High value-added solutions for strategic markets
VALUATION OF TEXTILE WASTE AND BIOMASS VIA A THERMOCHEMICAL APPROACH
WASTE2CHEMVALUES 2024
Motivation
The project is framed within the lines stipulated in the European Green Pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the EU and achieve climate neutrality by 2050. This requires a progressive substitution of fossil fuels by cleaner forms of energy, and of synthetic products of fossil origin, such as organic chemicals and polymers, by products synthesised from raw materials of non-fossil origin, thus promoting circular processes in industrial environments.
In this context, the present project will address the aforementioned issue by improving the energy efficiency of industrial processes, prioritizing the textile sector due to its significant environmental impact (greenhouse gas emissions, intensive use of fossil fuels, etc.); while also studying the use of waste to obtain chemicals of interest for the textile industry itself as well as for adjacent sectors.
Objectives
- To process a large volume of waste through various thermochemical processes and to develop upgrading processes of the secondary streams to obtain chemical products of interest.
- To overcome the current challenges of processing complex organic polymers (in terms of selectivity and separation of products of interest) to obtain added value products from biomass waste.
Expected results
Line 1:
- Development of methodologies and technical feasibility studies for the treatment and purification of the flows obtained from the thermochemical processes used for waste valorisation.
- Evaluation of the technical and economic viability of the incorporation of these recovery strategies in industrial environments in the textile or related sectors.
Line 2:
- Obtaining added value products from the revaluation of waste biomass residues currently viewed as worthless in the paper industry.
Grant number: IMAMCA/2024/6
Programme: Plan of non-economic activities 2024
Period of execution: January 2024 – December 2024
Status: In progress
More information: PLAN OF ACTION
Entity: IVACE
Project supported by the Conselleria Conselleria de Innovación, Industria, Comercio y Turismo de la Generalitat Valenciana, through IVACE
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R&D AREAS
New high-performance functionalised materials
Circular economy and sustainability
Advanced manufacturing, smart textiles and digitalisation
High value-added solutions for strategic markets
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