Coordinator

RWTH Aachen

Jürgen Klankermayer
Building: Sammelbau Room: 38B 410 Worringerweg 2. 52074 Aachen, Germany

www.rwth-aachen.de

Consortium

8 beneficiaries from 4 countries (Austria, Belgium, Germany & Netherlands)

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Results

Deliverables
Data typeDeliverable
PDF DocumentD1.9: Report on site acceptance test, design and construction of levulinic acid
demo plant
PDF DocumentD1.10: Report on basic technoeconomic evaluation of levulinic acid and ester route via Furfural
demo plant
PDF DocumentD2.1: Report on optimized catalyst in batch mode
PDF DocumentD2.2: Report on comparison of integrated vs. 2-­step process LVA to 2-­MTHF
PDF DocumentD2.3: Report on design of demo plant
PDF DocumentD2.4: Upscaling of catalyst
PDF DocumentD2.6: Report on implementation of optimal catalyst conditions in CSTR system
PDF DocumentD2.11: Report on process stability with impurities in the feed of levulinic acid
PDF DocumentD.2.12: Report on and production of at least 20 kg MeBDO for WP3 trials
PDF DocumentD.2.13: Recycling and separation strategies for catalyst and high boiling components
PDF DocumentD.2.16: Report on catalyst performance
PDF DocumentD2.17: Report on alternative homogeneous catalyst systems for hydrogenation
of levulinic acid of levulinic acid
PDF Document D2.18: Report on hydrogenation of alternative feedstock for producing 2-­MTHF,
GVL & MeBDO
PDF Document D2.19: Report on Kilogram samples produced for network partners (GVL, MeBDO and 2-MTHF)
PDF Document D2.20: Report on basic techno economic evaluation of MeBDO production from levulinic acid or levulinic ester
PDF DocumentD3.1: Report on and sample of newly developed P2-­MTHF-­polymer
PDF DocumentD3.2: Industrial standard adhesive prototype-­summary
PDF DocumentD3.3: Report on and sample of new developed PGVLpolymer, produced in kg-­scale
with Mw: 800-­10.000 Da
PDF DocumentD3.4: Industrial standard adhesive prototype based on GVL-derivative
PDF DocumentD3.5: Industrial solvent based standard adhesive prototype including quality assessment and testing that is ready for scale up and
commercialisation
PDF DocumentD3.6: Report on market potential of a new adhesive product based on MeBDO
PDF DocumentD3.7: MeBDO polyester polyols summary
PDF DocumentD3.9: Industrial standard adhesive prototype based on MeBDO-­polymer
PDF Document D4.1: Data gap analysis summary
PDF DocumentD4.2: Interim report on LCA
PDF DocumentD5.1:Techno economic analysis LVA
PDF DocumentD5.2: Report on investigation of market potentials of GVL and 2-MTHF LVA
PDF DocumentD5.4: Report on feedstock potentials of the LVA value chain and suitable production locations
PDF DocumentD6.6: Workshop on LVA production - Feedstock flexible chemical Biorefinery concepts on 01.02.2021
Publications
No.Scientific journal publication link
1Hydrogenation of Polyesters to Polyether Polyols (2019)
2Properties of Novel Polyesters Made from Renewable 1,4‐Pentanediol (2020)
3Process-Based Co-Solvent Screening for Optimal Conversion of Biomass (2020)
4Scalable synthesis and polymerisation of a β-angelica lactone derived monomer (2020)
5Co-Oligomers of Renewable and “Inert” 2-MeTHF and Propylene Oxide for Use in Bio-Based Adhesives (2020)
Data typeData name
PDF DocumentNewsletter April 2018
PDF DocumentProject Fact Sheet
PDF DocumentNewsletter December 2018