Building a Britest toolkit for Sustainable Innovation report available now

Britest's latest white paper describes the alignment of some current and future developments in the Britest approach with the needs of the process industries seeking to respond positively to climate change.

BatchSafe - a new tool for process safety screening

BatchSafe - a new tool for process safety screening

Britest is delighted to announce the launch of a newly developed safety screening tool for solvent based batch reactions. Exclusively available to registered Britest Advocates, BatchSafe is an easy to use spreadsheet based utility that enables the user to rapidly separate combinations of reaction and operating conditions that lie within a conservative basis of safe operation from those that require additional assessment and study as a prelude to scale-up.

Batch reactions carried out in solvent are prevalent throughout the process industries, for example in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, fine chemicals and flavours and fragrances. It is expected that the tool will be particularly applicable to the needs of multi-product production facilities, which feature frequent change overs between products and new product introductions. BatchSafe compares the physical and thermal effects for exothermic reactions carried out in a range of solvents, including water. Some simple, conservative safe limits are proposed, and the tool can be useful to help identify better, safer operating conditions leading to more robust processes.

Registered Britest Advocates can download the tool and full supporting documentation on how to use it and interpret its output from the exclusive members area of our website.

Circular Plastics online training tool

New training tool for circular plastics available from Britest

Britest has produced a self-guided online training tool drawing on the activities and findings of the recently concluded MultiCycle EU Innovation Action to support capacity building in industry and in education to promote the adoption of new recycling technologies. The materials in the guide may be adapted for reincorporation in other training and educational resources.

Access the tool

The MultiCycle EU Innovation Action ran from 2018-2022 and delivered an industrial recycling pilot plant for thermoplastic based multi-materials, demonstrating the shift to a circular economic model in multilayer packaging / flexible films and fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites in the automotive sector, as indicators of potential in many other segments. Some of the project's highlights have been captured in a series of case studies recently published and available from the MultiCycle website.

Britest can perform similar roles in dissemination of project results and embedding process understanding arising from collaborative innovation. Get in touch if you require assistance.