ELectrochemical OXidation of cYclic and biogenic substrates for high efficiency production of organic CHEMicals (ELOXYCHEM)

ELOXYCHEM将建立一种具有商业意义的电化学氧化工艺，这将成为一项战略发展，以取代严重依赖硝酸等进口材料和天然气等进口化石燃料的现有化学转化工艺。ELOXYCHEM将通过展示：(I)试点规模(每年多吨)的新型变革性电化学转化平台工艺，包括反应器和下游分离到最终产品的市场规格，以可靠地实现TRL6；(Ii)用于化学转化的插入式替代技术，从而促进欧洲双重转型(绿色和数字)的可靠途径。ELOXYCHEM还将优化该工艺，以展示该工艺对多种原料的通用性，包括当前的原料和未来的生物和生物来源。使用人工智能策略优化试点工厂将针对提高电化学性能、延长寿命和降低成本；考虑到间歇性和提供需求响应灵活性的潜力，证明与可再生能源整合的可行性；从工艺强化和成本角度整合工艺设计，包括材料、反应器/电池和分离方法。ELOXYCHEM汇集了由来自欧洲各地的化学品/散装材料生产商、制造商和大学组成的世界领先的财团，以实现预期的结果，并实现与现有工艺相比节省约60%的能源消耗，ELOXYCHEM的S颠覆性方法将帮助化学工业改造其生产流程，以减少废物，使用有害的易制毒化学品，并降低能源密集度。

ELOXYCHEM will establish a commercially relevant electrochemical oxidation process that will become a strategic development to replace existing chemical conversion processes that are heavily reliant on imported materials such as nitric acid and imported fossil-fuels such as natural gas. ELOXYCHEM will promote a credible pathway for Europe’s twin transition (green and digital) by demonstrating: (i) a new transformational electrochemical conversion platform process at a pilot scale (multiple tonnes per annum) consisting of reactors and downstream separation to final products with marketable specification to reliably achieve TRL6; (ii)drop-in replacement technology for chemical conversion. ELOXYCHEM will also optimise the process to demonstrate versatility of the process to multiple feedstocks ranging from current feedstocks and future bio-based and biogenic sources. Using AI strategies for optimisation the pilot plant will be targeted improve electrochemical performance, improve lifetime and reduce cost; prove viability of integrating with renewable energy sources considering intermittency and potential to offer demand-response flexibility; integrate process design, including materials, reactor/cell, and separation methods, from the process intensification and cost perspectives. ELOXYCHEM brings together a world leading consortium consisting of chemical/bulk material producers, manufacturers, and universities from across Europe to addresses the expected outcomes and achieve energy consumption savings of ~60% compared with existing processes, ELOXYCHEM´s disruptive approach will help chemical industries transform their production process to reduce waste, use of harmful precursor chemicals, and become less energy intensive.