FIREFLY

FIREFLY项目致力于催化剂化工行业的可持续发展，实现电气化，减少对金属和化石能源的第三方依赖。催化剂回收/生产和催化化学过程中有争议的可持续性挑战和机遇促使16个合作伙伴提出FIREFLY概念，依赖于以下方面的发展：i）从欧洲可用的废，废物和不合格催化剂中回收金属的电驱动技术-包括建模，优化和工程方法; ii）可再生电力的有效整合; iii）用于预测性决策的数字工具; iv）用于创新（电）化学工艺的（电）催化剂的生产，该工艺克服了与高操作条件、温室气体排放和缺乏循环性相关的传统生产。这个为期48个月的项目预计分为3个阶段：i）概念中涉及的技术将开发到TRL 4，同时进行综合可持续性评估，以支持根据其环境和技术经济性能选择最有前途的技术路线。ii）选定的流程图将在小规模试验中形成FIREFLY工艺。它们将在TRL 6上展示，用于从二次资源中预测、RES供电和灵活生产新型金属基（电）催化剂，以及将这些产出应用于选定化学品的创新（电）化学工艺：氨和过氧化氢（考虑到当前的环境和运营问题），木质素解聚和生物基化学品的生物质加工（支持化学工业的去磷化）。iii）活动和结果将有效地传达、传播和利用给广泛的利益相关者。

The FIREFLY project rises to the sustainable evolution of the catalyst-based chemical industry, towards its electrification and reduced third-party dependence on metals and fossil energy. The controversial sustainability challenges and opportunities in catalysts recycling/ production and catalyzed chemical processes motivated the synergy of 16 partners proposing the FIREFLY concept, relying on the development of: i) Electro-driven technologies for metal recycling from spent, waste, and off-specification catalysts available in Europe —including a modelling, optimization, and engineering approach; ii) Efficient integration of renewable electricity; iii) A digital tool for predictive decision-making; iv) Production of (electro)catalysts for innovative (electro)chemical processes that overcome traditional production associated with high operating conditions, greenhouse gas emissions, and lack of circularity. The 48-month project foresees 3 stages: i) The technologies involved in the concept will be developed to TRL4, accompanied by an integrated sustainability assessment that will support the selection of the most promising technology routes based on their environmental and techno-economic performance. ii) The selected flowsheets will form the FIREFLY process, in a small-scale pilot. They will be demonstrated at TRL6 in the predictive, RES powered, and flexible production of new metal-based (electro)catalysts from secondary resources as well as in the application of these outputs in innovative (electro)chemical processes of selected chemicals: ammonia and hydrogen peroxide (with current environmental and operational concerns), depolymerization of lignin and biomass processing for bio-based chemicals (in support of defossilization of the chemical industry). iii) The activities and results will be effectively communicated, disseminated, and exploited to a wide set of stakeholders.