Green chemistry

ITERG supports the innovation process of industrialists through processes based on Green chemistry

You wish to

Reduce your petroleum-based raw materials

Innovate on bioproducts from natural lipid or protein resources

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Designing new sustainable processes

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Developing new functionalities from fats and proteins

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Our mission:
to accompany the innovation process of industrialists through processes based on Green chemistry (lipid biomass) and renewable carbon.

Support in bringing your products to market, including technical, economic, intellectual property and regulatory aspects

Substitution of petrochemical components with bio-based molecules
Enhancemrnt of co-products
Eco-designed processes (savings in materials, energy, waste) for cleaner and less toxic chemistry for humans
Industrial ecology
Competitive processes.

From Services from idea to product/process innovation

Research and development
From patent to development : technological maturation
Support for project development
Process development
Industrial pre-series
Contract production.

ITERG is controlled by Ecocert Greenlife SAS, in accordance with the COSMOS standard, for its Services of:
- hydrogenation of organic vegetable oils
- grinding of organic materials
- deodorization of organic raw materials
- pressing of organic seeds,
- refining and deodorization of organic vegetable oils

Transformations

Physical processes

Hydrogenation
Molecular distillation
Deodorization
Fractionation
Desolvation
Crystallization

Chemical processes

Hydrogenation
Esterification
Transesterification
Hydrolysis
Saponification
Epoxidation
Polycondensation
Hydroxylation
Maleinization
Amidation

Solutions... naturally: downloadable flyers

Characterizations

Clues :

Acid value by potentiometry (NF EN ISO 660)
Determination of isocyanates (NCO) (internal method from NF T52-132)
Oxirane Index (AOCS Cd 9-57)
Peroxide value by potentiometry (NF EN ISO 27107)
Iodine index by potentiometry (internal method)
Hydroxyl value (ISO 14900)
Saponification number (NF EN ISO 3657)
Total amine index (AOCS Tf 1b-64)
Primary, secondary, tertiary amine index (AOCS Tf 3b-64)
HLB & HLB required (internal methods)

Rheology : double gap cylinder geometries - cone/plane - plane/plane

Viscosity measurement
Measuring the flow threshold
Determination of the thixotropic character

Texturometry (in-house methods)

Plasticity
Hardness, stickiness...

Light microscopy (in-house method)

CPG :

Preparation and analysis of fatty acid methyl esters by gas chromatography (NF EN ISO 12966-2 & NF EN ISO 12966-4)
Composition of free fatty acids, monoglycerides, diglycerides and triglycerides by gas chromatography (internal method)

HPLC :

Determination of the number average molar mass Mn and weight average molar mass Mw as well as the polydispersity D (Mw/Mn) (from calibration curve on polystyrene base)
Determination of the polymer family according to the REACH regulation (from calibration curve on polystyrene base)

DSC :