Resonant Acoustic Mixing facility for sustainable chemical manufacturing

用于可持续化学制造的共振声学混合设施

• 批准号: EP/Z53111X/1
• 负责人: Tomislav Friscic
• 金额: $ 198.91万
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FZ53111X%2F1
• 关键词: Resonant; Acoustic; Mixing; facility; sustainable

The aim of this RAM Facility, to be established by our team of researchers in Chemistry, Engineering and Chemical Engineering, and in partnership with Resodyn Acoustic Mixers, the pioneering developer and only manufacturer of this technology, is to create in the UK an internationally visible hotbed of innovation in sustainable processes and materials. It will be a globally unique, self-sustained resource to help researchers and industries kick-start green chemical manufacturing in the UK through innovative technologies, sustainable product portfolios and potentially creation of spin-outs. The potential to advance both research and sustainable manufacturing is evident by almost 50 Support Letters that provide a cross-section of potential users and problems that can be addressed at the RAM Facility. The letters come from a wide community, including senior and early career researchers from the UK and abroad, interdisciplinary centres, as well as UK and international SMEs and large industries. Letters also demonstrate alignment and complementarity with many UK research centres and national facilities.The objectives of the RAM Facility are to enable and promote sustainability-oriented innovation in fundamental science and chemical manufacturing. This is summarised in a set of Science and Technology Challenges that will advance mechanochemistry for clean manufacturing, recycling and waste valorisation, discovery and development of materials for green, sustainable technologies (nanomaterials, battery materials, supercapacitors), and many other areas. This will advance diverse science disciplines (chemical, civil, and mechanical engineering, chemistry, physics, geosciences, metallurgy and materials, and applied mathematics) and industry sectors, including (but not limited to) additive manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, agricultural, chemical, defence, FMCG, food, green energy, and pharmaceutical sectors. Through small- and large pilot-scale instruments, the facility will uniquely support fundamental science of mechanochemistry and enable new concepts for sustainable manufacturing to be explored and immediately advanced to high TRLs. Only 10 pilot-scale systems have been installed in the world, all of them within industry sites, making our vision to place such a system into a truly "open" RAM Facility, centrally located, easily accessible and supported by dedicated staff, with access based on competitive and transparent research excellence, EDI and RRI criteria, truly transformative and of high impact for new sustainable technologies.

这个随机存取存储器设施将由我们的化学、工程和化学工程研究团队建立，并与这项技术的先驱开发商和唯一制造商Resodyn声波混音器合作，目的是在英国创建一个国际知名的可持续工艺和材料创新的温床。它将是一种全球独特的、自我维持的资源，通过创新技术、可持续的产品组合和潜在的衍生产品来帮助研究人员和行业在英国启动绿色化学品制造。推动研究和可持续制造的潜力从近50封支持信中可见一斑，这些信提供了潜在用户的横截面和可以在RAM设施中解决的问题。这些信件来自广泛的社区，包括来自英国和海外的高级和早期职业研究人员、跨学科中心以及英国和国际中小企业和大型行业。Letter还表明了与许多英国研究中心和国家设施的一致性和互补性。RAM设施的目标是支持和促进基础科学和化学制造领域以可持续发展为导向的创新。这一点概括在一系列科学和技术挑战中，这些挑战将推动机械化学在清洁制造、回收和废物有价化、发现和开发绿色、可持续技术(纳米材料、电池材料、超级电容器)和许多其他领域的材料。这将促进不同的科学学科(化学、土木和机械工程、化学、物理、地球科学、冶金和材料以及应用数学)和工业部门的发展，包括(但不限于)添加剂制造、航空航天、汽车、农业、化工、国防、快速消费品、食品、绿色能源和制药部门。通过小型和大型试点仪器，该设施将独特地支持机械力化学的基础科学，并使可持续制造的新概念得以探索，并立即提高到高TRL。世界上只安装了10个试点规模的系统，所有这些系统都在工业现场，这使得我们的愿景是将这样一个系统放入一个真正“开放的”RAM设施，位于中央，易于访问，并由专门的工作人员提供支持，访问基于竞争和透明的研究卓越，EDI和RRI标准，真正具有变革性，对新的可持续技术具有高度影响。