chemical process
• Avoidance of the production of hazardous intermediaries, useless
by-products and the use of dangerous chemicals for waste water
treatment
• Reduction of energy consumption in the process by 20-30%
• Reduction water consumption by up to 100%, compared to the
current production process and eliminate any need of waste water
treatment
• Impact on agrochemistry with regard to:
• Production of insecticides that acts as
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors to control insects in a wide
range of crops. This production of insecticides in EU
consumes around 1500 MT/y of imported, low
sustainable trialkylphosphite.
• Inclusion of NH4Cl solid phase secondary product for agro
applications fitting with Circular economy concept
• Enhancement of the multiple waters strategy by making the
industrial water reusable in agriculture
• Increase awareness about alternative sustainable and eco-friendly
chemical processes in the chemical industry.
BACKGROUNDChemicals are an essential part of European Union citizens’ daily lives, and the chemical sector is also a major strategic sector for the EUChemistry is in every aspect of our life, even if often we do not see it. But, if not properly used and controlled, some chemicals can pose a severe threat to the environment and healthSeveral specific phosphorus derivatives are used in a wide range of applications, including pharmaceuticals, childcare products, detergents, lubricants, plastic additives and flame retardants
The benefits of LIFE-trialkyl: state of the art
Transesterification process
The second technologies implemented in the EU and worldwide
Triphenyl phosphite is reacted with MeOH, to yield trimethyl phosphite and
phenol
The transesterification process thus involves the use of phenols derivatives (triphenyl phosphite), which
are harmful for the human health (sub-chronic toxicity to the skin, allergic reactions, irritation to
the respiratory tract, neurotoxic) and the environment (suspected mutagenic)[2014, ECHA database;
EPA database; 2005, D. Sasseville et al., Dermatitis 16(2); 1974, A. Hamilton, et al., Publishing Sciences
Group, Inc., 1974., p. 315].
-Wastewater:none
-Useoftoxicsubstances:2,6kgoftriphenylphosphite/kgofproduct,0,8kgofPHENOL/kgofproduct
PCl3 + methanol + tertiary amines process
One of the two technologies implemented in the EU and worldwide
The TMPi production process follows the reaction shown:
Wastewater: 4 l/kg of product (NaCl aq)
- Use of toxic substances: 4 kg of dichloromethane/kg of product, 1 kg of
NaOH /kg of product, 2,5 Kg of triethyl amine or 2 Kg methymidazole.
The benefits of LIFE-trialkyl: state of the art
The benefits of LIFE-trialkyl
3 PILLARS
Phenol free No Chlorinated solvents NH4Cl
a novel sustainable and efficient continuous process for the production of TAPs
« LIFE TRIALKYL » Life14 - section Environment & Resource efficiency
TOTAL AMOUNT 2.243.969
%EC Co-funding 1.346.381
DURATION 48 months
Start 16/07/15
End 15/07/19
Arese (Mi)
Milano
Boras
PROJECT’S PARTNERS
Italmatch chemicals SpA (ITA)-Coordinating beneficiary
Sviluppo Chimica SpA(ITA)-Associated beneficiary
RISE (SWE)-Associated Beneficiary
The 4 clusters of the Project
Project governance- time frame
Project governance: LIFE TRIALKYL team
HUMAN RESOURCES
Expected HC involved 15
Actual HC involved 21
Delta% + 40%
New employees 3
Expected impact
European policy impact
Environmental impact
Socio economic impact
The European policy impact
KEY Environmental links
• IED - Industrial Emission Directive pubblished Jan 2011, compliance with the included Integrated
Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive
• BAT- Best Available Technique http://eippcb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/reference/
• BREF – Best available REFerence documents The Industrial Emissions
Directive.docx
The European policy impact
The environmental Water and Phosphorus topics
The 41 European technology platforms
Bio-based
economyEnergy Environment ICT
Production
and processesTransport
EATIP Biofuels WssTP ARTEMIS ECTP ACARE
ETPGAH EU PV TP Industrial safety ENIAC ESTEP ALICE
FABRE TP TP OCEAN ESPP EPoSS EuMaT ERRAC
Food for Life RHC ETP4HPC FTC ERTRAC
Forest-based SmartGridseuRobotics
[AISBL]Manufuture Waterborne
Plants SNETP NEM Nanomedicine
TP Organics ETIPWind NESSI SMR
ZEP Networld 2020 SusChem
Photonics 21
The close to market C2M concept
The close to market C2M concept
The close to market C2M concept
The close to market C2M concept
The Ammonium Chloride’sdirect consumption growthwill gain part of the UREAand Ammonium Nitrateactual market share for itscapacity to be lowly releasedint eh soil and thereforeusable during winter and in abalanced way during all theyear long, reducing theimpact on the Environment;the current NH4Clconsumption and productionquote is included in the“others” 10% share
The market survey feedback
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Commercial impact
• EU and Global Registration of the new technology:restart EU production of sustainable Trialkylphosphites(ECHA), today all imported from Far East
• EU regained leadership in the segment to serve EU andextra EU Enterprises
• New partnerships with downstream sectors within:• Plastic Industry• Lubricant Industry• Agrochemistry
• Co-development within the circular economy concept withthe agrofood industry starting from EU to Global
Lubricants• Generation of a social care chemical industrial product.
• Easier synthesis of lubricant additives acting as frictionmodifiers used is several applications.
• Reducing energy (fuel) consumption of the machineslubricated with said additives
• Enhancement of the Circular Economy in the Chemical Industry
Commercial impact
Other industries• Generation of a social care chemical industrial product.
• Easier and more economic synthesis of API (active PharmaIntermediates) using this type of molecules as primary rawmaterials.
Thank you all very
much
for your attention
and for your
contributions!
With the contribution of the LIFE Programme of the European Unionunder grant agreement LIFE14/ENV/IT/000346