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Work Packages Management WP1 defines the technical and financial management of the project, including issues of governance, IP, reporting and gender issues. The main technical RTD activities in the project are described in WP2,3 & 4, by the modelling, design and implementation of pilot scale reactors for both industrial examples. Technical To ensure that the design criteria for the system is robust and predictable, WP2 will develop mathematical modelling and numerical simulations will be used to understand the interactions between the sub-processes involved in the liquid-liquid dispersed phase reactions in structured equipment. This will be used to guide the successful design of manufacturing processes and interpretation of related experimental data. This requires the development and selection of mathematical models for reaction kinetics, mass transfer and mixing as well as the prediction of flow patterns in the equipment, coupled to chemical reaction, heat and mass transfer. A computational framework will be developed for the integration of these unit models, allowing for the interaction between them, and the validation and use for process simulation. The design and supply of the micro- and meso-scale mixing systems is the key focus of WP3. This will utilise the expertise of Fluidinova and IMM to build lab scale, prototype and pilot scale mixing reactor units. The experimental research facility (ERF) for the commodity chemical process will also be developed in WP4. This facility will be modular, flexible and expandable to ensure flexibility of process and operation. It will be able to operate with flows in the 100’s L/hr range and under industrially relevant processing conditions. Liquid-liquid systems occur in a large number of fine chemical processes and it is not economically feasible to build plants for every process. Therefore, a continuous multipurpose plant will be developed in WP4 where the main functional elements (reactor, extractor, precipitator, crystallizer, etc.) will be developed separately for different applications. The small size of the micro reactor makes it possible to change the main functional part of the set-up while the remaining accessories can be kept the same. Dissemination, knowledge, and learning A key success factor for the PILLS project will be the ability to take the information gained from the equipment- and process-specific activities in WP3 and WP4, together with the results of modelling in WP2, and extract the generic lessons for the development and design of processes involving liquid-liquid reactions. WP5 will take generic understanding of the design of processes and reactors involving liquid-liquid reactions and develop a toolkit of easily-applied methods for process technologists to design future, more effective processes involving liquid-liquid reactions. WP6 will develop specific e-learning and practical micro-system demonstrations to train technologists in the toolkit of methodologies developed in the project.  |
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