Two Case Studies of Interest Representation within Organized Business: The Chemical Industry in the Mercosur and the MEBF

A sustainable chemical industry cannot exist at scale without both sustainable feedstocks and feedstock supply chains to provide the raw materials. However, most current research focus is on producing the sustainable chemicals and materials. Little attention is given to how and by whom sustainable feedstocks will be supplied. In effect, we have put the bioproducts cart before the sustainable feedstocks horse. For example, bulky, unstable, non-commodity feedstocks such as crop residues probably cannot supply a large-scale sustainable industry. Likewise, those who manage land to produce feedstocks must benefit significantly from feedstock production, otherwise they will not participate in this industry and it will never grow. However, given real markets that properly reward farmers, demand for sustainable bioproducts and bioenergy can drive the adoption of more sustainable agricultural and forestry practices, providing many societal “win–win” opportunities. Three case studies are presented to show how this “win–win” process might unfold.

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12. Safety investment decisions in the chemical industry: Common approaches and case studies

Safety Risk Management ◽

10.1515/9783110638189-012 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 189-198

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Chemical Industry ◽

Investment Decisions ◽

Safety Investment

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Case Studies for Clean Technology Development in the Chemical Industry Using Zeolite Based Catalysts

Minerals ◽

10.3390/min8100462 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (10) ◽

pp. 462 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tatjána Juzsakova ◽

Noor Al-Jammal ◽

Igor Cretescu ◽

Viktor Sebestyén ◽

Cuong Le Phuoc ◽

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Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Reaction Temperature ◽

Chemical Industry ◽

Biodiesel Production ◽

Zeolitic Catalyst ◽

Impregnation Method ◽

Zeolitic Tuff ◽

Gas Treatment ◽

First Case

This paper deals with the practical implementation of cleaner technologies in the chemical industry, using two case studies as an illustration. The first case study deals with the removal of NOx and N2O gases over an iron-doped ZSM-5 catalyst developed for tail gas treatment in nitric acid manufacturing. The aim for this case study was to investigate the efficiency of the zeolitic catalyst in the DeNOx process and to compare its catalytic activity with the conventional vanadia-titania. By the experiments carried out, it can be concluded that the new technological developments could significantly contribute to a decrease in environmental pollution. The second case study focuses on zeolite-based catalysts prepared from zeolitic tuff by the impregnation method, for biodiesel production from waste sunflower vegetable oil. The effects of operating and processing variables such as reaction temperature and time were investigated. The results showed that the highest biodiesel yield was 96.7% at an 11.5 MeOH/oil molar ratio, in the presence of 6.4 wt % catalyst at a 50 °C reaction temperature and reaction time of 2 h. The properties of the biodiesel that was produced, such as the viscosity, meet the required specifications of standard JUS EN14214. The common feature of the two different case studies is that both technologies use zeolite catalysts, namely naturally-occurring zeolitic tuff and synthetic ZSM type zeolite catalyst. The examples shown emphasize the importance of the zeolites in clean chemical technologies, which contribute to the protection of the environment.

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