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SERICHIM Project progress and planned activities

Project LIFE10 ENV/IT/364 “Environmentally friendly natural products instead of chloroparaffines in the fatting phase of the tanning cycle”. SERICHIM Project progress and planned activities Technical and Progress Meeting - Alacant, 13 June 2013. Target of the project.

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SERICHIM Project progress and planned activities

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  1. Project LIFE10 ENV/IT/364“Environmentally friendly natural products instead of chloroparaffines in the fatting phase of the tanning cycle” SERICHIM Project progress and planned activities Technical and Progress Meeting - Alacant, 13 June 2013

  2. Target of the project Replacing well performing traditional fatliquoring agents as Chlorinated paraffins Sulpho Chlorinated paraffins

  3. Target of the project with chlorinated natural substrates as : Chlorinated fatty acid methyl esters (C12-C18) Sulfochlorinated fatty acid methyl esters (C12-C18)

  4. Project LIFE10 ENV/IT/364 • Chlorinated paraffinsare used as greasing agents in the finishing working step in leather manufacturing in order to provide an oily and soft “touch “ to the leather. • Sulpho Chlorinated paraffinsare sometimes used as direct tanning agents, but in the majority of cases are subjected to a further saponification reaction, in order to be used as emulsifiable greasing agent.

  5. Project LIFE10 ENV/IT/364 ACTION 5 : • Fatting at a semi-industrial level by using natural products ROLE of SERICHIM : • Preparation of samples of Chlorinated and Sulphochlorinated FAME at “few kilograms scale” to make available to project partners

  6. Project LIFE10 ENV/IT/364 The natural based substrate considered was a mixture of PALMKERNEL OIL FATTY ACID METHYL ESTERS which typical composition is:

  7. Project LIFE10 ENV/IT/364 In order to proceed with the preparation of samples for semi-industrial application tests up to “few kilograms scale”, the previous photochlorination kilolab plant has been replaced with a larger one.

  8. Project LIFE10 ENV/IT/364 Kilolab photochlorination plant Pilot photochlorination plant

  9. Project LIFE10 ENV/IT/364 Since January to June 2013 the following samples were prepared and delivered to project partners: A ) CHLORINATED PALMKERNEL OIL FAME:

  10. Project LIFE10 ENV/IT/364 B) SULFO CHLORINATED PALMKERNEL OIL FAME :

  11. Project LIFE10 ENV/IT/364 CURRENTLY PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR ACTION 6 : • Production at “ tens kilograms “ scale of selected natural product (Palmkernel oil FAME) for environmental demonstration of natural products fatting at a pre-industrial level.

  12. Project LIFE10 ENV/IT/364 CURRENTLY PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR ACTION 6 : Two different approaches to be evaluated: • Preparation of samples of Chlorinated and Sulphochlorinated FAME at “tens kilograms scale” by batch photochlorination into 1 m3 reactor • Preparation of above samples by a continuous flow technology based on original know how of Serichim

  13. Project LIFE10 ENV/IT/364

  14. Project LIFE10 ENV/IT/364 CompactChem Reactor

  15. Project LIFE10 ENV/IT/364 CompactChem Reactor

  16. Project LIFE10 ENV/IT/364 The advantages of such techniques are several and will be very important in case of industrial production being mainly related to : • High volume production with a small equipment compared to the traditional batch reactors • Increase of safety in the production process due to lower hold up involved • Constant quality • Low operational cost and fixed investment required

  17. Thanks for attention ! Giusi Vassallo Giulio Puntin Alfonso Nardelli

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