Research

Chemical Sciences

Title :

Bulk Chemicals

Area of research :

Chemical Sciences

Focus area :

Lithium ores

Principal Investigator :

Director, Scientist, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune

Timeline Start Year :

2020

Timeline End Year :

2021

Contact info :

Details

Executive Summary :

Objective: Development of technology for the production of Lithium from ores; Critical metals from used Li ion battery; Propylene Oxide; High Value Aromatics; Carbon Fibers from Petroleum Pitch Precursors and Coal Resin; DCDA; CyclohexanoneOxime from Cyclohexanone; and Bisphenol-A; Knowledgebase in the area of bulk chemical production: High quality patents and publications; and Human resource (in terms of trained man power such as Research Associates, Ph.D students and project fellows).

Summary: Indian chemical sector is one of the strategic industrial sectors in the country, contributing ~2.51% of the GDP and 15.95% of the country’s manufacturing sector GDP. With the increase in industrial activity, the demand for chemicals also increased, which resulted in higher international trade. Despite a growth in domestic manufacturing capacity, India remained a net importer of chemicals as capacity addition lagged demand growth and with certain chemical imports being cheaper than those produced within the country. Globally, bulk chemicals are the most traded chemicals (in terms of volume) and are the building blocks for host of products. Thus, Bulk Chemicals is one gap area for industry where CSIR can pitch in with its diversified expertise and portfolio. With a view to tap the opportunity in the area, CSIR has taken up a mission project on ‘Bulk Chemicals’. Eight CSIR laboratories viz. NCL, CSMCRI, IICT, IIP, IMMT, NML, NPL, and URDIP are participating in the project. CSIR-NCL, Pune is the Nodal laboratory in the mission. The mission mode project on Bulk Chemicals involves 10 Work Packages including patent search, freedom to practice, securing IPR component with each of the Work Packages have specified objectives.

Organizations involved

Implementing Agency :

CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune
CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR–CSMCRI), Bhavnagar, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad
CSIR-Indian Institute Of Petroleum (CSIR–IIP), Uttarakhand
CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (CSIR-IIMT), Odisha
CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory (CSIR-NML), Jamshedpur
CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL), New Delhi
CSIR-Unit For Research & Development of Information Products (CSIR-URDIP), Pune

Funding Agency :

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India

Source (more info) :

https://csirprojects.anusandhan.net/

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