ReSolve
REnewable SOLVEnts with high performance in application and improved toxicity profile
Project details
- Type of project
- Research & Innovation Action
- Project focus
- Bio-based chemicals
- Feedstock origin
- Forestry waste
- Feedstock type
- Pulp & paper industry (black liquor & sidestreams)
- Project period
- 1 June 2017 - 30 November 2020
- Status
- Completed
- CBE JU Contribution
- € 4 358 412,50
- Call identifier
- H2020-BBI-JTI-2016
Summary
ReSolve sets out to replace two hazardous solvents - toluene and NMP (N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone) - with safer alternatives derived from non-food carbohydrates. These new solvents will omit parts of the molecular structure that cause toxicity – namely aromatic rings (toluene) and amide groups (NMP). The new, safer solvents will have a wide range of applications; project ReSolve with bring them to Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5. It will also demonstrate their sustainability, low health impact and high application performance.
These bio-based solvents will allow Europe’s solvent industry to avoid the negative economic impact of the regulatory restrictions on the use of aromatic and nitrogen-containing solvents. It will also make a difference for many thousands of downstream users, while reducing the health impact on millions of European citizens that are routinely exposed to solvents as part of their job.
In addition, ReSolve intends to create a pipeline of new solvent candidates. This means that as well as having candidates at TRL 5, there will also be other candidates for specific applications moving towards to TRL 3-4, offering further substitution options for hazardous solvents in the near future.
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Project coordination
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK YORK NORTH YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Consortium
- BioDetection Systems B.V. Amsterdam, Netherlands
- KEUKEN & DE KONING BV BREDA, Netherlands
- AVANTIUM RENEWABLE POLYMERS BV Amsterdam, Netherlands
- NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO DEN HAAG, Netherlands
- NORSKE SKOG GOLBEY Golbey, France
- NOVA-INSTITUT FUR POLITISCHE UND OKOLOGISCHE INNOVATION GMBH HURTH, Germany
- AVANTIUM SUPPORT BV Amsterdam, Netherlands
- AVANTIUM CHEMICALS BV Amsterdam, Netherlands
- BIO BASE EUROPE PILOT PLANT VZW DESTELDONK GENT, Belgium
- CIRCA SUSTAINABLE CHEMICALS LIMITED Heslington York, United Kingdom
- NITTO BELGIUM GENK, Belgium
- PROCESS DESIGN CENTER BV BREDA, Netherlands
- STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH Wageningen, Netherlands
Former member
- NORSKE SKOGINDUSTRIER ASA LYSAKER, Norway
