Research and development

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

In its laboratories, Esseco Industrial carries out research and development activities, quality and safety control of products, and technical and scientific assistance to customers aimed, among other things, at creating fruitful collaborations for the development of application solutions and for the improvement of environmental sustainability and circularity aspects of processes.

Projects

Explore all the ongoing and completed projects by Esseco Industrial companies in recent years to innovate industrial production processes.

ECO-Chem Innovations

ECO-Chem Innovations

Project submitted to the SWIch call of the Piedmont Region, which also aims at the energy efficiency of the sulfur furnace and methods of producing liquid SO2 with reduced water withdrawal from wells.

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Esseco Innovation

Esseco Innovation

Experimental program subsidized by MIMIT (10.4 million euros) for new products for the wine sector and new references for industrial chemical production (2021).

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Re-Born

Re-Born

Relaunch Electrolysis-Building Optimized Rumianca New Site had as its object the relaunch of the Pieve Vergonte (VB) site through the BAT (Best Available Technologies) European, supported by MIMIT.

Green Impact Capacity

Green Impact Capacity

RSI Call – POR FESR 2014-2020 Tuscany Region aimed at expanding the production capacity of the Saline di Volterra (PI) site by 50%. New caustic potash electrolysis line and innovative process for the production of iron chloride for water potabilization, production of chloroparaffins, new hydrochloric acid synthesis line.

Green Field PEAS

Green Field PEAS

Second project of the RSI Call – POR FESR 2014-2020 in Saline di Volterra (PI) for energy efficiency of production processes and transformation of green field into generative plants of solid potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide according to Industry 4.0 standards, and pilot plant of potassium sulfate.

ENTERPRISE

ENTERPRISE

Third project of the RSI Call – POR FESR 2014–2020 in Saline di Volterra (PI), focused on eco-friendly, low-carbon organic chlorides, continuous photochlorination, pharmaceutical-grade potassium chloride, circular reuse of groundwater, and digitalization of interdepartmental data.

ECCE CLORO

ECCE CLORO

Project under the Large R&D Projects ICT Program – Digital Agenda and Sustainable Industry, focused on building an industrial plant for flake caustic potash production, reducing the carbon footprint by converting CO₂ into solid potassium carbonate, circular iron chloride production, innovative photochlorination solutions, and upgrading the wastewater treatment plant.

Research partners

University of Florence

Installation of a new boiler that, with full hydrogen technology for steam production, has allowed the reduction of methane consumption.

Altair Chemical – Saline di Volterra

Politecnico di Torino

Renewal of the SHS (sodium hydrosulphite) production plant to optimize the process and reduce wastewater disposal costs.

Esseco Italy

Institute of Geosciences and Georesources

Research study for the optimization of self-produced electricity: photovoltaic plants, geothermal research, (PPA).

Altair Chemical – Saline di Volterra

University of Turin

Re.Born Project Relaunch Electrolysis Building Optimize Rumianca New Site.

Altair Chemical – Pieve Vergonte

iCCOM

Study for the realization of the new electrolysis line.

Altair Chemical – Saline di Volterra