The final event of DEMETO: Modular, Scalable and High-Performance De-Polymerisation by Microwave Technology, was organised on the 31st of May 2021 between 10.00 - 13.00 CET and introduced the success of the DEMETO project, focusing on the latest updates of the Chemical PET & Polyester Recycling. The recording of the live webinar is available below:
Agenda
10:00 – 10:15 Welcome & Introduction Angel Fuentes Mateos, European Commission
10:15 – 10:35 Sustainable Chemical PET & Polyester Recycling: The DEMETO Project Maurizio Crippa, Gr3n
10:35 – 10:55 R&D Investments and Chemical Recycling Mohammad Hayatifar, EuPC
10:55 – 11:15 Modelling of the terephthalic acid - disodium terephthalate - sodium chloride - sodium hydroxide - MonoEthylene Glycol – water system Ioannis V Skiadas, DTU
11:15 – 11:35 A Microwaves Cavity Design and Optimisation for a Homogeneous and Faster Drying Process Inside an Industrial Agitated Nutsche Filter (ANF); A FEM State-Space Thermal Model for Temperatures Estimation Inside a Depolymerisation Reactor Sebastiano Schuetz, Supsi
11:35 – 11:55 Demo Plant Construction from Brown Field Up to the Commissioning Morico Barbara & Manduca Bruno, NextChem
11:55 – 12:15 Closing speech Franco A. Cavadini, Synesis
12:15 – 13:00 Q&A
Moderator: Marjan Ranogajec, EuPC