With the contribution of the LIFE Programme of the European Union under grant agreement LIFE14/ENV/IT/000346

LIFE-TRIALKYL “An innovative and sustainable continuous process for the development of high quality trialkyl phosphites”

FINAL CONFERENCE, 25 JUNE 2019 – MILANO, FEDERCHIMICA AUDITORIUM

LIFE14/ENV/IT/000346- MCPasi Project coordinator

STATE OF THE ART Although there is no conclusive data on their toxicity for human health and the environment, these chemical additives’ production can involve intermediaries (such as specific ammines) that need to be treated and recovered, or the use of phenol These intermediates are often categorized as highly dangerous. Additionally, wastewater produced in the process needs to be treated before disposal or recycling and by products are not fitting with the circular economy concept

OBJECTIVES of LIFE TRIALKYL:

Set up an innovative, highly sustainable and efficient industrial

chemical process

Avoidance of the production of hazardous intermediaries, useless

by-products and the use of dangerous chemicals for waste water

treatment

Reduction of energy consumption in the process by 20-30%

Reduction water consumption by up to 100%, compared to the

current production process and eliminate any need of waste water

treatment

Impact on agrochemistry with regard to:

Production of insecticides that acts as

acetylcholinesterase inhibitors to control insects in a wide

range of crops. This production of insecticides in EU

consumes around 1500 MT/y of imported, low

sustainable trialkylphosphite.

Inclusion of NH4Cl solid phase secondary product for agro

applications fitting with Circular economy concept

Enhancement of the multiple waters strategy by making the

industrial water reusable in agriculture

Increase awareness about alternative sustainable and eco-friendly

chemical processes in the chemical industry.

BACKGROUND Chemicals are an essential part of European Union citizens’ daily lives, and the chemical sector is also a major strategic sector for the EU Chemistry is in every aspect of our life, even if often we do not see it. But, if not properly used and controlled, some chemicals can pose a severe threat to the environment and health Several specific phosphorus derivatives are used in a wide range of applications, including pharmaceuticals, childcare products, detergents, lubricants, plastic additives and flame retardants

The benefits of LIFE-trialkyl: state of the art

Transesterification process

The second technologies implemented in the EU and worldwide

Triphenyl phosphite is reacted with MeOH, to yield trimethyl phosphite and

phenol

The transesterification process thus involves the use of phenols derivatives (triphenyl phosphite), which

are harmful for the human health (sub-chronic toxicity to the skin, allergic reactions, irritation to

the respiratory tract, neurotoxic) and the environment (suspected mutagenic)[2014, ECHA database;

EPA database; 2005, D. Sasseville et al., Dermatitis 16(2); 1974, A. Hamilton, et al., Publishing Sciences

Group, Inc., 1974., p. 315].

-Wastewater:none

-Useoftoxicsubstances:2,6kgoftriphenylphosphite/kgofproduct,0,8kgofPHENOL/kgofproduct

PCl3 + methanol + tertiary amines process

One of the two technologies implemented in the EU and worldwide

The TMPi production process follows the reaction shown:

Wastewater: 4 l/kg of product (NaCl aq)

- Use of toxic substances: 4 kg of dichloromethane/kg of product, 1 kg of

NaOH /kg of product, 2,5 Kg of triethyl amine or 2 Kg methymidazole.

The benefits of LIFE-trialkyl: state of the art

The benefits of LIFE-trialkyl

3 PILLARS

Phenol free No Chlorinated solvents NH4Cl

a novel sustainable and efficient continuous process for the production of TAPs

« LIFE TRIALKYL » Life14 - section Environment & Resource efficiency

TOTAL AMOUNT

2.243.969

%EC Co-funding 1.346.381

DURATION 48 months

Start 16/07/15

End 15/07/19

Arese (Mi)

Milano

Boras

PROJECT’S PARTNERS

Italmatch chemicals SpA (ITA)-Coordinating beneficiary

Sviluppo Chimica SpA(ITA)-Associated beneficiary

RISE (SWE)-Associated Beneficiary

The 4 clusters of the Project

Project governance- time frame

Project governance: LIFE TRIALKYL team

HUMAN RESOURCES

Expected HC involved 15

Actual HC involved 21

Delta% + 40%

New employees 3

Expected impact

European policy impact

Environmental impact

Socio economic impact

The European policy impact

KEY Environmental links

• IED - Industrial Emission Directive pubblished Jan 2011, compliance with the included Integrated

Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive

• BAT- Best Available Technique http://eippcb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/reference/

• BREF – Best available REFerence documents The Industrial Emissions

Directive.docx

The European policy impact

The environmental Water and Phosphorus topics

The 41 European technology platforms

Bio-based

economy Energy Environment ICT

Production

and processes Transport

EATIP Biofuels WssTP ARTEMIS ECTP ACARE

ETPGAH EU PV TP Industrial safety ENIAC ESTEP ALICE

FABRE TP TP OCEAN ESPP EPoSS EuMaT ERRAC

Food for Life RHC ETP4HPC FTC ERTRAC

Forest-based SmartGrids euRobotics

[AISBL] Manufuture Waterborne

Plants SNETP NEM Nanomedicine

TP Organics ETIPWind NESSI SMR

ZEP Networld 2020 SusChem

Photonics 21

The close to market C2M concept

The close to market C2M concept

The close to market C2M concept

The close to market C2M concept

The Ammonium Chloride’s direct consumption growth will gain part of the UREA and Ammonium Nitrate actual market share for its capacity to be lowly released int eh soil and therefore usable during winter and in a balanced way during all the year long, reducing the impact on the Environment; the current NH4Cl consumption and production quote is included in the “others” 10% share

The market survey feedback

The market survey feedback

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Commercial impact

• EU and Global Registration of the new technology: restart EU production of sustainable Trialkylphosphites (ECHA), today all imported from Far East

• EU regained leadership in the segment to serve EU and extra EU Enterprises

• New partnerships with downstream sectors within: • Plastic Industry • Lubricant Industry • Agrochemistry

• Co-development within the circular economy concept with

the agrofood industry starting from EU to Global

Lubricants • Generation of a social care chemical industrial product.

• Easier synthesis of lubricant additives acting as friction modifiers used is several applications.

• Reducing energy (fuel) consumption of the machines lubricated with said additives

• Enhancement of the Circular Economy in the Chemical Industry

Commercial impact

Other industries • Generation of a social care chemical industrial product.

• Easier and more economic synthesis of API (active Pharma Intermediates) using this type of molecules as primary raw materials.

Thank you all very

much

for your attention

and for your

contributions!

With the contribution of the LIFE Programme of the European Union under grant agreement LIFE14/ENV/IT/000346