A successful first year
1st December 2014
After an almost first year of hard work, CURTBIENTAL project has achieve first results. Development and finishing of phase 1 and 2 are expected to arise before 2014's end. In addition a first version of environmental tool has already been developed. Hence, pre-industrial level tests are ready to start soon with the best perspectives to achieve project objectives. Main results of 2014:
- It has been evaluated and selected the optimal strategy of non-sulfur oxidizing liming
- Process of tanning at pilot and laboratory scale has begun with the evaluation of the technical and environmental feasibility of the new tanning process
- A first evaluation for the integration of flows including regeneration and reuse of bathrooms has started
- First results concerning protein recovery from wastewater of liming operations have been achieved
- It has been pre-evaluated the environmental gain from the new process at the stage of liming through the methodology of Life Cycle Assessment
- It has been determined the carbon footprint of skins tanned with the new process