FIREFLY

Firefly项目有助于以催化剂为基础的化学工业的可持续发展，朝着电气化方向发展，并减少第三方对金属和化石能源的依赖。在催化剂回收/生产和催化化学工艺方面有争议的可持续性挑战和机遇促使提出Firefly概念的16个合作伙伴协同工作，依赖于以下开发：i)电子驱动的金属回收技术--包括建模、优化和工程方法；ii)可再生电力的高效集成；iii)预测决策的数字工具；iv)为创新(电)化学工艺生产(电)催化剂，克服与高操作条件、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TRL4，同时进行综合可持续性评估，以支持根据环境和技术经济性能选择最有前景的技术路线。Ii)选定的流程将在小规模试点中形成萤火虫流程。它们将在TRL6上展示从二次资源中预测、可再生能源和灵活地生产新的金属(电)催化剂，以及这些成果在选定化学品的创新(电)化学工艺中的应用：氨和过氧化氢(与当前的环境和操作问题)、木质素的解聚和生物质加工以生物为基础的化学品(支持化学工业的脱铁)。三)将向广泛的利益攸关方有效地传达、传播和利用这些活动和成果。

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.