Expired Fire Extinguisher Powder Recycling - Experimental Development Project

过期灭火粉回收-实验开发项目

• 批准号: 10021446
• 金额: $ 39.91万
• 依托单位: PHOS CYCLE LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10021446
• 关键词: Expired; Fire; Extinguisher; Powder; Recycling

**The Phos Cycle Experimental Development Project investigates up-scaling challenges to successfully recycle and up-cycle the 'Expired Fire Extinguisher Powder' (EFEP) chemical waste stream.**By UK law, every 3 years fire extinguishers are required to be disposed of and replaced.Industry-wide, all materials from an expired fire extinguisher are recycled; (i.e.metal cylinder sold for scrap metal, plastic and rubber hoses can be recycled) except for the EFEP. By law, EFEP cannot be reused, as it fails to satisfy the required safety and performance criteria.Phos Cycle provides a comprehensive solution at scale to the chemical EFEP waste stream problem. EFEP is currently sent to landfills at a great economic and environmental cost, or and worse; illegally disposed of.An indication of the scale of the problem is highlighted by the sheer size of the EFEP waste stream; approximately 98,000 Tons of this chemical waste powder is land-filled annually in the UK and Europe alone.Through its proprietary process, Phos Cycle converts the EFEP waste stream to industrial phosphate-based value streams, thereby1\. Negating the negative environmental effects of land-filling2\. Reducing the associated disposal costs for our suppliers3\. Minimizing the incentive for illegal disposal and4\. Providing our customers with a sustainable (zero-carbon) alternative to conventional phosphate-based products, which are currently:* Fossil formed* Mined* Ammonia processed (exhibit high carbon footprint)* Import based productsWorking in collaboration with the University of Wolverhampton, University of Greenwich and NIAB (National Institute of Agricultural Botany), the Phos Cycle project will consider a variety of chemical and mechanical up-scaling process solutions, to recover the valuable components from this waste product so that it can be recycled back into commercial industries at scale.With an already operational Pilot Plant and IP certified, Phos Cycle and it's academic partners are best suited to tackle the final innovative work packages for the project to move from TRL5 to TRL 8\.Phos Cycle's vision is to recycle 80% annually of the UK EFEP waste stream market within the first two years of full-scale plant operation on behalf of the UK companies in our value chain.Our project aims to make the UK the innovation center for the recycling of fire extinguisher powder: A global waste stream problem with the innovative solution and successful industrial operation in the UK.

** Phos循环实验开发项目研究成功回收和升级“过期灭火器粉末”（EFEP）化学废物流的规模挑战。**根据英国法律，每3年需要对灭火器进行处理和更换。在整个行业，所有过期灭火器的材料都被回收；（即出售作废金属、塑胶及橡胶软管用途的金属气瓶可循环再造），但EFEP除外。根据法律规定，EFEP不能重复使用，因为它不能满足所需的安全和性能标准。Phos循环为化学EFEP废物流问题提供了大规模的综合解决方案。目前，废物填埋的经济和环境成本极高，或更糟；非法处置的：非法处置的efp废物流的庞大规模突出表明了问题的严重性；仅在英国和欧洲，每年就有大约98000吨这种化学废料粉末被填埋。通过其专有的工艺，Phos Cycle将EFEP废物流转化为工业磷酸盐价值流，从而1\。消除垃圾填埋对环境的负面影响。为我们的供应商减少相关的处理成本。尽量减少非法处置的诱因；为我们的客户提供可持续的（零碳）替代传统磷酸盐产品，这些产品目前有：*化石形成*开采*氨加工（碳足迹高）*进口产品与伍尔弗汉普顿大学，格林威治大学和NIAB（国家农业植物学研究所）合作，Phos循环项目将考虑各种化学和机械放大工艺解决方案。从废物中回收有价值的成分，使其可以大规模地回收到商业工业中。凭借已经运行的试点工厂和知识产权认证，Phos Cycle及其学术合作伙伴最适合解决项目从TRL5转移到TRL 8的最终创新工作包。Phos Cycle的愿景是在工厂全面运营的头两年内，代表我们价值链中的英国公司，每年回收80%的英国EFEP废物流市场。我们的项目旨在使英国成为灭火器粉末回收的创新中心：一个全球性的废物流问题，在英国有创新的解决方案和成功的工业运作。