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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 1 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 DRA-SGU-08/06/05 1/4 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. Part. N° 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 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 F F UK D DEGUSSA ETSEQ D E FZK GSK ICPF D UK CZ IMM INERIS D F INPL P&G RWTH F UK D SIEMENS SOLVENT TNO D D NL WUT PL DRA-SGU-08/06/05 2/4 Part. N° 19 20 Participant name INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY PRAGUE THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER Short name Country ICTP 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 DRA-SGU-08/06/05 3/4 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 DRA-SGU-08/06/05 4/4