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Furafact: Novel high performance furan surfactants from biobased building blocks

Furafact：来自生物基构建块的新型高性能呋喃表面活性剂

基本信息

批准号：
41991
负责人：
金额：
$ 41.25万
依托单位：
UNILEVER U.K. CENTRAL RESOURCES LIMITED
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Study
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2020 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=41991
关键词：
Furafact Novel performance furan surfactants

项目摘要

Surfactants are chemicals with both hydrophilic (water loving) and hydrophobic (water hating) regions, which makes them extremely useful for mixing oils and water, stabilising foams and removing dirt from surfaces and laundry. As a result, surfactants are used across a broad array of industrial sectors and products, including laundry detergents and cleaning, personal care (shampoos, hand and body wash liquids), plant protection as wetting agents, in paints and coatings and as emulsifiers in pharmaceuticals. Most of the surfactants available today are substantially derived from fossil fuels. Biobased surfactants could be an alternative but those that are currently available have limited functionality and are typically 3 to 5 times more expensive that fossil-based surfactants. However, customers and consumers are demanding sustainable biobased ingredients and there is a real need now for highly functional, biobased surfactants for an array of applications.This project will demonstrate the potential for a novel family of biobased surfactants, based on the furan headgroup derived from sugars from waste agricultural residues, to replace fossil-derived surfactants. Led by _in silico_ data modelling, a number of furan surfactant variants will be selected for synthesis and testing. A commercially relevant process for manufacturing the lead furan surfactants will be demonstrated at lab scale. Availability of suitable feedstocks and building blocks to manufacture the furan surfactants in the UK will be mapped. Potential furan building block producers, feedstock converters and customers will be invited to engage with the project via a stakeholder board to align Furafact both with the UK chemicals manufacturing industry and customer demands.

表面活性剂是具有亲水性（喜水）和疏水性（憎水）区域的化学品，这使得它们在混合油和水，稳定泡沫以及去除表面和衣物上的污垢方面非常有用。因此，表面活性剂被广泛用于工业部门和产品，包括洗衣洗涤剂和清洁剂、个人护理（洗发水、洗手液和沐浴液）、植物保护、油漆和涂料中的润湿剂以及药品中的乳化剂。目前可用的大多数表面活性剂基本上来源于化石燃料。生物基表面活性剂可能是一种替代品，但目前可用的那些具有有限的功能，并且通常比化石基表面活性剂贵3至5倍。然而，客户和消费者要求可持续的生物基成分，现在有一个真实的需要高功能，生物基表面活性剂的一系列应用。该项目将展示一个新的家庭的生物基表面活性剂的潜力，基于呋喃头基衍生自废弃农业残留物中的糖，以取代化石衍生的表面活性剂。在计算机模拟数据建模的指导下，将选择许多呋喃表面活性剂变体进行合成和测试。将在实验室规模上展示一种用于制造呋喃铅表面活性剂的商业相关工艺。将绘制英国生产呋喃表面活性剂的合适原料和结构单元的可用性。潜在的呋喃积木生产商，原料转化商和客户将被邀请通过利益相关者委员会参与该项目，以使Furafact与英国化学品制造业和客户需求保持一致。