Integrating sustainable development in engineering education the case for chemistry and chemical engineering John J. Hageman, J. Venselaar University of Professional Education Brabant

Project CIRRUS Expertise Center Sustainable Business Operations Introducing sustainability (1) The case: the vanilla plant

Project CIRRUS Expertise Center Sustainable Business Operations Introducing sustainability (2) Company: manager plant researcher marketer / PR Different professional roles Society: journalist representative consumers organisation

Project CIRRUS Expertise Center Sustainable Business Operations General life cycle and solutions for chemical processes

Project CIRRUS Expertise Center Sustainable Business Operations Objectives of our program  Describe what sustainability implies  Explain ways in which sustainability can be reached  Describe some of the aspects of sustainability in relation to chemistry  Formulate what sustainable chemistry means for his/her own professional situation

Project CIRRUS Expertise Center Sustainable Business Operations positive attitude towards sustainable solutions integration of knowledge, interdisciplinary view introduction sustainability sustainable aspects of general subjects “broad” “deep” the Cirrus approach for incorporating sustainability

Project CIRRUS Expertise Center Sustainable Business Operations approach for C&CE Short lecture on concepts and tools by teacher short tasks and presentations by students application in projects by students Intensity use of material spoilage Service enhancement Energy consumption possible risks for health and environment Conservation of rare resources example: the eco-compass

Project CIRRUS Expertise Center Sustainable Business Operations sustainability in chemistry program (part of)

Project CIRRUS Expertise Center Sustainable Business Operations Emissionspolyethene cardboardUnit CO kg NO x x x10 -3 kg SO x x10 -3 kg CO670.0 x x10 -6 kg An example: LCA of the paper or plastic bag Table: part of the environmental effects for the production of 1 kg PE and cardboard phase 3: inventarisation

Project CIRRUS Expertise Center Sustainable Business Operations experiences so far Students âpositive:  curious for new developments  co-operative.  open minded to the concepts ânegative  translate abstract features of sustainability to a more practical and operational level.  internalisation in ‘thinking and doing’? Colleagues: hard to get

Project CIRRUS Expertise Center Sustainable Business Operations questions / suggestions

Project CIRRUS Expertise Center Sustainable Business Operations examples and cases

Project CIRRUS Expertise Center Sustainable Business Operations the polymer cycle mineral oil product waste biomass monomer granulate CO 2

Project CIRRUS Expertise Center Sustainable Business Operations 1.Prevention 2.Atom Economy 3.Less Hazardous Chemical Syntheses 4.Designing Safer Chemicals 5.Safer Solvents and Auxiliaries 6.Design for Energy Efficiency 7.Use of Renewable Feedstock's 8.Reduce Derivatives 9.Catalysis 10.Design for Degradation 11.Real-time analysis for Pollution Prevention 12.Inherently Safer Chemistry for Accident Prevention 12 principles of Green Chemistry

Project CIRRUS Expertise Center Sustainable Business Operations conversionproducts incineration----->heat, CO 2, H 2 O thermolysis----->coal, oil, gas ( o C) pyrolysis----->gas (C 2 H 2 ), coal (1500 o C) gassification----->CO, H 2, CO 2, CH 4 ( o C) hydrothermolysis-----> coal, oil, gas, CO 2 ( o C) fermentation----->ethanol, CO 2 - anaerobe-----> H 2 O, CH 4 chemo-physical conversion of biomass

Project CIRRUS Expertise Center Sustainable Business Operations + 1,3-butadiene butanol + acetone ethanol Production of styrene from biomass ethene butenes biomass Example new process in fine chemicals