solvent flash presentation by james sherwood
DESCRIPTION
The use of solvents by the chemical industry is under scrutiny by legislation such as REACh. Bio-based and greener solvent solutions are needed to transform the chemical industry into an environmentally benign and sustainable sector.TRANSCRIPT
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Solvent Market
Cosmetics
Plastics industry
Metal clean
ing
Agro
chem
ical
sFo
od s
ect
or
Dry
cle
anin
g
Other industries
Home cleaning
Adhesives
InksPaints/coatin
gs
Pharma
Market: 20 MillionTonnes /year
Solvent is the major ingredient (the ‘wet’ bit if you were wondering)
Solvent is needed in manufacturing or processing
Solvent used for washing
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Solvent Impact: Before Reactants
AuxiliariesWaterSolvent
Material use in drug manufacture
ProductWaste
Actual reaction
‘Hidden’ solvent impact
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Solvent Impact: During
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WaterSolvent
Product
Easy to ignore solvent impact
Solvent Impact: After
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Vegetable oil transesterification
Extraction of limonene
FermentationOH
O
OH
OH
O
O
OH
of sugar
O
O
O
O
O
O
OH
HO OH
Green Solvents