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
DateitypDateiname
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
Publications
DateitypDateiname
PDF DocumentNewsletter April 2018
PDF DocumentProject Fact Sheet
PDF DocumentNewsletter December 2018
No.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)