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2005 – 2009 :
A 4 years Integrated Project
in the 6th Framework programme of
the European Commission, with 20 European partners
IMPULSE
Integrated Multiscale Process Units with Locally Structured
Elements
PROJECT SUMMARY :
IMPULSE1 aims at effective, targeted integration of innovative process equipment such as
microreactors, compact heat exchangers, thin–film devices and other micro and/or meso-structured
components, to attain radical performance enhancement for whole process, thereby contributing to
significant improvement in supply–chain sustainability for the chemical industry.
IMPULSE offers new opportunities by encouraging the use of flexible, integrated equipment and
process units with appropriately targeted multiscale structuring. The IMPULSE approach represents a
PARADIGM SHIFT in chemical engineering: Rather than adapting operating conditions to equipment
limitations, IMPULSE proposes to adapt the equipment, structure and process architecture to enable
achievement of the most desirable operating conditions for a given physico–chemical transformation.
Impulse goals include proof of principle in several supply–chain sectors (pharma, fine chemicals,
consumer goods), validated business models (e. g., distributed production, mass customisation, etc.),
“teachable” generic design methodology and optimisation and decision criteria for eco–efficiency.
OBJECTIVES OF IMPULSE :
The objective of IMPULSE is effective, targeted integration of innovative process equipment such
as microreactors, compact heat exchangers, thin–film devices and other micro and/or meso-structured
components to attain radical performance enhancement for whole process systems in chemical
production.
Whereas complete miniaturisation or intensification of entire process systems is unrealistic and
economically prohibitive, the multiscale design approach of IMPULSE provides intensification locally
only in those parts of a process and on the time and length scales where it is truly needed and can
produce the greatest benefit.
IMPULSE’s structured multiscale design is a true paradigm shift that reverses completely the
traditional thinking of chemical process engineering. Rather than adapting the chemical synthesis
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IMPULSE (Integrated Multiscale Process Units with Locally Structured Elements) is a European Industrial–Academic
Consortium recognised as a SUSTECH Consortium by CEFIC, the European Chemical Industry Council. See: www.cefic–
sustech.org
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routes and process operating parameters to be compatible with equipment limitations, IMPULSE
adapts the equipment, structure and process architectures themselves in order to create locally the
most desirable conditions for a given physico-chemical transformation. IMPULSE represents a clear
breakthrough, by offering the technological tools necessary for a radical long–term
transformation of the chemical industry. In the context of sustainable development, IMPULSE
provides the conceptual roadmap for the design of the chemical plants of the future.
The ambition of IMPULSE is to become Europe’s flagship R&D initiative for radical innovation in
chemical production technologies. Created in the framework of the CEFIC SUSTECH program and
led by 4 major industrial partners, the IMPULSE IP is structured around the needs of the principal high
added value chemical sectors: pharmaceuticals, fine and specialty chemicals, and consumer
products. IMPULSE responds to the need for a knowledge-based manufacturing industry, capable of
maintaining substantial production capacity, process and product research, and advanced equipment
manufacture (and the associated highly qualified employment) in Europe.
IMPULSE is organised around an RTD core, composed of 3 sectorial subprojects and 1 cross–
sectorial RTD workpackage covering methods, tools, instrumentation, equipment, safety and eco–
efficiency. The RTD core is combined with education, training, dissemination and demonstration
activities designed to maximise impact and visibility and also improve the public image of chemical
technology in Europe. Chemical systems for RTD study are selected on the basis of industrial impact
for convincing proof of principle for one or more of the major IMPULSE process-technology
objectives: continuous flow, variable throughput, mass customisation, retrofit, distributed
production.
THE CONSORTIUM :
The IMPULSE consortium is composed of 20 partners. These organisations provide the multidisciplinary expertise required to meet the objectives of the project and the expectations of the
participants, the industry and the European Commission.
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Participant name
Short name
Country
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
ARTTIC
BRITEST LIMITED
DECHEMA GESELLSCHAFT FÜR CHEMISCHE TECHNIK
UND BIOTECHNOLOGIE e.V
DEGUSSA
ESCOLA TÈCNICA SUPERIOR D'ENGINYERIA QUÍMICA DE
TARRAGONA
FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE
GLAXOSMITHKLINE
INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS OF
THE CZECH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL
ET DES RISQUES
INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE LORRAINE
PROCTER AND GAMBLE EUROPE
RHEINISCH WESTFÄLISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE
AACHEN
SIEMENS AG
SOLVENT INNOVATION GMBH
NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPASTNATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK
WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
CNRS
ARTTIC
BRITEST
DECHEMA
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INPL
P&G
RWTH
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SOLVENT
TNO
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Participant name
INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY PRAGUE
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
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UNIMAN
CZ
UK
THE ORGANISATION :
The project management structure has several levels to distinguish management needs at the
technical subproject and workpackage level from the general (central) project management
requirements. This organisation is designed to reconcile the need for sufficient flexibility in a changing
international scientific context with the desire to implement a global project strategy to optimize the use
of resources.
The global project management responsibility will be placed with the IMPULSE Executive Committee.
The IMPULSE Executive Committee will report directly to the IMPULSE Governing Board, the highest
strategic and decision-making body in IMPULSE. Day-to-day management responsibility is conferred
to the IMPULSE Project Director, designated by the Coordinator CNRS as Workpackage Leader for
WPA : Professor Michael Matlosz.
The figure hereafter illustrates schematically the overall IMPULSE organisational structure.
FORECASTED RESULTS
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IMPULSE responds directly to many of the essential elements of the NMP research area 3.4.4.3
“Mastering chemicals and creating new eco-efficient processes and synthesis routes”, with a specific
focus on chemical production.
The objective of IMPULSE is “to foster Europe’s lead in chemical” production “technologies by
developing” a specific design methodology for “new competitive and eco-efficient processing routes for
the preparation of high added value chemical products, which will also provide benefits in other
intermediary and end-user sectors”, including fine and specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals and
consumer goods. “An important goal is to be able to produce chemicals at the right costs and purity
levels and meet safety, health and environmental requirements.”
The IMPULSE IP is “led by industry and” is focused “on new strategies and new approaches in
chemical engineering”, including, but not limited to, “catalysis, microreactors, high-throughput
techniques, non-hazardous solvent routes” and “new formulation and synthesis routes”.
By fostering radical innovation in production processes for safer, cleaner, more competitive and more
energy-efficient chemical manufacturing, IMPULSE provides the necessary arguments for greater
public acceptance of the positive role of the chemical manufacturing industry in Europe. To raise
participation and awareness in this connection, IMPULSE will work closely with CEFIC, the European
Chemical Industry Council, and with the European Commission in the framework of the recently
created Technology Platform in Sustainable Chemistry. With the assistance of DECHEMA, an
organisation with long-standing experience in dissemination of chemical science and technology at all
levels both to the general public and to specialised audiences, public awareness campaigns based on
the developments in IMPULSE will be organised with the aim of increasing public perception of the
real progress attained in improving the social, economic and environmental responsibility of the
chemical industry.
Through networking and information exchange with relevant communities, including existing
professional organisations in the framework of the User Group to be created under workpackage
WPD, IMPULSE will position itself to intervene at the best venues and most strategic conferences and
events (such as the world-renowned ACHEMA fair in 2006) with targeted press releases, written
documentation and oral communications based on the IMPULSE research results.
The effort expected to be deployed in terms of human resources is estimated at 1876 person months
over the complete duration of the project (4 years). The total IMPULSE budget is estimated at
17 123 953 € including a requested grant of 10 500 000 €. With 20 members (including 7 industrial
partners) from 7 European countries (including 2 new member states), the IMPULSE IP consortium
offers the critical mass and expertise required for significant impact in the European Research Area.
Contact : Douglas Carson
tel : +33 (0) 3 44 55 65 74
fax :+33 (0) 3 44 55 65 65
[email protected]
IMPULSE website : http://www.impulse-project.org
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