Dow and BASF receive Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for HPPO Technology
June 22 2010 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and BASF received a 2010
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award at a ceremony held
June 21 at the Ronald Reagan Center in Washington, D.C. The two
companies were honored for their jointly developed hydrogen
peroxide to propylene oxide (HPPO) technology that vastly improves
the production process of a key chemical intermediate, propylene
oxide. Propylene oxide from the HPPO process can be used in a
variety of applications from home insulation, appliances,
automobiles and furniture to aircraft de-icers, paints, brake
fluids and pharmaceuticals.
The award has been presented on behalf of the White House by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency annually since 1996. It
recognizes breakthrough technologies that transfer sustainability
principles from the research lab into the real world to enable
environmentally responsible and economically viable routes to
commercial chemical manufacturing. It is the seventh Presidential
Green Chemistry award for Dow and the fourth for BASF.
“The EPA’s recognition is a testimony to the power of innovation
and collaboration that came together in this project,” said
Guillermo Novo, Dow’s Vice President for Polyurethanes. “It will
require more new technologies and partnering like this between
companies, governments, NGOs and communities to secure our
sustainable future.”
“We are proud to have such an outstanding example of joint
research and development,” said Jacques Delmoitiez, President of
BASF’s Polyurethanes division. “This state-of-the-art technology
combines economic success with improved environmental performance
and has set the standards for future projects.”
The Dow-BASF innovation offers distinct economic and
environmental benefits when compared to conventional propylene
oxide (PO) process technologies. A joint study conducted by the two
companies in 2007 using BASF’s Eco-Efficiency Analysis tool
revealed the new HPPO process reduces wastewater by 70 to 80
percent and energy use by approximately 35 percent, compared with
existing PO technology. HPPO technology is also more
environmentally friendly because no by-products are produced
besides water. In addition, PO plants using the HPPO technology
require up to 25 percent less capital to build than conventional
technologies, as they have reduced infrastructure, a smaller
physical footprint and simpler raw materials integration. The two
companies successfully started up the first commercial-scale HPPO
production plant in 2008 at BASF’s Antwerp, Belgium, facility.
SCG-Dow Group is building a second plant based on this technology,
which is scheduled to begin production in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, in
2011.
About Dow
More information about Dow is available on the Internet at
www.dow.com
About BASF
Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at
www.basf.com. For information on sustainable development at BASF,
visit www.basf.com/sustainability.
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