Environmental Attributes of Nitrogen-Containing Chemicals

Abstract

Disclosed are a system for producing a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with a digital asset, a method for producing a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with a digital asset, an apparatus for generating a digital asset, a computer-implemented method for generating a chemical passport, a computer program element for generating a digital asset, use of a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with a digital asset, use of a digital asset, a product produced from a nitrogen-containing chemical and associated with a digital asset, a digital asset including one or more decentralized identifiers and data relating to environmental impact data, an apparatus for producing a product associated with a digital asset, and a method for producing a product associated with a digital asset.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a system for producing a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset, a method for producing a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset, an apparatus for generating a passport or digital asset associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical, a computer-implemented method for generating a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset, a computer program element for generating a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset, uses of a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset, a product produced from a nitrogen-containing chemical and associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset, a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset including data relating to a nitrogen-containing chemical, one or more decentralized identifiers and environmental impact data, an apparatus for producing a product associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset, and a method for producing a product associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset. [Background technology]

[0002] In the supply chain, the environmental impact of each supply chain participant is a major concern. Especially in the chemical sector, nitrogen-containing chemicals are used for a wide range of purposes and are supplied to various value chains. In such a complex system, it is difficult to ensure transparency between value chain participants. Summary of the Invention [Means for solving the problem]

[0003] In one aspect, a system for producing nitrogen-containing chemicals associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset is disclosed, the system comprising: a chemical production network configured to produce nitrogen-containing chemicals, the nitrogen-containing chemicals being produced from one or more input raw materials via one or more chemical processes in the chemical production network, the one or more input raw materials and / or the one or more chemical processes being associated with environmental attributes; providing a distributed identifier associated with the produced nitrogen-containing chemicals and one or more environmental attributes of one or more input materials and / or one or more chemical processes; By linking distributed identifiers with environmental attributes, A manufacturing operations device configured to generate a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset; Including, Optionally, the chemical production network or system is configured to provide produced nitrogen-containing chemicals in association with a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset.

[0004] In another aspect, a system for producing a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset is disclosed, the system comprising: a chemical production network configured to produce nitrogen-containing chemicals from one or more input feedstocks via chemical processes, the one or more input feedstocks and / or chemical processes being associated with environmental attributes; a manufacturing operations device configured to generate a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset by providing and / or linking a distributed identifier for a nitrogen-containing chemical to one or more environmental attributes associated with one or more input materials and / or a chemical process; Includes.

[0005] In another aspect, a method for producing a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset is disclosed, the method comprising: - producing nitrogen-containing chemicals from one or more input feedstocks via one or more chemical processes of a chemical production network, the one or more input feedstocks and / or the one or more chemical processes being associated with environmental attributes; providing a distributed identifier associated with a manufactured nitrogen-containing chemical and one or more environmental attributes associated with one or more input materials and / or one or more chemical processes; By associating a decentralized identifier with one or more environmental attributes, generating a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset; - providing the manufactured nitrogen-containing chemicals in association with a nitrogen-containing chemicals passport or digital asset; Includes.

[0006] In another aspect, a method for producing a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset is disclosed, the method comprising: - producing nitrogen-containing chemicals from one or more input feedstocks via one or more chemical processes of a chemical production network, the one or more input feedstocks and / or the one or more chemical processes being associated with environmental attributes; - generating a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset by providing and / or linking one or more environmental attributes of one or more input materials and / or chemical processes to a decentralized identifier for the nitrogen-containing chemical; Includes.

[0007] In another aspect, an apparatus is disclosed for generating a passport or digital asset associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical, the nitrogen-containing chemical being produced from one or more input raw materials via one or more chemical processes in a chemical production network, the one or more input raw materials and / or the one or more chemical processes being associated with environmental attributes, the apparatus comprising: a distributed identity provider configured to provide a distributed identifier associated with a produced nitrogen-containing chemical and one or more environmental attributes of one or more input materials and / or one or more chemical processes used in the production of the nitrogen-containing chemical; an assigner configured to assign decentralized identifiers and environmental attributes; a passport provider configured to provide nitrogen-containing chemical passports or digital assets to a distributed network in association with manufactured nitrogen-containing chemicals, whereby environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemicals are made accessible to consumers of the nitrogen-containing chemicals via the nitrogen-containing chemical passports or digital assets; Includes.

[0008] In another aspect, a method, e.g., a computer-implemented method, for generating a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical, the nitrogen-containing chemical being produced from one or more raw material inputs via one or more chemical processes in a chemical production network, the one or more raw material inputs and / or the one or more chemical processes being associated with environmental attributes, the method comprising: - providing a distributed identifier associated with the produced nitrogen-containing chemical and one or more environmental attributes of one or more input materials and / or one or more chemical processes used in the production of the nitrogen-containing chemical; - linking a decentralized identifier with an environmental attribute; providing a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset associated with the manufactured nitrogen-containing chemical to a distributed network, whereby environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical are made accessible to users of the nitrogen-containing chemical via the nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset; Includes.

[0009] In another aspect, disclosed is a computing element, such as a computer readable storage medium, a computer program or a computer program product, comprising instructions that, when executed by a computing node or a computing system, instruct the computing node or the computing system to perform steps of a computer-implemented method disclosed herein.

[0010] In another aspect, disclosed is a computer element, such as a computer readable storage medium, a computer program, or a computer program product, that includes instructions that, when executed by an apparatus disclosed herein, direct the apparatus to perform the steps that the apparatus disclosed herein is configured to perform.

[0011] In another aspect, a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with a digital asset produced according to the methods disclosed herein is disclosed. In another aspect, a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with a digital asset produced according to the systems disclosed herein is disclosed.

[0012] In another aspect, a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset is disclosed, where the nitrogen-containing chemical is produced from one or more input raw materials via one or more chemical processes in a chemical production network, and the one or more input raw materials and / or the one or more chemical processes are associated with environmental attributes, and the nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset includes a decentralized identifier associated with the produced nitrogen-containing chemical and a link to the environmental attributes associated with the one or more environmental attributes of the one or more input raw materials and / or the one or more chemical processes used to produce the nitrogen-containing chemical.

[0013] In another aspect, a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset generated according to the methods disclosed herein is disclosed. In another aspect, a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset generated according to the apparatus disclosed herein is disclosed.

[0014] In another aspect, a manufacturing system is disclosed for manufacturing products from nitrogen-containing chemical passports or associated digital assets provided in accordance with the systems, apparatus, or methods disclosed herein. In another aspect, a manufacturing method is disclosed for manufacturing products from nitrogen-containing chemical passports or associated digital assets provided in accordance with the systems, apparatus, or methods disclosed herein.

[0015] In another aspect, the use of a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset disclosed herein to manufacture a product from the nitrogen-containing chemical associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset is disclosed.

[0016] In another aspect, disclosed is the use of a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset disclosed herein to generate a product passport or digital asset associated with a product manufactured from a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset. In another aspect, disclosed is a method of using a digital asset generated according to the methods disclosed herein in the manufacture of a product manufactured from a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset.

[0017] In another aspect, a nitrogen-containing chemical is disclosed that is associated with a digital asset that includes a decentralized identifier associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical and linked to one or more environmental attributes of one or more input materials and / or one or more chemical processes used to produce the nitrogen-containing chemical.

[0018] In another aspect, a use of a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset is disclosed for producing a product from the nitrogen-containing chemical and associating the nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset with a product produced from the nitrogen-containing chemical. In another aspect, a use of a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset is disclosed for producing a product from the nitrogen-containing chemical and deriving a product passport or digital asset from the nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset. In another aspect, a method of using a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with a digital asset for producing a product from the nitrogen-containing chemical and deriving a digital asset associated with the product from the nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset as disclosed herein is disclosed.

[0019] All disclosures and embodiments described herein relate to the methods, systems, chemical products, nitrogen-containing chemicals, nitrogen-containing chemical passports or digital assets, and computer elements described above and below. As an advantageous feature, the benefits provided by any embodiment and example apply equally to all other embodiments and examples.

[0020] Embodiment In the following description, a summary of several embodiments of the present disclosure will be described using embodiments and / or examples. It should be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments and / or examples.

[0021] Determining and generating include initiating or causing the determining or generating. Providing includes "initiating or causing access, determining, generating, transmitting or receiving." "Initiating or causing an action" includes any process signal that initiates a computing node to perform the respective action.

[0022] The methods, systems, nitrogen-containing chemicals, nitrogen-containing chemical passports or digital assets, and computer elements disclosed herein provide an efficient, secure, and robust way to share or exchange environmental impact data between different participating nodes of a value chain. In particular, by providing nitrogen-containing chemical specific data via nitrogen-containing chemical passports or digital assets, the environmental impact can be shared and made transparent from the nitrogen-containing chemical to the products produced from the nitrogen-containing chemical. The nitrogen-containing chemical passports or digital assets enable secure data exchange since data access can be controlled by the provider of the nitrogen-containing chemical, e.g., the entity providing the nitrogen-containing chemical. The data assets exchanged can be specific to the nitrogen-containing chemical that is produced and tailored to the needs of the consumer of the nitrogen-containing chemical. In this way, the secure provision of environmental impact data in diverse and highly complex value chains can improve the tracking and tracing of nitrogen-containing chemicals. Thus, the ability to track the environmental impact of nitrogen-containing chemicals can make the handling of nitrogen-containing chemicals by value chain participants easier, more efficient, and more sustainable.

[0023] Nitrogen-containing chemicals associated with a passport or digital asset may be selected from the following list: monoamines, diamines, triamines, oligoamines, aromatic amines, polyetheramines, polyurethane catalysts containing at least one amino group, chiral amines, amino alcohols, ionic liquids derived from imidazoles, pyrazoles, morpholines, piperazines, pyrrolidines, imines, imidazoles and nitriles.

[0024] Mixtures of nitrogen-containing chemicals are also possible.

[0025] In this application, a monoamine is a compound with one amino group that is a primary, secondary or tertiary amine. A diamine is a compound with two amino groups that are primary, secondary or tertiary amines. A triamine is a compound with three amino groups that are primary, secondary or tertiary amines. An oligoamine is a compound with more than three amino groups that are primary, secondary or tertiary amines.

[0026] In a preferred embodiment, the nitrogen-containing chemical may be an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diamine, preferably having from 2 to 30 carbon atoms, more preferably from 3 to 20. Such aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diamines may contain other functional groups, particularly ether groups.

[0027] Suitable aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diamines include 1,2-propylenediamine, 1,3-diaminopropane, 2-(diethylamino)-ethylamine, 2-(diisopropylamino)ethylamine, 3-(diethylamino)propylamine, 3-(dimethylamino)propylamine (DMAPA), isophoronediamine, methyl-diaminocyclohexane, 3,3'-dimethyl-4,4'-diaminodicyclohexylmethane, 4,4'-diaminodicyclohexylmethane, 3,3'-dimethyl-4,4'-diaminodicyclohexane ... xylmethane, ethylenediamine, octamethylenediamine, tetramethylpropane-1,3-diamine, 4,9-dioxadodecane-1,12-diamine (DODA), 4,7,10-trioxatridecane-1,13-diamine (TTD), 2,2-dimethylpropane-1,3-diamine, 3,3',5,5'-tetramethyl-4,4'-diamino-dicyclohexylmethane, methyldiamonocyclohexane, triethylenediamine, diethylamino-ethylamine, tetramethyl-1,6-hexanediamine.

[0028] In another preferred embodiment, the nitrogen-containing chemical may be an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic monoamine, preferably having 2 to 30, more preferably 3 to 20 carbon atoms. Such aliphatic or cycloaliphatic monoamines may contain other functional groups, in particular ether groups. More preferably, such aliphatic or cycloaliphatic monoamines contain one or more ether groups as the only additional functional group other than the amino group, or have no further heteroatoms other than the amino group.

[0029] Suitable aliphatic or cycloaliphatic monoamines are 3-methoxypropylamine, 2-ethylhexylamine, 3-aminopropyldiethylene glycol, 3-amino-1-propanol, butylamine, cyclopentylamine, di(2-ethylhexyl)amine, dibutylamine, diethylamine, dimethylamine, dimethylpropylamine, dipropylamine, ethylamine, isopropylamine, monomethylamine, N,N-dimethylethylamine, N,N-dimethylisopropylamine, N-ethyl-N-propylamine, N-ethyldiisopropylamine, N-octylamine, propylamine, tributylamine, tridecylamine, triethylamine, trimethylamine, tripropylamine, tris-(2-ethylhexyl)amine, tert.-butylamine, trimethylamine hydrochloride, 1,1-dimethoxy-N,N-dimethylmethanamine, methoxyisopropylamine, methoxyamine hydrochloride, N-methyl-N-isopropylamine, hexylamine, dicyclohexylamine, cyclohexylamine, trihexylamine.

[0030] In another preferred embodiment, the nitrogen-containing chemical may be an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic (preferably aliphatic) triamine, preferably having from 2 to 30, more preferably from 3 to 20 carbon atoms. Preferably, such aliphatic or cycloaliphatic triamines have no further heteroatoms apart from the nitrogen atom forming part of the amino group.

[0031] Suitable aliphatic triamines or oligoamines are dipropylenetriamine (DPTA), diethylenetriamine (DETA), triethylenetetramine, N,N-bis-(3-aminopropyl)methylamine, 3-(2-aminoethylamino)propylamine, N,N'-bis-(3-aminopropyl)-ethylenediamine, tripropylenetetramine, tripropylenetetramine, N,N,N'-trimethylaminoethylethanolamine, NNNNN-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine, bis-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)amine, dimethyldiethylenetriamine, tripropylenetetramine.

[0032] In another preferred embodiment, the nitrogen-containing chemical may be an aromatic amine (preferably a monoamine) preferably having from 6 to 30, more preferably from 3 to 20 carbon atoms.

[0033] Suitable aromatic amines are 2,6-xylidine, 2-phenylethylamine, benzylamine, diethanol-para-toluidine, diisopropanol-p-toluidine, diisopropanol-p-toluidine, N-N-di(2-hydroxyethyl)aniline and N-(2-hydroxyethyl)aniline, 4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane, phenylethylamine, N,N-dimethylbenzylamine, diethylaniline, N-benzyl-ethylenediamine.

[0034] In another preferred embodiment, the nitrogen-containing chemical may be a polyetheramine, with polyetherdiamines and polyethertriamines being particularly preferred.

[0035] Suitable polyether diamines are represented by the formula: [ka] where n is an integer and such polyetherdiamines have a number average molecular weight in the range of 100 to 5000 g / mol, preferably 200 to 4000 g / mol. It is understood that n has each value such that the number average molecular weight falls within the range specified above. In each preferred embodiment, the number average molecular weight is in the range of 190 to 250 g / mol, 380 to 420 g / mol, or 1900 to 2300 g / mol.

[0036] Suitable polyether triamines are represented by the formula: [ka] where n, o and p are integers and such polyethertriamines have a number average molecular weight in the range of 100 to 7000 g / mol, preferably 2000 to 6000 g / mol. It is understood that n, o and p have respective values ​​such that the number average molecular weight falls within the ranges specified above. In preferred embodiments of each, the number average molecular weight is in the range of 4900 to 5100 g / mol.

[0037] Other suitable polyether triamines are represented by the formula: [ka] where n, o and p are integers and such polyethertriamines have a number average molecular weight in the range of 100 to 6000 g / mol, preferably 300 to 4000 g / mol. It is understood that n, o and p have respective values ​​such that the number average molecular weight falls within the ranges specified above. In preferred embodiments of each, the number average molecular weight is in the range of 400 to 440 g / mol.

[0038] In another preferred embodiment, the nitrogen-containing chemical may be a polyurethane catalyst containing at least one amino group.

[0039] Suitable polyurethane catalysts are diazabicycloundecene, dimethylcyclohexylamine, dimethylethanolamine, N-methylmorpholine, dimorpholinodiethyl ether, dimethylaminoethoxyethanol, triethylenediamine, triethylenediamine, a solution of bis(2-dimethylaminoethyl)ether, tetramethylhexamethylenediamine, diazabicycloundecene, N,N-dimethyldipropylenetriamine (DMDPTA), and S-triazine of the formula: [ka]

[0040] In another preferred embodiment, the nitrogen-containing chemical may be a chiral amine.

[0041] Suitable chiral amines are (R)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine, (R)-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, (R)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, (R)-1-(4-methylphenyl)ethylamine, (R)-1-phenylethylamine, (R)-1-phenylpropylamine, (R)-2-mandelic acid, (S)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine, (S)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine (S)-1-aminotetralin and (S)-1-phenylethylamine, (S)-methoxyisopropylamine, (S)-1-phenylpropylamine. (R)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethylamine, (2R,6R)-dimethylmorpholine, (R)-1-cyclohexylethylamine, (R)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)ethylamine, (R)-1-aminotetralin, (S)-N-benzyl-1-phenylethylamine, (S)-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, (R)-3-aminobutan-1-ol, (S)-cyclohexylethylamine. (R)-chloromandelic acid, (R)-1-(4-methylphenyl)ethylamine, benzenemethanamine, (R)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethylamine, (S)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethylamine.

[0042] In another preferred embodiment, the nitrogen-containing chemical may be an amino alcohol, such as an alkylamino alcohol, ethanolamine, isopropanolamine, and the like.

[0043] Suitable alkylamino alcohols are 3-amino-1-propanol, 3-dimethylamino-1-propanol, butyldiethanolamine, butylethanolamine, dibutylethanolamine, diethylethanolamine, ethylethanolamine, methyldiethanolamine, N,N-dimethylethanolamine, N,N-dimethylisopropanolamine, N-methylethanolamine, 3-((2-hydroxyethyl)-amino)propanol, N-(2-aminoethyl)ethanolamine, N-methyldiisopropanolamine, octyldiethanolamine, 2-(2-tert-butylaminoethoxy)ethanol (t-BAEE).

[0044] Preferred ethanolamines are diethanolamine, monoethanolamine and triethanolamine.

[0045] Preferred isopropanolamines are diisopropanolamine, monoisopropanolamine, triisopropanolamine.

[0046] Other suitable amino alcohols are 2-(2-aminoethoxy)ethanol, 3-amino-1-propanol, 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)morpholine, N,N-dihydroxyethylisopropanolamine, 2-((2-(2-(dimethylamino)ethoxy)ethyl)methylamino)ethanol, diethanol-isopropyranolamine, 2-amino-2-methylpropanol, trimethyl-di-amino-ethyl ether, 2-dimethylamino-2′-(hydroxyethyl)methylamino-ethyl ether.

[0047] In another preferred embodiment, the nitrogen-containing chemical may be an imidazole or a pyrazole.

[0048] Suitable imidazoles and pyrazoles are 1,4-dimethylpyrazole, 1,2-dimethylimidazole, 2-ethylimidazole, 1-methylimidazole, 2-ethyl-4-methylimidazole, 2-ethyl-4-methylimidazole, 2-methylimidazole, aqueous imidazole solution, imidazole and N-(3-aminopropyl)imidazole, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide.

[0049] In another preferred embodiment, the nitrogen-containing chemical may be morpholine.

[0050] Preferred morpholines are morpholine, N-formylmorpholine, N-methylmorpholine and cis-2,6-dimethylmorpholine.

[0051] In another preferred embodiment, the nitrogen-containing chemical may be piperazine.

[0052] Preferred piperazines are N-hydroxyethylpiperazine, N-methylpiperazine, N-ethylpiperazine and piperazine.

[0053] In another preferred embodiment, the nitrogen-containing chemical may be piperidine.

[0054] Preferred piperidines are N-ethylpiperidine, N-methylpiperidine, N-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperidine, and piperidine.

[0055] In another preferred embodiment, the nitrogen-containing chemical may be pyrrolidine.

[0056] Preferred pyrrolidines are N-methylpyrrolidine-1,4-bispyrrolidine-butane and pyrrolidine.

[0057] In another preferred embodiment, the nitrogen-containing chemical may be an imine.

[0058] A suitable imine is for example benzophenone imine.

[0059] In another preferred embodiment, the nitrogen-containing chemical may be an imidazole-derived ionic liquid.

[0060] Suitable ionic liquids derived from imidazole are 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethylsulfate, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide, ethylmethylimidazolium chloride, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethylsulfate and ethylmethylimidazolium octanoate.

[0061] In another preferred embodiment, the nitrogen-containing chemical may be a nitrile.

[0062] Preferred nitriles are acrylonitrile, o-phthalonitrile, octanedinitrile, and N,N-biscyanoethylisophoronediamine, orthophthalonitrile, and octocrylene.

[0063] Other suitable nitrogen-containing chemicals are tetramethylguanidine, oxypropazone 3-(3-hydroxypropyl)-2-oxazolidinone, butylpyridone, nitrotoluene, N-ethylhydroxylammonium chloride, trimethylcyclohexylammonium hydroxide, toluene-2,5-diamine sulfate, and N-[2-[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethyl]-2-methyl-2-propanamine.

[0064] A chemical production network may include one or more chemical and / or mechanical processes. A chemical production network may produce one or more output materials via chemical and / or mechanical processes. A chemical production network may include multiple types of manufacturing processes that produce one or more output materials from one or more input raw materials. A chemical production network may produce one or more output materials from input raw materials provided to the chemical production network. A chemical production network may include a complex manufacturing network that produces multiple chemical products via multiple manufacturing processes. A chemical production network may include connected, interconnected and / or non-connected manufacturing processes. A chemical production network may include a composite network or a Verbund network.

[0065] A chemical production network may include identity-preserving or partitioning production processes. Identity-preserving or partitioning in this context may refer to the environmental attributes of the input material being preserved or partitioned in the production process. Examples include non-fossil, e.g., renewable or recycled, materials used to produce one or more nitrogen-containing chemicals. Further examples include fossil input materials used to produce one or more nitrogen-containing chemicals that contain fossils. A chemical production network may include non-identity-preserving or non-partitioning production processes. Non-identity-preserving or non-partitioning in this context refers to a step in which a non-fossil input material is mixed with a fossil input material to produce a nitrogen-containing chemical. For example, fossil and renewable input materials can be mixed to produce a nitrogen-containing chemical that includes fossil and renewable components.

[0066] A chemical production network may include one or more manufacturing processes with multiple manufacturing processes. The manufacturing steps included in the chemical production network may be defined by the physical system boundary of the chemical production network. The system boundary may be defined by the location and / or control of the manufacturing process or step. The system boundary may be defined by the location of the chemical production network. The system boundary may be defined by the manufacturing process or step controlled by one entity or multiple entities jointly. The system boundary may be defined by a value chain with staggered manufacturing processes or steps to a chemical end product controlled jointly or individually by multiple entities. The chemical production network may include waste recovery, separation steps, recycling steps such as pyrolysis, cracking steps such as steam cracking, separation steps to separate intermediates of one process step, and further process steps to convert such intermediates to output materials, in particular the manufactured nitrogen-containing chemicals exiting the system boundary of the chemical production network. Input raw materials may be input to the physical system boundary of the chemical production network. The entry of the chemical production network may be marked by the input raw materials being input to the chemical production network or the system boundary of the chemical network. Output materials, particularly manufactured nitrogen-containing chemicals, can be discharged from a physical system boundary of the chemical production network. An outlet of the chemical production network may be marked by output materials, particularly manufactured nitrogen-containing chemicals, being discharged from the chemical production network or the system boundary of the chemical production network.

[0067] The chemical production network may include one or more production chains for producing nitrogen-containing chemicals. The production chains for producing nitrogen-containing chemicals may be interconnected. The production chains for producing nitrogen-containing chemicals may be interconnected with production chains for producing other output substances. The production chains for producing nitrogen-containing chemicals may include production chains for producing intermediates used in the production of nitrogen-containing chemicals. The production chains for producing nitrogen-containing chemicals may use input raw materials provided by the chemical network to produce intermediates that can be used in the production of nitrogen-containing chemicals.

[0068] One or more input raw materials may be fed to the chemical production network to produce one or more output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals. The output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals, may be produced from one or more input raw materials via one or more chemical processes in the chemical production network. The input raw materials may include any input raw materials fed to the chemical production network at any inlet. The input raw materials may include organic or inorganic input raw materials. The input raw materials may be precursor products, intermediate raw materials, feedstocks or raw materials used in the production of one or more output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals. The input raw materials may be fed to the chemical production network to produce one or more output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals. The input raw materials may be fed to the chemical production network including one or more production processes having multiple process steps. The input raw materials may be fed to the chemical production network at the start of the production process or at any intermediate stage of the production process. One or more output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals, may be produced using the input raw materials fed to the chemical production network.

[0069] The input raw material may have an input raw material identifier associated therewith. The input raw material identifier may include any identifier uniquely associated with the input raw material. The input raw material identifier may be associated with a physical entity of the input raw material. The input raw material identifier may be associated with a single batch of the input raw material. The input raw material identifier may be associated with a group of the input raw material. The input raw material identifier may be associated with multiple physical entities of the input raw material. The input raw material identifier may be associated with a continuous or semi-continuous input raw material flow. The input raw material identifier may be associated with a flow of the input raw material over a period of time or from a supplier, for example. The input raw material identifier may be linked or connected to one or more environmental attributes.

[0070] Environmental attributes may refer to properties associated with environmental impacts. Such properties are properties of the input raw materials, chemical processes, chemical production networks, and / or nitrogen-containing chemicals. The environmental attributes may be indicative of the environmental performance of the input raw materials, chemical processes, chemical production networks, and / or nitrogen-containing chemicals. The environmental attributes may be derived from properties of the input raw materials, chemical processes, chemical production networks, and / or nitrogen-containing chemicals. The environmental attributes may be associated with the environmental impacts of the input raw materials, chemical processes, chemical production networks, and / or nitrogen-containing chemicals at any stage of the life cycle of the input raw materials and / or nitrogen-containing chemicals. These stages may include providing raw raw materials, providing feedstocks, manufacturing chemical products such as intermediate products or final products, manufacturing individual products using chemical products, using chemical products or individual products, processing of end-of-life products, recycling of end-of-life products, disposal of end-of-life products, reuse of ingredients from end-of-life products, or any subset of stages. The environmental attributes may be specified or derived from any activity of one or more actors participating at any stage of the life cycle of one or more raw materials or products.

[0071] The environmental attributes may include one or more features linkable to the environmental burden of the input material, the chemical process, the chemical production network, and / or the nitrogen-containing chemical. The environmental attributes may include environmental, technological, recyclability, or circularity features associated with the environmental burden of the input material, the chemical process, the chemical production network, and / or the nitrogen-containing chemical.

[0072] The environmental attributes may include one or more features that can be linked to the environmental burden of the input raw materials, the chemical process, the chemical production network, and / or the nitrogen-containing chemical. The environmental attributes may include environmental, technical, recyclability, or circularity features associated with the input raw materials, the chemical process, the chemical production network, and / or the environmental burden of the nitrogen-containing chemical. The one or more environmental attributes can be linked to the environmental burden of the nitrogen-containing chemical. The one or more environmental attributes may relate to environmental, technical, recyclability, circularity, and / or complementary risk features of the nitrogen-containing chemical.

[0073] The environmental characteristics may specify or quantify ecological criteria associated with the environmental burden. The environmental characteristics may be values ​​measured during the life cycle or derived from such measurements. The environmental characteristics may be determined at any stage of the life cycle or characterize the environmental burden at or up to such stage. The environmental characteristics may include, for example, carbon footprint, greenhouse gas emissions, resource usage, air emissions, ozone depletion potential, water pollution, noise pollution, energy consumption, waste reduction, eutrophication potential, etc. The environmental characteristics may include, for example, product characteristics related to the manufacture of the product, such as bio-based, plant-based, animal-based, halogen-free, fluorine-free, vegan, halal, kosher, palm oil-free, natural, no harmful substances added, no volatile organic compounds added, or any combination thereof.

[0074] A technical characteristic may specify or quantify a performance that is at least indirectly related to environmental burden. A technical characteristic may be a value measured during the life cycle or derived from such measurements. A technical characteristic may be determined at any stage of the life cycle or characterize the performance at or up to such stage. A technical characteristic may include, for example, chemical composition data, raw feed composition, bio-based or recycled input feed content specifying, for example, x% non-fossil content and y% fossil content, bill of materials, product specification data such as product purity, product form (indicating their impact on dust formation / emissions), safety data, product extractability, migration data, toxicity data or ecotoxicity data, product ingredient data, safety data, application property data, application instructions, quality data or combinations thereof.

[0075] The circularity feature may specify or quantify a life cycle feature associated with circular use. The circularity feature may be a value measured during the life cycle or derived from such measurements. The circularity feature may be or be derived from circular data recorded at one or more previous life cycles including reuse. The circularity feature may be determined at any stage of the life cycle and may characterize the reusability or recyclability performance at or up to such stage. The circularity feature may include, for example, recycling data, reuse rate, recycling rate, recycling loop, reuse performance, reuse quality, or any combination thereof.

[0076] The recyclability characteristic may specify or quantify a life cycle characteristic associated with a recycled use. The recyclability characteristic may include a composition of a material that includes ingredients that are specifically tailored to make the material suitable for recycling. The recyclability characteristic may be a value measured during the life cycle or derived from such measurements. The recyclability characteristic may be recycling data recorded at one or more previous life cycles or derived from such data. The recyclability characteristic may be determined at any stage of the life cycle and may characterize the recyclability performance at or up to such stage. The recyclability characteristic may include, for example, recycling data, reuse times, composition of the recycled item, quality of the recycled item, composition of the waste stream, quality of the waste stream, or any combination thereof.

[0077] In one embodiment, the nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical may include mass-balanced environmental attributes for the raw material inputs. The mass-balanced environmental attributes may include environmental attributes of raw material inputs used to produce the nitrogen-containing chemical, which may be tracked and linked to the nitrogen-containing chemical by mass. The environmental impact of the raw material inputs may be determined based on the raw material inputs used in the chemical process to produce the nitrogen-containing chemical. For example, the bio-based, renewable and / or recycled content of the raw material inputs used to produce the nitrogen-containing chemical may be tracked. Further, for example, the castor oil or palm oil content of the raw material inputs used to produce the nitrogen-containing chemical may be tracked. Further, for example, the environmental impact characteristics of the raw material inputs including RSPO palm oil, palm oil free or castor oil may be tracked. Further, for example, the chemical process characteristics used to produce the nitrogen-containing chemical may be tracked. Examples of the tracked process characteristics for environmental impact include process characteristics such as water consumption, CO2 and / or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, waste generation, mixed raw material generation, recycling design, energy consumption, waste reduction or property loss reduction, etc. The characteristics can be tracked based on a certificate from a certification body. The characteristics can be tracked based on an inherent physical characteristic derived from a measurement.

[0078] In one embodiment, the manufactured nitrogen-containing chemical is associated with a distributed identifier that physically identifies the manufactured nitrogen-containing chemical. The manufacturing operation device may be configured to provide a distributed identifier associated with a physical entity of the manufactured nitrogen-containing chemical. The manufacturing operation device may be configured to associate the distributed identifier with a physical identifier of the manufactured nitrogen-containing chemical. The manufacturing operation device may be configured to assign the distributed identifier to a physical identifier connected to the manufactured nitrogen-containing chemical. The manufacturing operation device may be configured to assign the distributed identifier to a physical identifier physically connected to the manufactured nitrogen-containing chemical.

[0079] In one embodiment, the distributed identifier is related to data associated with at least one product produced from the nitrogen-containing chemical, and the one or more environmental attributes associated with the at least one product are derived from the one or more environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical. The one or more environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical may be associated with one or more input materials and / or chemical processes used to produce the nitrogen-containing chemical. The distributed identifier may be related to any identifier uniquely associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical. The distributed identifier may be associated with a physical entity of the nitrogen-containing chemical. The distributed identifier may refer to a single batch of the nitrogen-containing chemical. The distributed identifier may be associated with a group of nitrogen-containing chemicals. The identifier may refer to multiple physical entities of the nitrogen-containing chemical. The distributed identifier may be associated with a continuous or semi-continuous flow of the nitrogen-containing chemical. The identifier may refer to a flow of the nitrogen-containing chemical, for example, over a period of time or from a particular supplier.

[0080] In one embodiment, the one or more environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical are provided from at least one balance account configured to store environmental attributes associated with the input feedstock. The balance account may be associated with a storage structure associated with metadata such as a type of environmental attribute. For example, the balance account may be associated with metadata indicating that the type of environmental attribute is recycled content or bio-origin. An inbound locator may be configured to assign the one or more environmental attributes associated with the input feedstock to at least one balance account, for example upon input of the input feedstock into the chemical production network. A balance account may be associated with each environmental attribute type. An outbound assigner may be configured to assign at least one environmental attribute from the at least one balance account associated with each environmental attribute to a distributed identifier. The one or more environmental attributes may be assigned to the at least one distributed identifier. The assignment may include de-assigning the one or more environmental attributes from the balance account associated with each environmental attribute type. The balance account may be used to reliably track and assign environmental attributes of the input feedstock to the nitrogen-containing chemical.

[0081] In one embodiment, the one or more environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical are provided from at least one balance account configured to store environmental attributes associated with the input feedstock. The inbound locator may be configured to assign the one or more environmental attributes to at least one balance account associated with each environmental attribute, for example, when the input feedstock is input to the chemical production network. The balance account may be associated with each environmental attribute type. The one or more environmental attributes associated with the input feedstock may be assigned to the balance account associated with each environmental attribute type. The outbound assigner may be configured to assign or link at least one environmental attribute to a decentralized identifier from the at least one balance account associated with each environmental attribute type. This may include de-assigning the one or more environmental attributes from the balance account associated with each environmental attribute type. By using the balance account, the environmental attributes can be tracked throughout the chemical production network. In this way, the environmental attributes can be decoupled from the feedstock flow. The linking of the environmental attributes may be based on a material balance of the chemical production network. In such an approach, the binding of the total mass of the input material and the nitrogen-containing chemicals and the respective environmental attributes associated with the input material and the nitrogen-containing chemicals is balanced.

[0082] In one embodiment, the one or more environmental attributes are associated with at least one characteristic related to the environmental burden of one or more input materials and / or chemical processes. The one or more environmental attributes can specify a plurality of environmental characteristics of the input materials used to produce the nitrogen-containing chemical, and / or the one or more environmental attributes can specify an environmental characteristic of the chemical process used to produce the nitrogen-containing chemical. The one or more environmental attributes can be generated from environmental characteristics of the input materials used to produce the nitrogen-containing chemical, process data associated with the chemical process of the input materials, and / or energy data associated with the energy consumption of the chemical process. The one or more environmental attributes can include a recycled content associated with the input material and allocated or allocable to the nitrogen-containing chemical, a renewable content associated with the input material and allocated or allocable to the nitrogen-containing chemical, and / or a product carbon footprint associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical.

[0083] In an embodiment, the manufacturing operations device may be configured to collect environmental attributes associated with the manufactured nitrogen-containing chemical before, during, and / or after the manufacturing of the nitrogen-containing chemical by the chemical manufacturing network. The environmental attributes associated with the manufactured nitrogen-containing chemical may be related to the input feedstock. The environmental attributes associated with the input feedstock may be provided before, during, and / or after the manufacturing of the nitrogen-containing chemical by the chemical manufacturing network. The environmental attributes associated with the input feedstock may be assigned to at least one balance account before, during, and / or after the manufacturing of the nitrogen-containing chemical by the chemical manufacturing network. The environmental attributes associated with the manufactured nitrogen-containing chemical may be related to environmental characteristics generated from process data associated with a chemical process of the input feedstock and / or energy data associated with an energy consumption of the chemical process. The environmental attributes associated with the manufactured nitrogen-containing chemical may be generated before, during, and / or after the manufacturing of the nitrogen-containing chemical by the chemical manufacturing network. The process data associated with a chemical process of the input feedstock and / or energy data associated with an energy consumption of the chemical process may be collected before, during, and / or after the manufacturing of the nitrogen-containing chemical.

[0084] In one embodiment, a nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset may include a decentralized identifier associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical and one or more environmental attributes linked to the decentralized identifier. The one or more environmental attributes may be linked to the decentralized identifier included in the nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset. The one or more environmental attributes may be associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical manufacturer or stored in a nitrogen-containing chemical manufacturer's database for access by any consumer of the nitrogen-containing chemical. The one or more environmental attributes may be associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical manufacturer or stored in a nitrogen-containing chemical manufacturer's database for transfer to a consumer of the nitrogen-containing chemical. The decentralized identifier may include any unique identifier uniquely associated with a nitrogen-containing chemical manufacturer and nitrogen-containing chemical data, such as environmental attributes. The decentralized identifier may include a universally unique identifier (UUID) or a digital identifier (DID). The decentralized identifier may be issued by a central or decentralized ID issuer. The decentralized identifier may be linked to authentication and / or authorization information. Through the unique association of a decentralized identifier with nitrogen-containing chemical data, such as nitrogen-containing chemical manufacturer and environmental attributes, access to the nitrogen-containing chemical data can be controlled by the nitrogen-containing chemical manufacturer. This is in contrast to a central authority scheme where identifiers are provided by a central authority and access to the data is controlled by such central authority. Decentralized in this context refers to the use of identifiers in an implementation controlled by the data owners, such as nitrogen-containing chemical manufacturers.

[0085] The distributed identifier may be uniquely associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical or with the physical entity of the nitrogen-containing chemical packaged for transport, for example, to a consumer of the nitrogen-containing chemical. The distributed identifier may be uniquely associated with one or more environmental attributes. The nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset may include one or more digital representations pointing to nitrogen-containing chemical data including environmental attributes or portions including the environmental attributes. The digital representations may include at least one interface to a data providing service. Additionally, they may include at least one interface to a data consuming service. The digital representations may include endpoints for data exchange or sharing (resource endpoints) or service interaction (resource endpoints), uniquely identified via a communication protocol. The digital representations pointing to the nitrogen-containing chemical data or portions thereof may be uniquely associated with the distributed identifier.

[0086] The nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset may include or be associated with a digital representation of nitrogen-containing chemical data, such as environmental attributes. The digital representation may include a representation for accessing the nitrogen-containing chemical data, such as environmental attributes or a portion thereof. The digital representation may include a representation of the nitrogen-containing chemical data, such as environmental attributes. The nitrogen-containing chemical passport or digital asset may include or be associated with data related to the nitrogen-containing chemical data, such as environmental attributes, authentication information, and distributed identifiers. The data related to the chemical-containing nitrogen data, such as environmental attributes, may include a digital representation of the chemical-containing nitrogen data, such as environmental attributes.

[0087] The present disclosure will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0088] [Figure 1] An example chemical manufacturing network that produces one or more output substances from one or more input materials is illustrated diagrammatically in association with a manufacturing operations system that includes an attribute management system. [Diagram 2]A schematic example of linking the environmental attributes of input materials to output materials in a chemical production network is shown. [Diagram 3] Schematic showing an example of linking environmental attributes of input materials and chemical processes to output materials in a chemical production network. [Figure 4] 13 illustrates a schematic diagram of another example of a method or apparatus for providing environmental attributes associated with output materials to data consumers, i.e., raw material users, via a distributed network. [Diagram 5] 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of an example of a method or apparatus for providing environmental attributes of output materials across a value chain via a distributed network. [Figure 6] 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of an example of a chemical production network that produces nitrogen-containing chemicals associated with digital assets. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0089] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a chemical production network 102 that produces one or more output substances, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, from one or more input materials 100 that are linked to a manufacturing operations system 106 that includes an attribute management system.

[0090] Different input materials 100 may be provided as physical inputs to the chemical production network 102 to produce one or more output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104. The physical input materials 100 and the output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, may be associated with one or more characteristics related to environmental impact. The characteristics related to environmental impact may be digitized in the form of environmental attributes, such as recycled or bio-based content of the input materials. The manufacturing operations system 106 may be configured to capture such environmental attributes and track the environmental attributes throughout the chemical production network 102 from the input materials 100 to the output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104.

[0091] The chemical production network 102 may include multiple processing steps that are linked together. The chemical production network 102 may be an integrated chemical production network 102 of interrelated production chains. The chemical production network 102 may include multiple different production chains that share at least one intermediate product. The chemical production network 102 may include multiple stages of a chemical value chain. The chemical production network 102 may include gas or crude oil production, refining, processing and / or refining. The chemical production network 102 may include a stream cracker or a syngas plant connected to multiple production chains that produce products 104 from the effluent of such a plant. The chemical production network 102 may include multiple production chains that produce one or more output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, from one or more input feedstocks 100. The chemical production network 102 may include multiple tiers of a chemical value chain. The chemical production network 102 may include an arrangement of physically interconnected production sites. The manufacturing sites may be co-located or in different locations, in which case they may be interconnected by dedicated transportation systems such as pipelines, supply chain vehicles such as trucks, supply chain vessels, or other freight transport vehicles.

[0092] The chemical production network 102 can chemically convert the input feedstock 100 into one or more output substances, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104. The chemical production network 102 can convert the input feedstock 100 into one or more output substances, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, through chemical conversion.

[0093] The input feedstock 100 may be fed into the chemical production network 102 at any input. The input feedstock 100 may be fed into the chemical production network 102 at the beginning of the chemical production network 102. The input feedstock 100 may be, for example, a feedstock for a steam cracker. The input feedstock 100 may include non-fossil input feedstocks, such as bio-based or recycled feedstocks, and / or fossil input feedstocks for producing chemical intermediates and chemical output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104.

[0094] The chemical production network 102 may include multiple manufacturing steps. The manufacturing steps included in the chemical production network 102 may be defined by the system boundary of the chemical production network 102. The system boundary may be defined by the location or control of the manufacturing process. The system boundary may be defined by the location of the chemical production network 102. The system boundary may be defined by the manufacturing process controlled by one entity or multiple entities jointly. The system boundary may be defined by a value chain with a staggered manufacturing process to the final product, which value chain may be controlled individually by multiple entities. The chemical production network 102 may include waste recovery and sorting steps, recycling steps such as pyrolysis, cracking steps such as steam cracking, separation steps to separate intermediates of one process step, and further process steps to convert such intermediates to output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, exiting the system boundary of the chemical production network 102.

[0095] The manufacturing operations system 106 of the chemical production network 102 may be configured to monitor and / or control the chemical production network 102 based on different process operating parameters. One process step that may be monitored and / or controlled may be the supply of input raw materials 100 or the release of output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104. Another process step that may be monitored and / or controlled may be the registration of environmental attributes associated with the input raw materials 100 that are input to the system boundary of the chemical production network 102. Yet another process step that may be monitored and / or controlled may be the association of environmental attributes to output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, that are produced through the chemical production network 102. Yet another process step that may be monitored and / or controlled may be the management of environmental attributes associated with the input raw materials 100 and output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, of the chemical production network 102.

[0096] The manufacturing operations system 106 may be configured to register inbound environmental attributes and assign outbound environmental attributes. The manufacturing operations system 106 may be configured to access data associated with the input materials 100, processes, and / or output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, used in the chemical manufacturing network 102. For example, the manufacturing operations system 106 may be configured to register the recycled or bio-based content of one or more input materials 100 used in the chemical manufacturing network 102 as an environmental attribute. The manufacturing operations system 106 may be configured to assign the environmental attribute to at least one balance account associated with the recycled or bio-based content of the input materials 100. The manufacturing operations system 106 may be configured to assign at least a portion of the environmental attributes from the at least one balance account to at least one output material, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104.

[0097] The manufacturing operations system 102 may be configured to handle environmental attributes related to the input materials 100 and output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, of the chemical production network 102. For example, the manufacturing operations system 106 may be configured to determine environmental attributes associated with the use of the input materials 100 that affect the environmental properties of the chemical production network 102 and the output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, produced by the chemical production network 102. More particularly, the manufacturing operations system 102 may be configured to determine environmental attributes associated with the output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104. In this manner, the manufacturing operations system 102 may be configured to save the environmental attributes in or withdraw the environmental attributes from a balance account. The environmental attributes may thus be considered as credits saved in or withdrawn from accounts related to the input materials and output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals, of the chemical production network 102. In this manner, the environmental impact of production may be tracked and / or traced back.

[0098] A number of value chains may be linked in the chemical production network 102. Additionally, different input materials 100 or chemical processes may be used that affect the environmental characteristics of the output materials, particularly the nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, produced by the chemical production network 102. Examples of input materials 100 that affect at least one environmental characteristic of the output materials, particularly the nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, produced from such input materials 100 are recycled, renewable or bio-based input materials 104. Examples of chemical processes that affect the environmental characteristics include chemical processes using environmentally friendly technologies such as carbon capture, carbon utilization, heat pumps, etc.

[0099] The processing of chemicals in continuous or semi-continuous production and the complexity of the chemical production network 102 may hinder the traceability of input materials through the network. In such a scenario, equivalent environmental attributes indicative of the impact on the environmental properties of the output materials, particularly the nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, produced by the chemical production network may be assigned to a balance account and assigned to one or more output materials, particularly the nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, of the chemical production network 102. The environmental attributes may thus be separated from the physical material flows within the chemical production network 102. The separation may be based on a material balance model such that the equivalents assigned to one or more output materials, particularly the nitrogen-containing chemicals, do not exceed the equivalents provided by the input materials or the process. If an equivalent is assigned to a virtual account of an environmental attribute type, it will not be assigned twice to another virtual account of that environmental attribute type. The types of environmental attributes are recycled, bio-based, renewable, etc. The environmental attributes may be provided in the form of a digital asset or a nitrogen-containing chemical passport attached to the physical entity of the nitrogen-containing chemical.

[0100] FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic diagram of an example of linking environmental attributes associated with an input material 100 to an output material, specifically a nitrogen-containing chemical 104, of a chemical production network 102.

[0101] 1, the chemical production network 102 and its operations can be monitored and / or controlled by a manufacturing operations system 106. The manufacturing operations system 106 can be configured to track environmental attributes from the input raw materials 100 provided to the chemical production network 102 to the output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, produced by the chemical production network 102. For tracking purposes, the operations system 106 can be configured to register environmental attributes associated with the input raw materials 100 provided to the chemical production network 102 and to link the environmental attributes to the output materials, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, produced by the chemical production network 102.

[0102] An input material 100, such as pyrolysis oil, bio-naphtha or biogas, may be fed to a chemical production network 102. The input material 100 may be fed to the chemical production network 104 at an input, such as a steam cracker or a syngas plant. The input material 100 may be used in the chemical production network 102 to produce one or more output substances, in particular nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, from the input material 100. The output substances, in particular nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, are obtained at the outlet of the chemical production network 102. Further output substances may be MDI, TDI, PA6, EPS, PC, polyols, caprolactam, adipic acid, HMD, polyamide.

[0103] Once the input raw materials 100 are input, input raw material data 108 may be provided to a computing interface of the manufacturing operations system 106 via a communication network. A data provider, such as a QR code reader, may be configured to provide the raw material data 108 relating to one or more input raw materials 100 and their respective environmental attributes 108 to a computing interface configured to assign the environmental attributes associated with the input raw materials 100. The raw material data 108 may include an input raw material identifier and an environmental attribute associated with the input raw material 100. The input raw material identifier may be associated with the physical entity of the input raw material 100 input to the chemical manufacturing network 102. The raw material data may be provided at, before, or after the one or more input raw materials are provided at an inlet to the chemical manufacturing network 102.

[0104] The input feedstock identifiers may be linked to environmental attributes associated with each input feedstock 100, the quantity of the input feedstock 100, and a certificate attesting to the environmental attributes. The quantity of the input feedstock may be a measured amount of the input feedstock 100 provided to a plant or storage of the chemical production network 102 to produce one or more output substances, particularly nitrogen-containing chemicals 104, from the input feedstock 100. The input feedstock identifiers associated with each input feedstock 100, the environmental attributes associated with each input feedstock 100, and the quantity of the input feedstock 100 provided to the chemical production network 102 may be provided to the manufacturing operations system 106. Such data may be provided via a communication network at the time of input to the chemical production network 102, or the data may be transferred from a computing system to the manufacturing operations system 106.

[0105] The inbound allocator 110 may be configured to assign one or more environmental attributes to at least one balance account 112 associated with each environmental attribute. For example, one balance account 112 may relate to environmental attributes from recycled materials and another balance account 112 may relate to environmental attributes from bio-based materials. A balance account may be associated with each environmental attribute type, such as bio-based or recycled. Based on such association, a balance account associated with the environmental attribute type of each input material 100 may be selected. The environmental attributes may be assigned to the selected balance account. For example, an account 112 for recycled materials may be selected and the environmental attributes assigned to that account 122.

[0106] For allocation, the one or more environmental attributes may be converted into balance units and the balance units may be allocated to the balance account 122. The conversion may be based on a conversion factor, such as mass, weight, carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms, methane equivalents, or any other suitable measure that quantifies the environmental burden of the environmental attribute. The conversion factor may thus take into account differences when producing chemical products from conventional input feedstocks, when producing chemical products from unconventional input feedstocks, or when producing chemical products from a mixture of conventional and unconventional input feedstocks. The conversion factor may relate to differences in the chemical and / or physical properties of the conventional and unconventional input feedstocks.

[0107] The use of the balance account 112 ensures that the environmental attributes of the raw material input 100 are used only once to assign to the nitrogen-containing chemicals 104. This avoids double counting of inputs or outputs and ensures that benign environmental burdens are tracked and assigned to the nitrogen-containing chemicals 104.

[0108] The identifier provider 116 may be configured to provide nitrogen-containing chemical identifiers associated with nitrogen-containing chemicals produced by the chemical production network 102 and provided at an outlet from the chemical production network 102 .

[0109] The outbound assigner 114 may be configured to assign at least one environmental attribute to a nitrogen-containing chemical identifier ID2 from at least one balance account 112 associated with each environmental attribute. One or more environmental attributes may be assigned to at least one nitrogen-containing chemical identifier ID2. The assignment may include de-assigning one or more environmental attributes from a balance account 112 associated with each environmental attribute type. The assignment may include converting one or more balance units to one or more environmental attributes.

[0110] Assigning at least one environmental attribute associated with the input raw material to the nitrogen-containing chemical may include linking the nitrogen-containing chemical identifier ID2 to the environmental attribute. The nitrogen-containing chemical identifier ID2 may be associated with the physical entity of the nitrogen-containing chemical. In this way, a virtual identifier of the material can be uniquely linked to the physical material. Such linking may include a physical linking or a virtual linking of an identifier uniquely associated with the physical material. In the case of physical linking, a tag or code may be physically connected to the raw material, for example by printing a QR code on the packaging. In the case of virtual linking, a different identifier associated with the physical raw material may be linked. For example, an order number, a batch number, a LOT number, or any combination thereof may be linked.

[0111] The outbound signer 114 may be configured to provide the environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical to a data consumer, such as a system associated with a user of the nitrogen-containing chemical. The outbound signer 114 may be configured to provide the environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical to a distributed network, as described in the example of Figure 4. The environmental attributes may be provided via the ID-based schema described above in the form of a digital asset or nitrogen-containing chemical passport associated with the physical entity of the nitrogen-containing chemical.

[0112] FIG. 3 illustrates a schematic of an example of linking environmental attributes of a raw material input 100 and a chemical process to nitrogen-containing chemicals 104 in a chemical production network 102 .

[0113] 1 and 2, the chemical production network 102 and the operation of the chemical production network 102 may be monitored and / or controlled by a production operations system 106. An input feedstock 100, such as pyrolysis oil, bio-naphtha, or biogas, may be provided to the chemical production network 102. The input feedstock 100 may be used by the chemical production network 102 to produce one or more nitrogen-containing chemicals 104 from the input feedstock 100.

[0114] Once the input raw materials 100 are input, input raw material data 108 may be provided to a computing interface of the manufacturing operations system 106 via a communication network. A data provider, such as a QR code reader, may be configured to provide the raw material data 108 relating to one or more input raw materials 100 and their respective environmental attributes 108 to a computing interface configured to assign the environmental attributes associated with the input raw materials 100. The raw material data 108 may include an input raw material identifier and an environmental attribute associated with the input raw material 100. The input raw material identifier may be associated with the physical entity of the input raw material 100 input to the chemical manufacturing network 102. The input raw material identifier may be linked to the carbon footprint of the input raw material 100 as an environmental attribute. The raw material data may be provided at, before, or after the input of one or more input raw materials at an inlet to the chemical manufacturing network 102.

[0115] The inbound allocator 110 may be configured to obtain one or more environmental attributes and provide such attributes to the carbon footprint (CF) generator 120. The process data provider 122 may be configured to collect process data associated with the chemical processing of the input material 100 to produce the nitrogen-containing chemical 104. The process data provider 122 may be configured to retrieve energy data associated with the energy consumption of the chemical processing. The process data provider 122 may be configured to provide the process data and the energy data to the CF generator 120.

[0116] The CF generator 120 may be configured to determine a carbon footprint of a nitrogen-containing chemical produced by the chemical production network. The carbon footprint of the nitrogen-containing chemical is determined based on the process data, the energy data, and the carbon footprint of the input materials 100 used to produce the nitrogen-containing chemical.

[0117] The identifier provider 116 may be configured to provide nitrogen-containing chemical identifiers associated with nitrogen-containing chemicals produced by the chemical production network 102 and provided at an outlet from the chemical production network 102 .

[0118] The outbound assigner 114 may be configured to assign the determined carbon footprint to a nitrogen-containing chemical identifier ID2. As described in the context of FIG. 2, one or more environmental attributes may be assigned to at least one nitrogen-containing chemical identifier ID2.

[0119] The outbound signer 114 may be configured to provide environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemicals, particularly the carbon footprint, to a data consumer, such as a system associated with a user of the nitrogen-containing chemical. The outbound signer 114 may be configured to provide the environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemicals to a distributed network, as described in the example of Figure 4. The environmental attributes may be provided via the ID-based schema described above in the form of a digital asset or a nitrogen-containing chemical passport associated with the physical entity of the nitrogen-containing chemical.

[0120] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an example of a method or apparatus for providing environmental attributes associated with nitrogen-containing chemicals to data consumers, or material users, via a distributed network.

[0121] Nitrogen-containing chemicals 104 produced by the chemical production network 102 may be provided in association with digital assets, as described in the context of Figures 2 and 3. The digital assets may include a nitrogen-containing chemical identifier. The digital assets may include one or more environmental attributes, such as a carbon footprint of a product, recycled content, or bio-based content. The digital assets may relate to one or more environmental attributes, such as a carbon footprint of a product, recycled content, or bio-based content. The digital assets may include digital representations of one or more environmental attributes, such as a carbon footprint of a product, recycled content, or bio-based content.

[0122] The digital asset may further include or be associated with authentication and / or authorization information associated with the nitrogen containing chemical identifier. The authentication and / or authorization information may be provided for authentication and / or authorization of the data providing service 208 and / or the data consuming service 210. The nitrogen-containing chemical identifier may include or be associated with a decentralized identifier uniquely associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical. The decentralized identifier may be associated with a digital representation of the environmental attribute. The digital representation may include a representation for accessing the environmental attribute or a portion thereof. The decentralized identifier may include a universally unique identifier (UUID) or a digital identifier (DID). The decentralized identifier may include any unique identifier uniquely associated with the data owner and / or the nitrogen-containing chemical. The data owner may be a manufacturer of the nitrogen-containing chemical. Through the decentralized identifier and the unique association with the data owner and / or the nitrogen-containing chemical, access to the ingredient composition data may be controlled by the data owner.

[0123] Digital assets including digital representations of one or more environmental attributes, such as product carbon footprint, recycled content, or bio-based content, may be stored in a distributed database 200. The one or more environmental attributes, such as product carbon footprint, recycled content, or bio-based content, may be stored in a database 202 associated with a data owner, such as a manufacturer of the nitrogen-containing chemical 104.

[0124] The nitrogen-containing chemical 104 may be physically delivered to a user of the nitrogen-containing chemical. The nitrogen-containing chemical may be associated with a QR code that encodes an identifier for the nitrogen-containing chemical. The user of the nitrogen-containing chemical may read the QR code via a QR code reader 206. The nitrogen-containing chemical identifier may be provided to a database 208 associated with a consumer of the nitrogen-containing chemical 104. In another embodiment, the consumer of the nitrogen-containing chemical may obtain the nitrogen-containing chemical identifier via the distributed database 200.

[0125] The data owner in this example may be the input material producer, output material producer, output material user, or end product producer. The data owner may include any entity that generates data. The data generating node may be tied to the data owner or to the entity that owns or produces the physical product from which or to which the data is generated. The data may be generated by a third party entity on behalf of the entity that owns the physical product from which or to which the data is generated.

[0126] The data consuming service 210 may include computer-executable instructions to access and / or process data, such as nitrogen-containing chemical data, associated with a data owner. The data providing service 210 may include computer-executable instructions to provide and / or process data, such as nitrogen-containing chemical data, associated with a data owner for access and / or processing by the data consuming service 214.

[0127] Based on the received nitrogen-containing chemical identifier, a request may be issued by the data consuming service 210 to access environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical identifier, as indicated by arrow 212. The nitrogen-containing chemical identifier may be associated with or provided to a data providing service 214 of the manufacturer of the nitrogen-containing chemical 104. Additionally, authentication and / or authorization information may be provided.

[0128] The request may be authenticated and / or authorized to access the environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical identifier. Based on successful authentication and / or authorization, access to the environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical identifier may be granted.

[0129] The nitrogen-containing chemical identifier may be provided to a data providing service 214 for access, as indicated by arrow 212. The data providing service 214 can use the received nitrogen-containing chemical identifier to obtain environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical 104, as indicated by arrows 218 and 220. The environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical 104 provided to the data providing service 214 may be provided to a data consuming service 210, as indicated by arrow 216. The environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical 104 may be stored in a database 208 associated with a user of the nitrogen-containing chemical 104, as indicated by arrow 220.

[0130] Environmental attributes may be uniquely associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical via an output identifier or a distributed identifier. Via the distributed network, the environmental attributes are transferred between the producers of the nitrogen-containing chemical and the users of the nitrogen-containing chemical. In this way, the environmental attributes are uniquely associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical and can be shared between the parties in the value chain without a direct central intermediary. This allows for transparency of the environmental attributes throughout the value chain and allows for the benign environmental impact of the nitrogen-containing chemicals produced by the chemical production network 102 to be traced through the value chain.

[0131] FIG. 5 illustrates a schematic of one example of a method or apparatus for providing environmental attributes associated with nitrogen-containing chemicals across a value chain via a distributed network.

[0132] In the example of Figure 5, a fully connected value chain including a chemical production network is shown. In this example, input raw material providers, nitrogen-containing chemical producers, nitrogen-containing chemical users, and end product manufacturers may be connected in a distributed network as described in the context of Figure 4. Environmental attributes may be provided via an ID-based schema described in the context of Figures 2-4 in the form of digital assets or nitrogen-containing chemical passports associated with the physical entities of the input raw materials, the nitrogen-containing chemicals, any intermediate products, or the end products.

[0133] An input raw material provider may provide an input raw material, such as biogas or pyrolysis oil. The environmental attributes of the input raw material may be provided via a data providing service connected to the distributed network, as described in the context of FIG. 4. A nitrogen-containing chemical producer may produce a nitrogen-containing chemical from an input raw material provided to the chemical production network. The nitrogen-containing chemical producer may access the environmental attributes associated with the input raw material via a data consuming service connected to the distributed network, as described in the context of FIG. 4. The nitrogen-containing chemical producer may manage the environmental attributes via a manufacturing operation system, as described in the context of FIGs. 1-3. The nitrogen-containing chemical producer may assign to the nitrogen-containing chemical an environmental attribute associated with the input raw material or an environmental attribute associated with the chemical production network, such as a carbon footprint, as described in the context of FIGs. 1-3. The nitrogen-containing chemical producer may provide the environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical via a data providing service connected to the distributed network, as described in the context of FIG. 4. A nitrogen-containing chemical user or an end product producer may access the environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical via a data consuming service connected to the distributed network, as described in the context of FIG. 4.

[0134] Each data owner in this example may be an input material producer, an output material producer, an output material user, or an end product manufacturer. A data owner may include any entity that generates data. A data generating node may be coupled to a data owner or an entity that owns or produces the physical product from which or to which the data is generated. Data may be generated by a third party entity on behalf of an entity that owns the physical product from which or to which the data is generated.

[0135] A data consuming service may include computer-executable instructions to access and / or process data, such as nitrogen-containing chemical data, associated with a data owner. A data providing service may include computer-executable instructions to provide and / or process data, such as nitrogen-containing chemical data, associated with a data owner for access and / or processing by a data consuming service.

[0136] In the example of Figure 5, a decentralized identifier may be associated with the end product. Such a decentralized identifier may be provided to value chain participants. Through the end product's unique decentralized identifier, data associated with the end product manufactured from the nitrogen-containing chemical may be collected throughout the manufacturing chain and assigned to the end product's unique decentralized identifier. For example, one or more environmental attributes associated with the end product may be derived from environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemicals, input materials, or any other product entity present in the end product's value chain.

[0137] In this way, the environmental attributes of input raw materials, nitrogen-containing chemicals, and products manufactured from nitrogen-containing chemicals can be traced through the value chain to the final product. This tracing of the environmental attributes of raw materials allows information to be made transparent throughout the value chain, while allowing supply chain participants to control the flow of information. Also, as explained in the context of Figures 1-3, the environmental attributes can be handled by the manufacturing operations system according to the needs of the individual participants. In essence, such tracing allows the tracing of positive environmental impacts by individual supply chain participants, making the positive environmental impacts transparent and attributable to individual supply chain participants.

[0138] An example of a chemical manufacturing network for producing ethanolamines associated with a digital asset is illustrated diagrammatically in Figure 6. The example in Figure 6 is illustrative and should not be considered limiting of the present invention.

[0139] In the example of Figure 6, pyrolysis oil and naphtha (fossil based) are fed into a chemical production network that produces, for example, ethanolamines. In this example, pyrolysis oil and naphtha (fossil based) are input feedstocks as mixed feedstocks. Ethene and other intermediates can be produced from pyrolysis oil and naphtha. Ethene can be produced from ethanolamines (by producing ethylene oxide from ethene and then reacting the ethylene oxide with ammonia) and other products such as intermediate feedstocks or output materials.

[0140] In the example of Figure 6, the recycled content of pyrolysis oil as a non-fossil input material can be tracked. As explained in the context of Figure 2, the recycled content of pyrolysis oil can be registered via the manufacturing operations system 106 at the start of the ethanolamine production chain. Here, the recycled content of pyrolysis oil can be assigned to the recycled content balance account 112. The environmental attributes of the recycled content of pyrolysis oil are thus decoupled from the mass flows of the chemical processes in the chemical production network 102, as shown in Figure 6.

[0141] The recycled content may be determined for attribution of the recycled content of pyrolysis oil used in the production of ethanolamine. The recycled content of pyrolysis oil that can be attributable to ethanolamine production may be based on mass conservation that can be attributable to the ethanolamine produced. For example, only half of the recycled content may be attributable to ethanolamine and the other half may be attributable to other output products obtained from pyrolysis oil as input feedstock. The environmental attributes of the recycled content may be attributable to the ethanolamine to that extent.

[0142] In the system shown in FIG. 2, environmental attributes associated with the production of ethanolamine can be linked to the produced ethanolamine by associating a decentralized ID with the ethanolamine and assigning the environmental attributes to the decentralized ID. Linking the ID and the environmental attributes allows the environmental attributes to be uniquely linked to the produced ethanolamine. The ethanolamine may be delivered to a user of the ethanolamine. A QR code may be included on the packaging, such as a loose bag, that contains the ethanolamine. A decentralized ID may be included or encoded in the QR code. In this manner, a user of the ethanolamine can access the environmental attributes associated with the ethanolamine via the ID-based protocol described in the context of FIGS. 4 and 5.

[0143] Similar to this example, a chemical manufacturing network that produces ethanolamine associated with a digital asset may be based on the methodology shown in FIG. 3 for carbon footprinting.

[0144] Although the disclosure has been described in conjunction with several preferred embodiments and examples, other variations will occur to those skilled in the art in practicing the claimed invention upon study of the drawings, the disclosure, and the claims.

[0145] Any steps presented herein may be performed in any order, and the methods disclosed herein are not limited to a particular order of these steps, and different steps need not be performed at a particular location or on a particular computing node of the distributed system, i.e., each step may be performed on a different computing node using different equipment / data processing.

[0146] As used herein, the term "determine" includes "initiate or cause a determination," "generate" includes "initiate and / or cause a generation," and "provide" includes "initiate or cause a determination, generation, selection, transmission, and / or reception." "Initiate or cause the performance of an action" includes any processing signal that causes a computing node or device to launch a respective action.

[0147] In the claims and the description, the term "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps, and the indefinite article "a" or "an" does not exclude a plurality. A single element or other unit may fulfill the functions of several entities or items recited in the claims. The mere fact that certain measures are recited in mutually different dependent claims does not indicate that a combination of these measures cannot be used to advantage in implementations.

[0148] Any disclosures and embodiments described herein relate to the methods, systems, devices, computer program elements described above, and vice versa. As an advantageous feature, the benefits provided by any of the embodiments and examples apply equally to all other embodiments and examples, and vice versa.

[0149] All terms and definitions used herein are to be broadly understood and have their ordinary meaning.

Claims

1. 1. A system for producing a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with a digital asset, comprising: a chemical production network configured to produce the nitrogen-containing chemical, wherein the nitrogen-containing chemical is produced from one or more raw material inputs via one or more chemical processes in the chemical production network, and wherein the one or more raw material inputs and / or the one or more chemical processes are associated with environmental attributes; - providing a distributed identifier associated with said produced nitrogen-containing chemical; and a manufacturing and operations device configured to generate the digital asset by linking the decentralized identifier with the environmental attribute; A system including:

2. The nitrogen-containing chemical associated with the digital asset is 1,2-propylenediamine, 1,3-diaminopropane, 2-(diethylamino)-ethylamine, 2-(diisopropylamino)ethylamine, 3-(diethylamino)propylamine, 3-(dimethylamino)propylamine (DMAPA), isophoronediamine, methyl-diaminocyclohexane, 3,3'-dimethyl-4,4'-diaminodicyclohexylmethane, 4,4'-diaminodicyclohexylmethane, 3,3'-dimethyl-4,4'-diamino-dicyclo-hexyl-methane, ethylenediamine, octamethylenediamine, tetramethylpropane-1,3-diamine, 4,9-dioxado-decane-1,12-diamine (DODA), 4,7,10-trioxatridecane-1,13-diamine (TTD), 2,2-dimethylpropane- 1,3-diamine, 3,3',5,5'-tetramethyl-4,4'-diamino-dicyclohexylmethane, 3-methoxypropylamine, 2-ethylhexylamine, 3-aminopropyldiethylene glycol, 3-amino-1-propanol, butylamine, cyclopentylamine, di(2-ethylhexyl)amine, dibutylamine, diethylamine, dimethylamine, dimethylpropylamine, dipropylamine, ethylamine, isopropylamine, monomethylamine, N,N-dimethylethylamine, N,N-dimethylisopropylamine, N-ethyl-N-propylamine, N-ethyldiisopropylamine, N-octylamine, propylamine, tributylamine, tridecylamine, triethylamine, trimethylamine, tripropylamine, tris-(2-ethylhexyl)amine, tert. -butylamine, trimethylamine hydrochloride, 1,1-dimethoxy-N,N-dimethylmethanamine, methoxyisopropylamine, methoxyamine hydrochloride, N-methyl-N-isopropylamine, dipropylenetriamine (DPTA), diethylenetriamine (DETA), triethylenetetramine, N,N-bis-(3-aminopropyl)methylamine, 3-(2-aminoethylamino)propylamine, N,N'-bis-(3-aminopropyl)-ethylenediamine, tripropylenetetramine, tripropylenetetramine, 2,6-xylidine, 2-phenylethylamine, benzylamine, diethanol-para-toluidine, diisopropanol-p-toluidine, N,N-di(2-hydroxyethyl)aniline, N-(2-hydroxyethyl)aniline, 4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane, the following formula: 【Chemistry 1】 wherein n is an integer and has a number average molecular weight in the range of 190 to 250 g / mol, 380 to 420 g / mol, or 1900 to 2300 g / mol; 【Chemistry 2】 wherein n, o, and p are integers, and having a number average molecular weight in the range of 4900 to 5100 g / mol, a polyether triamine represented by the following formula: 【Transformation 3】 wherein n, o, and p are integers, and the polyether triamine has a number average molecular weight in the range of 400 to 440 g / mol, diazabicycloundecene, dimethylcyclohexylamine, dimethylethanolamine, N-methylmorpholine, dimorpholinodiethyl ether, dimethylaminoethoxyethanol, triethylenediamine, triethylenediamine, bis(2-dimethylaminoethyl)ether), tetramethylhexamethylenediamine, diazabicycloundecene, N,N-dimethyldipropylenetriamine (DMDPTA), 【Chemistry 4】 S-triazine represented by the formula (I), (R)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine, (R)-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, (R)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, (R)-1-(4-methylphenyl)ethylamine, (R)-1-phenylethylamine, (R)-1-phenylpropylamine, (R)-2-mandelic acid, (S)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine, (S)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, (S)-1-aminotetralin, (S)-1-phenylethyl Amines, (S)-methoxyisopropylamine, (S)-1-phenylpropylamine, (2R,6R)-dimethylmorpholine, (R)-1-cyclohexylethylamine, (R)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)ethylamine, (R)-1-aminotetralin, (S)-N-benzyl-1-phenylethylamine, (S)-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, (R)-3-aminobutan-1-ol, 3-amino-1-propanol, 3-dimethylamino-1-propanol, butyldiethanolamine amine, butylethanolamine, dibutylethanolamine, diethylethanolamine, ethylethanolamine, methyldiethanolamine, N,N-dimethylethanolamine, N,N-dimethylisopropanolamine, N-methylethanolamine, 3-((2-hydroxyethyl)-amino)propanol, N-(2-aminoethyl)ethanolamine, N-methyldiisopropanolamine, octyldiethanolamine, 2-(2-tert-butylaminoethoxy)ethanol (t-BAEE) ), diethanolamine, monoethanolamine, triethanolamine, diisopropanolamine, monoisopropanolamine, triisopropanolamine, 2-(2-aminoethoxy)ethanol, 3-amino-1-propanol, 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)morpholine, N,N-dihydroxyethylisopropanolamine, 1,4-dimethylpyrazole, 1-methylimidazole, 2-ethyl-4-methylimidazole, 2-methylimidazole, 1,2-Dimethylimidazole, imidazole aqueous solution, imidazole, N-(3-aminopropyl)imidazole, morpholine, N-formylmorpholine, N-methylmorpholine, cis-2,6-dimethylmorpholine, N-hydroxyethylpiperazine, N-methylpiperazine, N-ethylpiperazine, piperazine, N-ethylpiperidine, N-methylpiperidine, N-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperidine, piperidine, benzophenone imine, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethyl sulfate, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride , 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide, o-phthalonitrile, octanedinitrile, N,N-biscyanoethylisophoronediamine, tetramethylguanidine, oxypropazone 3-(3-hydroxypropyl)-2-oxazolidinone, hexylamine, N,N,N'-trimethylaminoethylethanolamine, phenylethylamine, dicyclohexylamine, cyclohexylamine, NNNNN-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine, N,N-dimethylbenzylamine, methyldiamonocyclohexane, triethylenediamine, di Toluene, bis-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)amine, trimethyl-di-amino-ethyl ether, 2-((2-(2-(dimethylamino)ethoxy)ethyl)methyl-amino)ethanol, (S)-cyclohexylethylamine, acrylonitrile, diethanol-isopropylamine, orthophthalodinitrile, ethylmethylimidazolium chloride, ethylmethylimidazolium octanoate, diethylaniline, N-benzyl-ethylenediamine, 2-amino-2-methylpropanol, trihexylamine, N-ethylhydroxy Cylammonium chloride, trimethylcyclohexylammonium hydroxide, trimethyl-di-amino-ethyl ether, 2-dimethylamino-2'-(hydroxyethyl)methylamino-ethyl ether, dimethyldiethylenetriamine, tripropylenetetramine, diethylamino-ethylamine, 1,4-bispyrrolidine-butane, toluene-2,5-diamine sulfate, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide, octocrylene, butylpyridone, R-chloromandelic acid, N-methylpyrrolidine, pyrrolidine, tetramethyl-1,6-hexanediamine, (R)-1-(4-methylphenyl)ethylamine, 2-ethylimidazole, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethyl sulfate, (R)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethylamine, (S)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethylamine, N-[2-[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethyl]-2-methyl-2-propanamine, diisopropanol-p-toluidine, or any mixture thereof.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the digital assets of the nitrogen-containing chemical include mass-balanced environmental attributes related to the input material.

4. 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemicals are provided from at least one balance account configured to store environmental attributes associated with the input material.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more environmental attributes are associated with at least one characteristic related to the environmental impact of the one or more input materials and / or the chemical process.

6. 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the manufacturing operations device is configured to collect environmental attributes associated with the manufactured nitrogen-containing chemicals before, during, and / or after manufacturing of the nitrogen-containing chemicals by the chemical manufacturing network.

7. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemicals produced via a chemical process from the one or more input raw materials supplied to the chemical production network include the environmental attributes associated with the input raw materials, the chemical process, and / or the chemical production network.

8. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the environmental attributes associated with the input raw material are provided before, during, and / or after production of the nitrogen-containing chemical by the chemical production network, and the environmental attributes associated with the input raw material are assigned to at least one balance account before, during, and / or after production of the nitrogen-containing chemical by the chemical production network.

9. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the environmental attributes associated with the produced nitrogen-containing chemicals are related to environmental characteristics generated from process data associated with the chemical processing of the input raw materials and / or energy data associated with the energy consumption of the chemical processing, and the environmental attributes associated with the produced nitrogen-containing chemicals are generated before, during, and / or after production of the nitrogen-containing chemicals by the chemical production network.

10. 1. A method for producing a nitrogen-containing chemical associated with a digital asset, comprising: - producing said nitrogen-containing chemicals from one or more input feedstocks via one or more chemical processes of a chemical production network, wherein said one or more input feedstocks and / or said one or more chemical processes are associated with environmental attributes; - providing a decentralized identifier associated with the produced nitrogen-containing chemicals and one or more environmental attributes associated with the one or more input materials and / or the one or more chemical processes; creating the digital asset by associating the decentralized identifier with the one or more environmental attributes; - providing the manufactured nitrogen-containing chemical in association with the digital asset.

11. A nitrogen-containing chemical substance associated with a digital asset including a decentralized identifier associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical substance and linked to one or more environmental attributes of one or more input materials and / or one or more chemical processes used to produce the nitrogen-containing chemical substance.

12. The nitrogen-containing chemical may be 1,2-propylenediamine, 1,3-diaminopropane, 2-(diethylamino)-ethylamine, 2-(diisopropylamino)ethylamine, 3-(diethylamino)propylamine, 3-(dimethylamino)propylamine (DMAPA), isophoronediamine, methyl-diaminocyclohexane, 3,3'-dimethyl-4,4'-diaminodicyclohexylmethane, 4,4'-diaminodicyclohexylmethane, 3,3'-dimethyl-4,4'-diamino-dicyclo-hexyl-methane, ethylenediamine, octamethylenediamine, tetramethylpropane-1,3-diamine, 4,9-dioxadodecane-1,12-diamine (DODA), 4,7,10-trioxatridecane-1,13-diamine (TTD), 2,2-dimethylpropane-1,3-diamine amine, 3,3',5,5'-tetramethyl-4,4'-diamino-dicyclohexylmethane, 3-methoxypropylamine, 2-ethylhexylamine, 3-aminopropyldiethylene glycol, 3-amino-1-propanol, butylamine, cyclopentylamine, di(2-ethylhexyl)amine, dibutylamine, diethylamine, dimethylamine, dimethylpropylamine, dipropylamine, ethylamine, isopropylamine, monomethylamine, N,N-dimethylethylamine, N,N-dimethylisopropylamine, N-ethyl-N-propylamine, N-ethyldiisopropylamine, N-octylamine, propylamine, tributylamine, tridecylamine, triethylamine, trimethylamine, tripropylamine, tris-(2-ethylhexyl)amine, tert. -butylamine, trimethylamine hydrochloride, 1,1-dimethoxy-N,N-dimethylmethanamine, methoxyisopropylamine, methoxyamine hydrochloride, N-methyl-N-isopropylamine, dipropylenetriamine (DPTA), diethylenetriamine (DETA), triethylenetetramine, N,N-bis-(3-aminopropyl)methylamine, 3-(2-aminoethylamino)propylamine, N,N'-bis-(3-aminopropyl)-ethylenediamine, tripropylenetetramine, tripropylenetetramine, 2,6-xylidine, 2-phenylethylamine, benzylamine, diethanol-para-toluidine, diisopropanol-p-toluidine, N,N-di(2-hydroxyethyl)aniline, N-(2-hydroxyethyl)aniline, 4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane, the following formula: 【Transformation 5】 wherein n is an integer and has a number average molecular weight in the range of 190 to 250 g / mol, 380 to 420 g / mol, or 1900 to 2300 g / mol; 【Transformation 6】 wherein n, o, and p are integers, and having a number average molecular weight in the range of 4900 to 5100 g / mol, a polyether triamine represented by the following formula: 【Transformation 7】 wherein n, o, and p are integers, and the polyether triamine has a number average molecular weight in the range of 400 to 440 g / mol, diazabicycloundecene, dimethylcyclohexylamine, dimethylethanolamine, N-methylmorpholine, dimorpholinodiethyl ether, dimethylaminoethoxyethanol, triethylenediamine, triethylenediamine, bis(2-dimethylaminoethyl)ether), tetramethylhexamethylenediamine, diazabicycloundecene, N,N-dimethyldipropylenetriamine (DMDPTA), 【Transformation 8】 S-triazine represented by the formula (I), (R)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine, (R)-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, (R)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, (R)-1-(4-methylphenyl)ethylamine, (R)-1-phenylethylamine, (R)-1-phenylpropylamine, (R)-2-mandelic acid, (S)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine, (S)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, (S)-1-aminotetralin, (S)-1-phenylethyl Amines, (S)-methoxyisopropylamine, (S)-1-phenylpropylamine, (2R,6R)-dimethylmorpholine, (R)-1-cyclohexylethylamine, (R)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)ethylamine, (R)-1-aminotetralin, (S)-N-benzyl-1-phenylethylamine, (S)-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, (R)-3-aminobutan-1-ol, 3-amino-1-propanol, 3-dimethylamino-1-propanol, butyldiethanolamine amine, butylethanolamine, dibutylethanolamine, diethylethanolamine, ethylethanolamine, methyldiethanolamine, N,N-dimethylethanolamine, N,N-dimethylisopropanolamine, N-methylethanolamine, 3-((2-hydroxyethyl)-amino)propanol, N-(2-aminoethyl)ethanolamine, N-methyldiisopropanolamine, octyldiethanolamine, 2-(2-tert-butylaminoethoxy)ethanol (t-BAEE) ), diethanolamine, monoethanolamine, triethanolamine, diisopropanolamine, monoisopropanolamine, triisopropanolamine, 2-(2-aminoethoxy)ethanol, 3-amino-1-propanol, 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)morpholine, N,N-dihydroxyethylisopropanolamine, 1,4-dimethylpyrazole, 1-methylimidazole, 2-ethyl-4-methylimidazole, 2-methylimidazole, 1,2-Dimethylimidazole, imidazole aqueous solution, imidazole, N-(3-aminopropyl)imidazole, morpholine, N-formylmorpholine, N-methylmorpholine, cis-2,6-dimethylmorpholine, N-hydroxyethylpiperazine, N-methylpiperazine, N-ethylpiperazine, piperazine, N-ethylpiperidine, N-methylpiperidine, N-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperidine, piperidine, benzophenone imine, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethyl sulfate, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride , 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide, o-phthalonitrile, octanedinitrile, N,N-biscyanoethylisophoronediamine, tetramethylguanidine, oxypropazone 3-(3-hydroxypropyl)-2-oxazolidinone, hexylamine, N,N,N'-trimethylaminoethylethanolamine, phenylethylamine, dicyclohexylamine, cyclohexylamine, NNNNN-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine, N,N-dimethylbenzylamine, methyldiamonocyclohexane, triethylenediamine, di Toluene, bis-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)amine, trimethyl-di-amino-ethyl ether, 2-((2-(2-(dimethylamino)ethoxy)ethyl)methyl-amino)ethanol, (S)-cyclohexylethylamine, acrylonitrile, diethanol-isopropylamine, orthophthalodinitrile, ethylmethylimidazolium chloride, ethylmethylimidazolium octanoate, diethylaniline, N-benzyl-ethylenediamine, 2-amino-2-methylpropanol, trihexylamine, N-ethylhydroxy Cylammonium chloride, trimethylcyclohexylammonium hydroxide, trimethyl-di-amino-ethyl ether, 2-dimethylamino-2'-(hydroxyethyl)methylamino-ethyl ether, dimethyldiethylenetriamine, tripropylenetetramine, diethylamino-ethylamine, 1,4-bispyrrolidine-butane, toluene-2,5-diamine sulfate, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide, octocrylene, butylpyridone, R-chloromandelic acid, N-methylpyrrolidine, pyrrolidine, tetramethyl-1,The nitrogen-containing chemical according to claim 11, which is selected from 6-hexanediamine, (R)-1-(4-methylphenyl)ethylamine, 2-ethylimidazole, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethyl sulfate, (R)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethylamine, (S)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethylamine, N-[2-[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethyl]-2-methyl-2-propanamine, diisopropanol-p-toluidine, or any mixture thereof.

13. 1. A method for generating digital assets associated with nitrogen-containing chemicals, the nitrogen-containing chemicals being produced from one or more raw material inputs via one or more chemical processes in a chemical production network, the one or more raw material inputs and / or the one or more chemical processes being associated with environmental attributes, the method comprising: - providing a decentralized identifier associated with the produced nitrogen-containing chemical and one or more environmental attributes of the one or more input materials and / or the one or more chemical processes used to produce the nitrogen-containing chemical; - linking said distributed identifier with said environmental attributes; providing the digital asset in association with the manufactured nitrogen-containing chemical, wherein the environmental attributes associated with the nitrogen-containing chemical are accessible to users of the nitrogen-containing chemical via the digital asset; A method comprising:

14. 14. A digital asset generated according to the method of claim 13.

15. 16. A method of using the digital asset generated according to the method of claim 13 in manufacturing a product manufactured from the nitrogen-containing chemical associated with the digital asset, or a method of using the nitrogen-containing chemical of any one of claims 11 or 12 associated with the digital asset to manufacture a product from the nitrogen-containing chemical and derive a digital asset associated with the product from the nitrogen-containing chemical digital asset.

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