Environmental attributes of polymer composition and / or reactive components forming the polymer

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and compositions for producing compositions containing at least one polymer, with each composition associated with a digital asset, a method for providing each of the produced compositions associated with a digital asset, and the digital assets themselves. [Solution] A method in a chemical manufacturing network includes the steps of: providing a distributed identifier associated with one or more environmental attributes of a plurality of compositions produced and one or more input raw materials and / or one or more chemical processes used in the production of each of the compositions produced; associating the distributed identifier with the environmental attributes; and providing a composition passport or digital asset associated with each of the compositions produced to the distributed network, thereby making the environmental attributes associated with each of the compositions produced accessible to consumers of each composition produced via the composition passport or digital asset.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] Technical Field The present disclosure relates to a system for manufacturing a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, with a composition passport or digital asset associated with each composition. The present disclosure further relates to a method for manufacturing a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, with a composition passport or digital asset associated with each composition. The present disclosure further relates to an apparatus for generating a passport or digital asset associated with a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, a computer-implemented method for generating a composition passport or digital asset associated with a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, a computer program element for generating a composition passport or digital asset, the use of a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group in a state where a composition passport or digital asset is associated with each composition, and a product manufactured from a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, with a polymer passport or digital asset associated with each composition. The present disclosure further relates to a composition passport or digital asset comprising data related to one or more dispersion identifiers (plural) and environmental load data, an apparatus for manufacturing a product associated with the composition passport or digital asset, and a method for manufacturing a product associated with the composition passport or digital asset.

Background Art

[0002] Background Art In supply chains, the environmental impact of each participant is a major concern. Particularly in the chemical field, compositions containing at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group, such as reactive components used in polymer preparation, are used in a wide range of applications and supplied to diverse value chains. In such complex systems, achieving transparency among value chain participants is difficult. [Overview of the project] [Means for solving the problem]

[0003] Summary of the Invention In one embodiment, a system is disclosed for producing a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, with each composition associated with a composition passport or digital asset. -A chemical manufacturing network configured to produce a composition comprising at least one polymer, and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, wherein each composition is produced from one or more input materials via one or more chemical processes of the chemical manufacturing network, and one or more input materials and / or one or more chemical processes are associated with environmental attributes. -Composition passport or digital assets, • Each manufactured composition, and one or more input ingredients and / or one or more chemicals A step of providing a distributed identifier associated with one or more environmental attributes of a process(s), • By linking distributed identifiers with environmental attributes (multiple attributes are possible), the manufacturing and operation equipment configured to generate the data is determined. -Optionally, includes a chemical manufacturing network or system configured to provide each manufactured composition associated with a composition passport or digital asset.

[0004] In another embodiment, a system is disclosed for producing compositions comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group, with each composition associated with a composition passport or digital asset. -A chemical manufacturing network configured to produce a composition comprising at least one polymer, and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, wherein each composition is produced from one or more input materials via one or more chemical processes of the chemical manufacturing network, and one or more input materials and / or one or more chemical processes are associated with environmental attributes. - A manufacturing operation device configured to generate a composition passport or digital asset by providing and / or linking one or more environmental attributes associated with one or more input raw materials and / or chemical processes to a distributed identifier associated with each or more manufactured compositions.

[0005] In another embodiment, a method is disclosed for producing a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group, with each composition associated with a composition passport or digital asset, the method being -A manufacturing step in which a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group is produced from one or more input materials via one or more chemical processes of a chemical manufacturing network, and one or more input materials and / or one or more chemical processes are associated with environmental attributes. -Composition passport or digital assets, • Provide a dispersion identifier associated with each manufactured composition(s), and one or more environmental attributes associated with one or more input raw materials(s) and / or one or more chemical processes(s). The generation step involves associating a distributed identifier with one or more environmental attributes, - The process includes the step of providing each manufactured composition in association with a composition passport or digital asset.

[0006] In another embodiment, a method is disclosed for producing a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group, with each composition associated with a composition passport or digital asset, the method being -A manufacturing step in which a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group is manufactured, wherein each composition is manufactured from one or more input materials via one or more chemical processes of a chemical manufacturing network, and one or more input materials and / or one or more chemical processes are associated with environmental attributes. - A distributed identifier associated with each generated composition, and one or more input ingredients and The process includes the step of generating a composition passport or digital asset by providing and / or linking one or more environmental attributes of a chemical process(s).

[0007] In another embodiment, the present invention provides a device for generating passports or digital assets associated with a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, wherein each composition is manufactured from one or more input materials via one or more chemical processes of a chemical manufacturing network, and one or more input materials and / or one or more chemical processes are associated with environmental attributes, the device is - A decentralized identity provider configured to provide a decentralized identifier associated with each manufactured composition and with one or more input raw materials and / or one or more environmental attributes of one or more chemical processes used in the manufacture of each composition, - An assigner configured to link distributed identifiers to environmental attributes (multiple attributes are possible), - A passport provider configured to provide a composition passport or digital asset associated with each generated composition to a decentralized network, wherein the environmental attribute(s) associated with each generated composition are made accessible to consumers of each composition via the composition passport or digital asset.

[0008] In another embodiment, the present invention discloses a method for generating composition passports or digital assets associated with compositions comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group, wherein each composition is manufactured from one or more input materials through one or more chemical processes in a chemical manufacturing network, and one or more input materials and / or one or more chemical processes are associated with environmental attributes, for example, a computer-implemented method, the method being disclosed - Providing a distributed identifier associated with each generated composition and one or more input raw materials and / or one or more environmental attributes of one or more chemical processes used in the manufacture of each generated composition, - The step of associating a distributed identifier with an environmental attribute(s), - The step of providing a composition passport or digital asset associated with each manufactured composition to a decentralized network, thereby making the environmental attribute(s) associated with each manufactured composition accessible to consumers of each manufactured composition via the composition passport or digital asset.

[0009] In another embodiment, the disclosure includes computer elements such as computer-readable storage media, computer programs, or computer program products, which, if executed by a computing node or computing system, include instructions that instruct the computing node or computing system to perform steps of the computer-implemented methods disclosed herein.

[0010] In another embodiment, the disclosed herein includes computer-readable storage media, computer programs, or computer program products, which, if executed by the apparatus disclosed herein, include instructions that instruct the apparatus to perform steps configured for the apparatus disclosed herein to perform.

[0011] In another embodiment, a composition passport or digital asset manufactured according to the method disclosed herein is associated with each composition, and the composition comprises at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group. Disclosed. In another embodiment, disclosed compositions comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group, with each composition associated with a composition passport or digital asset manufactured in accordance with the system disclosed herein.

[0012] In another embodiment, a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group is disclosed, with each composition associated with a composition passport or digital asset, wherein the composition comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group composition is manufactured from one or more input materials through one or more chemical processes of a chemical manufacturing network, with one or more input materials and / or one or more chemical processes associated with environmental attributes, and the composition passport or digital asset includes a distributed identifier associated with each manufactured composition and a link to environmental attributes associated with one or more environmental attributes of one or more input materials and / or one or more chemical processes used in the manufacture of each composition.

[0013] In another embodiment, a composition passport or digital asset generated in accordance with the method disclosed herein is disclosed. In another embodiment, a composition passport or digital asset generated in accordance with the apparatus disclosed herein is disclosed.

[0014] In another embodiment, a manufacturing system is disclosed for producing products from compositions comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group, wherein each composition is associated with a composition passport or digital asset provided according to the system, apparatus or method disclosed herein. In another embodiment, a manufacturing method is disclosed for producing products from compositions comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group, wherein each composition is associated with a composition passport or digital asset provided according to the system, apparatus or method disclosed herein.

[0015] In another embodiment, the use of a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group is disclosed, wherein each composition is associated with a composition passport or digital asset disclosed herein for manufacturing products from compositions associated with a composition passport or digital asset.

[0016] In another embodiment, a use of the composition passport or digital asset disclosed herein is disclosed for generating a product passport or digital asset associated with a product manufactured from a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, wherein each composition is associated with the composition passport or digital asset. In another embodiment, a method is disclosed for using a digital asset generated according to the method disclosed herein in the manufacture of a product manufactured from a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, wherein each composition is associated with the composition passport or digital asset.

[0017] In another embodiment, each composition is associated with a digital asset which includes a distributed identifier linked to one or more input raw materials and / or one or more environmental attributes of one or more chemical processes used in the manufacture of each composition, and each composition comprises at least one polymer and / or at least one The present invention discloses a composition comprising at least one compound having a functional group.

[0018] In another aspect, there is provided the use of a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, wherein each composition is associated with a composition passport or digital asset that is used to manufacture a product from each composition and is associated with the product manufactured from each composition. In another aspect, there is provided the use of a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, wherein each composition is associated with a composition passport or digital asset from which a product passport or digital asset is derived when manufacturing a product from each composition. In another aspect, there is provided a method of using a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, wherein each composition is associated with a digital asset that is used to manufacture a product from each composition as disclosed herein and from which a digital asset associated with the product is derived from each composition passport or digital asset.

[0019] Any disclosure and embodiment described herein relates to a method, system, chemical product, composition comprising at least one polymer, composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, composition passport or digital asset, and computer elements arranged vertically, and vice versa. Advantageously, the advantages obtained in any embodiment and example are equally applicable to all other embodiments and examples.

[0020] Embodiment In the following description, embodiments of the present disclosure are outlined using embodiments and / or examples. It should be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the above embodiments and / or examples. All terms and definitions used herein are construed broadly and have a general meaning.

[0021] The methods, systems, compositions comprising at least one polymer, compositions comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, composition 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 participant nodes in a value chain. In particular, by providing composition-specific data via composition passports or digital assets, the environmental impact associated with each composition can be shared, providing transparency from each composition to the products manufactured with that composition. Since data access can be controlled by the entity providing each composition(s), composition passports or digital assets enable secure data exchange. The data assets being exchanged are specific to the composition(s) manufactured to meet the needs of composition consumers. In this way, securely providing environmental impact data in a diverse and highly complex value chain improves the tracking and traceability of manufactured compositions. Because the environmental impact of compositions comprising at least one polymer and / or therefore compositions comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group can be tracked, value chain participants can handle such compositions more easily, efficiently, and sustainably.

[0022] In one embodiment, the polymer may be a compound comprising at least two monomer units. Monomer units may be considered as subunits of the polymer. The polymer may be prepared from monomers by a generally known polymerization reaction. The polymer may be prepared from a single type of monomer or from different monomers. Monomer units may be randomly distributed or exist as blocks within the polymer. The polymer may be a linear polymer. The polymer may be a branched polymer. The polymer may be a crosslinked polymer.

[0023] In one embodiment, the composition comprising at least one polymer (hereinafter referred to as the polymer composition) and associated with the composition passport or digital asset may be selected from compositions comprising at least one polymer selected from thermosetting, thermoplastic, elastomer, thermoplastic elastomer, and further from copolymers and mixtures thereof.

[0024] Suitable polymer compositions include polyamide (PA), polyurethane (PU), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyvinyl acetate (PVA), polystyrene (PS), polyacrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polystyrene acrylonitrile (SAN), polyacrylate styrene acrylonitrile (ASA), polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon®), thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), polymethyl methacrylate (PMA), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), polybutadiene (BR, PBD), poly(cis-1,4-isoprene), and poly(trans-1,4-isoprene). The composition may be selected from at least one polymer selected from polyoxymethylene (POM), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polybutylene adipate copolymer terephthalate (PBAT), polyester (PES), polyethersulfone (PESU), polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (P3HB), poly-4-hydroxybutyrate (P4HB), polyhydroxyvalerate (PHV), polyhydroxyhexanoate (PHH), polyhydroxyoctanoate (PHO), polylactic acid (PLA), polysulfone (PSU), and polyphenylene sulfone (PPSU), as well as copolymers and mixtures thereof.

[0025] Particularly preferred polymer compositions are PA4, PA5, PA6, PA7, PA8, PA9, PA10, PA11, PA12, PA46, PA66, PA666, PA69, PA610, PA612, PA96, PA99, PA910, PA912, PA1212, PA6.T, PA9.T, PA8.T, PA10.T, PA12.T, PA6.1, PA8.1, PA9.I, PA10.1, PA12.1, PA6.T / 6, PA6.T / 10, PA6.T / 12, PA6.T / 6.I, PA6.T / 8.T, PA6.T / 9.T, PA6.T / 10T, PA6.T / 12.T, PA12.T / 6.T, PA6.T / 6.I / 6, PA6.T / 6.I / 12, PA6.T / 6.1 / 6.10, PA6.T / 6.1 / 6.12, PA6.T / 6.6, PA6.T / 6.10, PA6.T / 6.12, PA10.T / 6, PA10.T / 11, PA10.T / 12, PA8.T / 6.T, PA8.T / 66, PA8.T / 8.I, PA8.T / 8.6, PA8.T / 6.I, PA10.T / 6.T, PA10.T / 6.6, PA10.T / 10.I, PA10T / 10.I / 6.T, PA10.T / 6.I, PA4.T / 4.I / 46, PA4.T / 4.I / 6.6, PA5.T / 5.I, PA5.T / 5.I / 5.6, PA5.T / 5.I / 6.6, PA6.T / 6.I / 6.6, PAMXDA.6, PA.IPDA.I, PAIPDA.T, PAMACM.I, PAMACM.T, PAPACM.I, PAPACM.T, PAMXDA.I, PAMXDA.T, PA6.T / IPDA.T, PA6.T / MACM.T, PA6.T / PACM.T, PA6.T / MXDA.T, PA6.T / 6.1 / 8.T / 8.1, PA6.T / 6.I / 10.T / 10.I, PA6.T / 6.I / IPDA.T / IPDA.I, PA6.T / 6.I / MXDA.T / MXDA.I, PA6.T / 6.I / MACM.T / MACM.I, PA6.T / 6.I / PACM.T / PACM.I, PA6.T / 10.T / IPDA.T, PA6.T / 12.T / IPDA.T, PA6.T / 10.T / PACM.T, PA6.T / 12.T / PACM.T, PA10.T / IPDA.T, PA12.T / IPDA.The composition may be selected from at least one polymer selected from T, and copolymers and mixtures thereof, preferably PA6 and PA66, and copolymers and mixtures thereof.

[0026] A suitable polymer composition may be a composition containing at least one polyurethane obtained by reacting composition A and composition B.

[0027] Composition A may contain a compound comprising at least two, preferably two or three, isocyanate groups. Preferably, Composition A may contain a compound selected from aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, and aromatic compounds comprising at least two, preferably two or three isocyanate groups, and more preferably, the compound may be selected from 2,2'-,2,4'-, and 4,4'-methylene diisocyanates (MDI) and their homologues, isophorone diisocyanates (IPDI), 2,4-, and 2,6-toluene diisocyanates (TDI), tetramethylene diisocyanates, hexamethylene diisocyanates (HDI), naphthylene diisocyanates (NDI) and their oligomers and mixtures.

[0028] Composition B may contain a compound comprising at least two alcohol groups. Preferably, compound B may be selected from aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, and aromatic compounds comprising at least two alcohol groups. Particularly preferably, composition B may contain a compound selected from polyols, polyether polyols, polyester polyols, and mixtures thereof. Most preferably, composition B may contain a compound having a molecular weight of 400 g / mol to 15,000 g / mol, and the compound may be selected from polyols, polyether polyols, polyester polyols, and mixtures thereof.

[0029] Composition B may contain a compound comprising at least two functional groups that react with an isocyanate group, preferably at least two functional groups selected from alcohols, amines, and mixtures thereof.

[0030] Composition B may contain ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, tetraethylene glycol, propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, tripropylene glycol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,3-butanediol, 1,4-butanediol, neopentyl glycol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, hydroquinone bis(2-hydroxyethyl) ether, ethanolamine, diethanolamine, methyldiethanolamine, phenyldiethanolamine, glycerol, trimethylolpropane, 1,2,6-hexanetriol, triethanolamine, pentaerythritol, N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-hydroxypropyl)ethylenediamine, diethyltoluenediamine, dimethylthiotoluenediamine, and optionally epoxide compounds, preferably mixtures thereof copolymerized with ethylene oxide and / or propylene oxide.

[0031] In one embodiment, a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group (hereinafter referred to as a functional compound composition) and associated with a composition passport or digital asset may be selected from compositions comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group selected from alcohols, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, thiocyanates, isocyanates, nitriles, thiols, halides, preferably F, Cl, Br, I, amines, ketones, ethers, esters, amides, urethanes, and mixtures thereof.

[0032] The functional compound composition may contain at least one compound comprising at least two alcohol groups, for example, an aliphatic compound, a cycloaliphatic compound, and an aromatic compound comprising at least two alcohol groups. Preferably, the compound may be selected from polyols, polyether polyols, polyester polyols, and mixtures thereof. Particularly preferably, the compound has a molecular weight of 400 g / mol to 15,000 g / mol and is selected from polyols, polyether polyols, polyester polyols, and mixtures thereof. stomach.

[0033] The functional group compound composition may include at least one compound containing at least two functional groups that react with an isocyanate group, for example, at least two functional groups selected from amines, and a mixture thereof.

[0034] The functional group compound composition may include at least one compound containing at least two, preferably two or three, isocyanate groups, for example, compounds containing aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, and aromatic compounds containing at least two, preferably two or three isocyanate groups. Preferably, the compounds may be selected from 2,2'-, 2,4'-, and 4,4'-methylenediphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) and its homologues, isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI), 2,4-, and 2,6-toluene diisocyanate (TDI), tetramethylene diisocyanate, hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI), naphthylene diisocyanate (NDI), and oligomers and mixtures thereof.

[0035] The functional compound composition may contain lactams, preferably β-lactam, γ-lactam, δ-lactam, and ε-lactam, and mixtures thereof, and more preferably at least one compound selected from β-propiolactam, γ-butyrolactam, δ-valerolactam, ε-caprolactam, and mixtures thereof.

[0036] In one embodiment, a composition comprising at least one polymer may further comprise at least one additive.

[0037] In one embodiment, a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group may further comprise at least one additive.

[0038] At least one additive may be selected from glass fibers, flame retardants, catalysts, blowing agents, colorants, and mixtures thereof.

[0039] A chemical manufacturing network may include one or more chemical and / or mechanical processes. A chemical manufacturing network may produce one or more output substances through chemical and / or mechanical processes. A chemical manufacturing network may include multiple types of manufacturing processes that produce one or more output substances from one or more input materials. A chemical manufacturing network may produce one or more output substances from input materials supplied to the chemical manufacturing network. A chemical manufacturing network may include a complex manufacturing network that produces multiple chemical products through multiple manufacturing processes. A chemical manufacturing network may include multiple bonding, interbonding, and / or non-bonding manufacturing processes. A chemical manufacturing network may include a complex network or a Verbund network.

[0040] A chemical manufacturing network may include identity-preserving or separation manufacturing processes. In this context, identity-preserving or separation may refer to the preservation or separation of environmental attributes of input materials in the manufacturing process. Examples include non-fossil input materials, such as renewable or recycled materials, used in the manufacture of one or more compositions that do not contain fossil components. Further examples include fossil input materials used in the manufacture of one or more compositions that contain fossil components. A chemical manufacturing network may include non-identity-preserving or non-separation manufacturing processes. In this context, non-identity-preserving or non-separation may refer to mixing non-fossil input materials with fossil input materials to manufacture a composition. For example, mixing fossil and renewable materials to manufacture a composition containing fossil and renewable materials. You may manufacture (OK).

[0041] A chemical manufacturing network may include one or more manufacturing processes having multiple manufacturing steps. The manufacturing steps included in a chemical manufacturing network can be defined by the physical system boundary of the chemical manufacturing network. The system boundary can be defined by the location and / or control of the manufacturing process or steps. The system boundary can be defined by the locations of the chemical manufacturing network. The system boundary can be defined by a manufacturing process or step (multiple) controlled jointly by one or more entities. The system boundary can be defined by a value chain having manufacturing processes (multiple) or steps (multiple) with time differences leading to the final chemical product, jointly or separately controlled by multiple entities. A chemical manufacturing network may include waste recovery, sorting, recycling processes such as pyrolysis, cracking processes such as steam cracking, separation processes for separating intermediates from a single process, and further process steps for converting such intermediates into output substances (multiple), particularly compositions (multiple) exiting the system boundary of the chemical manufacturing network. Input raw materials (multiple) may be introduced into the physical system boundary of the chemical manufacturing network. The input(s) of a chemical manufacturing network may be marked by the input(s) of raw materials(s) to the system boundary of the chemical manufacturing network or chemical substance network. The output(s), in particular the manufactured compositions(s), may be discharged from the physical system boundary of the chemical manufacturing network. The output(s) of a chemical manufacturing network may be marked by the discharge(s), in particular the manufactured compositions(s), from the chemical manufacturing network or the system boundary of the chemical manufacturing network.

[0042] A chemical manufacturing network may include one or more manufacturing chains for producing compositions(multiple), such as compositions(multiple) containing at least one polymer and / or compositions(multiple) containing at least one compound having at least one functional group. The manufacturing chains(multiple) for producing the compositions(multiple) may be connected to one another. The manufacturing chains(multiple) for producing the compositions(multiple) may be connected to one another with manufacturing chains(multiple) for producing other products(multiple). The manufacturing chains(multiple) for producing the compositions(multiple) may include manufacturing chains(multiple) for producing intermediates used in the production of the compositions(multiple). The manufacturing chains(multiple) for producing the compositions(multiple) may use input materials(multiple) supplied by the chemical network(multiple) to produce intermediates usable in the production of the compositions(multiple).

[0043] One or more input raw materials may be supplied to a chemical manufacturing network to produce one or more output products, in particular compositions containing at least one polymer and / or compositions containing at least one compound having at least one functional group. The output products, in particular compositions, may be produced from one or more input raw materials via one or more chemical processes in the chemical manufacturing network. The input raw materials may include any input raw materials that are introduced into the chemical manufacturing network from any input port. The input raw materials may include natural, organic, or inorganic input raw materials. The input raw materials may be precursor products, intermediates, feedstocks, or raw materials used in the production of one or more output products, in particular compositions. The input raw materials may be supplied to a chemical manufacturing network to produce one or more output products, in particular one or more compositions. The input raw materials may be supplied to a chemical manufacturing network comprising one or more manufacturing processes having multiple process steps. The input raw materials may be supplied to the chemical manufacturing network at the start of a manufacturing process or at any intermediate step of the manufacturing process. The input raw materials supplied to the chemical manufacturing network may be used to produce one or more output substances, in particular one or more of the aforementioned compositions.

[0044] An input material identifier may be associated with an input material. The input material identifier may include any identifier uniquely associated with the input material. The input material identifier may be associated with the physical entity of the input material. The input material identifier may be associated with a single batch of input material. The input material identifier may be associated with a group of input material. The input material identifier may be associated with multiple physical entities of the input material. The input material identifier may be associated with a continuous or semi-continuous stream of input material. The input material identifier may be associated, for example, with a stream of input material over a specific period or from a specific supplier. The input material identifier may be linked to or associated with one or more environmental attributes.

[0045] Environmental attributes may refer to characteristics related to environmental impact. Such characteristics may be those of input raw materials, chemical processes, chemical manufacturing networks, compositions containing at least one polymer, and / or compositions containing at least one compound having a functional reactive group. Environmental attributes may indicate the environmental performance of input raw materials, chemical processes, chemical manufacturing networks, compositions containing at least one polymer, and / or compositions containing at least one compound having a functional reactive group. Environmental attributes can be derived from the characteristics of input raw materials, chemical processes, chemical manufacturing networks, compositions containing at least one polymer, and / or compositions containing at least one compound having a functional reactive group. Environmental attributes may be associated with the environmental impact of a composition(s) containing at least one polymer and / or a composition(s) containing at least one compound having a functional reactive group at any stage of the lifecycle of input raw materials(s), chemical processes(s), chemical manufacturing networks(s), input raw materials(s), and compositions(s). These stages may include supplying raw materials, supplying feedstocks, manufacturing chemical products such as intermediate or final products, manufacturing individual products using chemical products, using chemical products or individual products, processing used products, recycling used products, disposing of used products, reusing components from used products, or any subset of the stages. Environmental attributes may be specified or derived from any activity of one or more entities participating at any stage of the lifecycle of one or more raw materials(s) or products(s).

[0046] Environmental attributes may include one or more features that can be linked to the environmental impact of input raw materials, chemical processes, chemical manufacturing networks, compositions containing at least one polymer, and / or compositions containing at least one compound having a functional reactive group. Environmental attributes may also include environmental, technological, recyclability, or circularity features associated with the environmental impact of input raw materials, chemical processes, chemical manufacturing networks, compositions containing at least one polymer, and / or compositions containing at least one compound having a functional reactive group.

[0047] Environmental attributes may include one or more features that can be linked to the environmental impact of input raw materials, chemical processes, chemical manufacturing networks, compositions containing at least one polymer, and / or compositions containing at least one compound having a functional reactive group. Environmental attributes may include environmental, technological, recyclability, or circularity features that are associated with the environmental impact of input raw materials, chemical processes, chemical manufacturing networks, compositions containing at least one polymer, and / or compositions containing at least one compound having a functional reactive group. One or more environmental attributes can be linked to the environmental impact of compositions containing at least one polymer and / or compositions containing at least one compound having a functional reactive group. One or more environmental attributes may include at least The following may relate to the environmental, technological, recyclability, circularity, and / or complementary risk characteristics of a composition(s) containing one polymer and / or a composition(s) containing at least one compound having a functional reactive group.

[0048] Environmental characteristics(s) can specify or quantify ecological criteria associated with environmental impact. Environmental characteristics(s) may be measurements taken during the life cycle or derived from such measurements. Environmental characteristics may be determined at any stage of the life cycle and can characterize the environmental impact at or up to that stage. Examples of environmental characteristics(s) include carbon footprint, greenhouse gas emissions, resource use, atmospheric emissions, ozone depletion potential, water pollution, noise pollution, energy consumption, waste reduction, or eutrophication potential. Environmental characteristics(s) may also include product characteristics associated with the manufacture of a product, such as being of biological origin, plant origin, animal origin, halogen-free, fluorine-free, vegan, halal, kosher, palm oil-free, natural, hazardous substance-free, volatile organic compound-free, or any combination thereof.

[0049] Technical features(s) can specify or quantify performance that is at least indirectly related to environmental impact. Technical features(s) may be measurements obtained during the lifecycle or derived from measurements. Technical features(s) may be determined at any stage of the lifecycle and can characterize the performance at or up to that stage. Technical features(s) may include, for example, chemical composition data, such as raw material composition including bio-based or recycled input material content specifying x% non-fossil and y% fossil, bill of materials, product specification data such as product purity, product form (as an indicator of its own impact on dust formation / emission), safety data, product extractability, migration data, toxicity data or ecotoxicity data, product component data, safety data, application characteristics data, application instructions, quality data, or any combination thereof.

[0050] Circularity features(or multiple features) can specify or quantify lifecycle features associated with cyclic use. Circularity features(or multiple features) may be measurements taken during the lifecycle, or derived from measurements. Circularity features(or multiple features) may be circular data recorded in one or more preceding lifecycles(or multiple features) including reuse, or derived from circular data. Circularity features(or multiple features) may be determined at any stage of the lifecycle and can characterize the reuse or recycling performance at or up to that stage. Circularity features(or multiple features) may include, for example, recycling data, reuse rate, recycling rate, recycling loop, reuse performance, reuse quality, or any combination thereof.

[0051] Recyclability features(s) can specify or quantify lifecycle features associated with recyclable use. Recyclability features(s) may include raw material compositions containing components specifically adjusted to make the raw materials suitable for recycling. Recyclability features(s) may be measurements taken during the lifecycle or derived from measurements. Recyclability features(s) may be recycling data recorded in one or more preceding lifecycles or derived from recycling data. Recyclability features may be determined at any stage of the lifecycle and can characterize the recycling performance at or up to that stage. Recyclability features(s) may include, for example, recycling data, reuse count, recycled product composition, recycled product quality, waste stream composition, waste stream quality, or any combination thereof.

[0052] In one embodiment, a composition(s) comprising at least one polymer(s) associated with and / or having a functional reactive group, comprising at least one compound(s). The composition passport or digital asset associated with the composition may include a mass-balanced environmental attribute related to the input materials. The mass-balanced environmental attribute may include the environmental attributes of the input materials used in the manufacture of the composition(s), and these attributes are tracked and can be linked to each composition(s) by mass. The environmental impact of the input materials may be determined based on the input materials used in the chemical processes(s) that manufacture each composition(s). For example, the bio-based, renewable, and / or recycled content of the input materials(s) used in the manufacture of each composition(s) can be tracked. Furthermore, for example, the characteristics of the chemical processes(s) used in the manufacture of each composition(s) can be tracked. Examples of trackable process characteristics related to environmental impact include water consumption, CO2 emissions and / or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, waste generation, mixed material generation, recycling design, energy consumption, waste reduction, or reduction of characteristic loss. These characteristics can be tracked based on certificates from certification authorities. These characteristics can be tracked based on the unique physical properties derived from the measurements.

[0053] In one embodiment, a manufactured composition comprising at least one polymer and / or a manufactured composition (may include multiple compounds) comprising at least one compound having a functional reactive group is associated with a distributed identifier that physically identifies each manufactured composition. The manufacturing operation device may be configured to provide a distributed identifier associated with the physical entity of each manufactured composition. The manufacturing operation device may be configured to associate the distributed identifier with the physical identifier of each manufactured composition. The manufacturing operation device may be configured to assign the distributed identifier to the physical identifier physically connected to each manufactured composition. This allows for the association of distributed identifiers associated with environmental attributes (may include multiple) with the physical entity of each composition, ensuring that digital assets including environmental attributes are reliably associated with the physical entity of each composition.

[0054] In one embodiment, the dispersion identifier relates to data associated with at least one product produced from each composition(s) (i.e., compositions comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having a functional reactive group), and one or more environmental attributes associated with at least one product are derived from one or more environmental attributes associated with each composition(s). One or more environmental attributes associated with each composition(s) may be associated with one or more input materials(s) and / or chemical processes(s) used in the production of each composition(s). The dispersion identifier may relate to any identifier uniquely associated with each composition(s). The dispersion identifier may be associated with a physical entity of each composition(s). The dispersion identifier may refer to a single batch of each composition. The dispersion identifier may be associated with a group of compositions. The identifier may refer to multiple physical entities of each composition. A distributed identifier may be associated with a continuous or semi-continuous stream of manufactured compositions. The identifier may, for example, point to a stream of each composition over a specific period of time or from a specific supplier.

[0055] In one embodiment, one or more environmental attributes associated with each composition(s) (i.e., compositions comprising at least one polymer and / or compositions comprising at least one compound having a functional reactive group) are provided from at least one balance account configured to store environmental attributes(s) associated with input materials(s). The balance account may relate to a storage structure associated with metadata such as environmental attribute types. For example, the balance account may relate to metadata indicating that the environmental attribute type is recycled content or of biological origin. A bound allocator may be configured to assign one or more environmental attributes associated with an input raw material(s) to at least one balance account, for example, when the raw material is input into a chemical manufacturing network. Balance accounts may be associated with each type of environmental attribute. An outbound assigner may be configured to assign at least one environmental attribute from at least one balance account associated with each environmental attribute to a distributed identifier. One or more environmental attributes(s) may be assigned to at least one distributed identifier. The assignment may include the deassignment of one or more environmental attributes(s) from the balance account associated with each type of environmental attribute. By using balance accounts, the environmental attributes of input raw materials can be reliably tracked and assigned to each composition.

[0056] In one embodiment, one or more environmental attributes associated with each composition (i.e., a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having a functional reactive group) are provided from at least one balance account configured to store environmental attributes associated with input raw materials. An inbound allocator may be configured to assign one or more environmental attributes to at least one balance account associated with each environmental attribute, for example, when input raw materials are fed into a chemical manufacturing network. Balance accounts may be associated with each environmental attribute type. One or more environmental attributes associated with input raw materials may be assigned to balance accounts associated with each environmental attribute type. An outbound assigner may be configured to assign or associate at least one environmental attribute from at least one balance account associated with each environmental attribute type with a distributed identifier. This may include deassigning one or more environmental attributes from balance accounts associated with each environmental attribute type. By using balance accounts, environmental attributes can be tracked throughout the chemical manufacturing network. In this way, environmental attributes can be decoupled from the raw material flow. The linking of environmental attributes may be performed based on the mass balance of the chemical manufacturing network. In this approach, the balance of the total mass of input raw materials and each composition(s) and the linking of each environmental attribute(s) associated with the input raw materials and each composition(s) is balanced.

[0057] In one embodiment, one or more environmental attributes are associated with at least one characteristic relating to the environmental impact of one or more input raw materials and / or chemical processes. One or more environmental attributes can specify the environmental characteristics of the input raw materials used in the manufacture of each composition, and / or one or more environmental attributes can specify the environmental characteristics of the chemical processes used in the manufacture of each composition. One or more environmental attributes may be generated from the environmental characteristics of the input raw materials used in the manufacture of each composition, process data associated with the chemical processes of the input raw materials, and / or energy data associated with the energy consumption of the chemical processes. One or more environmental attributes may include recycled content associated with input materials (multiple) that is associated with and assigned to or assignable to each composition (multiple), renewable content associated with input materials (multiple) that is assigned to or assignable to each composition (multiple), and / or product carbon footprint associated with each composition (multiple).

[0058] In one embodiment, the manufacturing operation apparatus is configured to collect environmental attributes associated with each composition(s) manufactured (i.e., compositions comprising at least one polymer and / or compositions comprising at least one compound having a functional reactive group) before, during, and / or after the manufacturing of each composition(s) by the chemical manufacturing network. Environmental attributes associated with the manufactured composition(s) may relate to the input raw materials(s). Environmental attributes associated with the input raw materials may be supplied by the chemical manufacturing network before, during, and / or after the manufacture of each composition(s). Environmental attributes associated with the input raw materials may be assigned to at least one balance account before, during, and / or after the manufacture of the composition(s) by the chemical manufacturing network. Environmental attributes associated with the manufactured composition(s) may relate to environmental characteristics generated from process data associated with the chemical processes of the input raw materials(s) and / or energy data associated with the energy consumption of the chemical processes. Environmental attributes associated with the manufactured composition(s) may be generated by the chemical manufacturing network before, during, and / or after the manufacture of the composition(s). Process data associated with the chemical processes of the input raw materials(s) and / or energy data associated with the energy consumption of the chemical processes may be collected before, during, and / or after the manufacture of the composition(s).

[0059] In one embodiment, a composition passport or digital asset may include a distributed identifier associated with each manufactured composition (i.e., a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or a composition(s) comprising at least one compound having a functional reactive group) and one or more environmental attributes(s) linked to the distributed identifier. One or more environmental attributes(s) may be linked to a distributed identifier included in the composition passport or digital asset. One or more environmental attributes(s) may be stored in a database associated with the manufacturer(s) of each composition(s) or in the manufacturer's database so that any consumer of the manufactured composition(s) can access them. One or more environmental attributes(s) may be stored in a database associated with the manufacturer(s) of each composition(s) or in the manufacturer's database so that they can be transferred to the consumer of the manufactured composition(s), for example, when the consumer accesses them or when each composition is supplied. The distributed identifier may include any unique identifier uniquely associated with the manufacturer(s) of each composition(s), and composition data such as environmental attributes. A distributed identifier may include a universally unique identifier (UUID) or a digital identifier (DID). A distributed identifier may be issued by a central or distributed identifier issuer. A distributed identifier may be associated with authentication and / or authorization information. Access to composition data may be controlled by the manufacturer of each composition(s) through a unique association between the distributed identifier and composition data such as the manufacturer and environmental attributes(s) of each composition(s). This is in contrast to a central authority scheme where identifiers are provided by a central authority and access to data is controlled by the central authority. In this context, "distributed" refers to the use of identifiers in an implementation where access is controlled by the data owner, such as the manufacturer of each composition(s).

[0060] A distributed identifier may be uniquely associated with each composition(s) (i.e., compositions comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having a functional reactive group) or with the physical entity of each composition(s), e.g., with the packaging for transport of each composition(s) to the consumer. A distributed identifier may be unique for one or more environmental attributes(s). A composition passport or digital asset may include one or more digital representations(s) that point to composition data or a portion of composition data containing environmental attributes(s). A digital representation may include at least one interface to a data provision service. Furthermore, it may include at least one interface to a data consumption service. A digital representation may include a data exchange or sharing endpoint (resource endpoint) or a service interaction endpoint (service endpoint) that is uniquely identified via a communication protocol. A digital representation(s) that point to composition data or a portion thereof may be uniquely associated with a distributed identifier.

[0061] A composition passport or digital asset may include or be linked to a digital representation of composition data, such as environmental attributes. The digital representation may include a representation for accessing composition data, such as environmental attributes or a part thereof. The digital representation may include a representation of composition data, such as environmental attributes. A composition passport or digital asset may include or be linked to data related to composition data, such as environmental attributes, authentication information, and distributed identifiers. Data related to composition data, such as environmental attributes, may include a digital representation of composition data, such as environmental attributes.

[0062] Brief explanation of the drawing The present disclosure will be further described below with reference to the attached drawings. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0063] [Figure 1]An example of a chemical manufacturing network that produces one or more output substances from one or more input raw materials is schematically shown, along with a manufacturing operation system that includes an attribute management system. [Figure 2] This diagram schematically illustrates an example of linking the environmental attributes of input raw materials in a chemical manufacturing network to the resulting products. [Figure 3] This diagram schematically illustrates an example of linking the environmental attributes of input raw materials and chemical processes in a chemical manufacturing network to the resulting products. [Figure 4] Another example of a method or apparatus for providing environmental attributes associated with produced materials to raw material users, who are data consumers, via a distributed network is schematically shown. [Figure 5] A schematic example of a method or apparatus for providing environmental attributes of output materials across the entire value chain via a decentralized network is shown. [Figure 6A] A schematic example of a chemical manufacturing network for producing compositions comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group, which are associated with digital assets, is shown. [Figure 6B] A schematic example of a chemical manufacturing network for producing compositions comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group, which are associated with digital assets, is shown. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0064] Figure 1 shows an example of a chemical manufacturing network 104 that produces one or more output substances, particularly compositions containing at least one polymer (multiple polymers are possible) (e.g., polymer compositions) and / or compositions containing at least one compound having at least one functional group (e.g., functional compound compositions) 106 from one or more input raw materials (multiple raw materials are possible) 102, along with an operational system 108 including an attribute management system.

[0065] Different input raw materials 102 may be supplied to the chemical manufacturing network 104 as physical inputs to produce one or more output substances, particularly polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 106. One or more environmentally relevant properties may be associated with the physical input raw materials 102 and the output substances, particularly polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 106. The environmentally relevant properties may be digitized in the form of environmental attributes such as recycled materials or bio-derived contents of the input raw materials. The operating system 108 may be configured to incorporate such environmental attributes and track them throughout the entire chemical manufacturing network 104, from the input raw materials 102 to the output substances, particularly polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 104.

[0066] The chemical manufacturing network 104 includes multiple interconnected process steps. Good. The chemical manufacturing network 104 may be an integrated chemical manufacturing network 104 having interrelated manufacturing chains. The chemical manufacturing network 104 may include multiple different manufacturing chains that share at least one intermediate product. The chemical manufacturing network 104 may include multiple stages of the chemical value chain. The chemical manufacturing network 104 may include the production, refining, processing and / or desulfurization of gas or crude oil. The chemical manufacturing network 104 may include a synthesis gas plant connected to multiple manufacturing chains that produce product 106 from a stream cracker or the spillover of such a plant. The chemical manufacturing network 104 may include multiple manufacturing chains that produce one or more output substances, in particular polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 106 from one or more input materials 102 Manufacturing sites may be located at the same site or at different sites. In the latter case, the manufacturing sites may be connected to each other by dedicated transportation systems such as pipelines, supply chain vehicles such as trucks, supply chain vessels, or other means of freight transport.

[0067] The chemical manufacturing network 104 can chemically convert input raw materials 102 into one or more output substances, particularly polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 104. The chemical manufacturing network 104 can convert input raw materials 102 into one or more output substances, particularly polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 106, through chemical conversion.

[0068] The input raw materials 102 may be supplied to the chemical manufacturing network 104 at any input port. The input raw materials 102 may be supplied to the chemical manufacturing network 104 at the starting end of the chemical manufacturing network 104. The input raw materials 102 may, for example, constitute the feedstock for a steam cracker and / or a synthesis gas plant. The input raw materials 102 may include non-fossil input raw materials such as bio-derived or recycled raw materials, and / or fossil input raw materials for producing chemical intermediates and chemical products, in particular polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 106.

[0069] The chemical manufacturing network 104 may include multiple manufacturing processes. The manufacturing processes included in the chemical manufacturing network 104 can be defined by the system boundary of the chemical manufacturing network 104. The system boundary can be defined by location or control over the manufacturing process. The system boundary can be defined by the locations of the chemical manufacturing network 104. The system boundary can be defined by a manufacturing process jointly controlled by one entity or multiple entities. The system boundary can be defined by a value chain having time-delayed manufacturing processes to the final product and which can be individually controlled by multiple entities. The chemical manufacturing network 104 may include waste recovery and sorting processes, recycling processes such as pyrolysis, cracking processes such as steam cracking, separation processes for separating intermediates of one process, and further process processes for converting such intermediates into output substances, in particular polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 106 produced from the system boundary of the chemical manufacturing network 104.

[0070] The operating system 108 of the chemical manufacturing network 104 may be configured to monitor and / or control the chemical manufacturing network 104 based on different process operating parameters. One process step to be monitored and / or controlled may be the supply of input raw materials 102 or the supply of output substances, in particular polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 106. Another process step to be monitored and / or controlled may be the registration of environmental attributes associated with input raw materials 102 introduced into the system boundary of the chemical manufacturing network 104. Yet another process step to be monitored and / or controlled may be the registration of environmental attributes associated with the chemical manufacturing network This may involve associating environmental attributes with the product(s) produced via the twerk 104, particularly polymer compositions(s) and / or functional compound compositions(s) 106. Another process step that is monitored and / or controlled may involve managing environmental attributes associated with the input raw materials 102 and the product(s), particularly polymer compositions(s) and / or functional compound compositions(s) 106 of the chemical manufacturing network 104.

[0071] The operating system 108 may be configured to register inbound environmental attributes and assign outbound environmental attributes. The operating system 108 may be configured to access data related to input materials 102, processes and / or output materials (multiple), in particular polymer compositions (multiple) and / or functional compound compositions (multiple) 106 used in the chemical manufacturing network 104. For example, the operating system 108 may be configured to register recycled materials or bio-derived contents of one or more input materials (multiple) 102 used in the chemical manufacturing network 104 as environmental attributes. The operating system 108 may be configured to assign environmental attributes to at least one balance account associated with recycled materials or bio-derived contents of input materials 102. The operating system 108 may be configured to assign at least a portion of the environmental attributes from at least one balance account to at least one output material (multiple), in particular polymer compositions (multiple) and / or functional compound compositions (multiple) 106.

[0072] The operating system 108 may be configured to handle environmental attributes related to the input raw materials 102 and the output substances (multiple), particularly polymer compositions (multiple) and / or functional compound compositions (multiple) 106 of the chemical manufacturing network 104. For example, the operating system 108 may be configured to determine environmental attributes associated with the use of input raw materials 102 that affect the environmental characteristics (multiple), and the output substances (multiple), particularly polymer compositions (multiple) and / or functional compound compositions (multiple) 106 produced by the chemical manufacturing network 104. Furthermore, the operating system 108 may be configured to determine environmental attributes associated with the output substances (multiple), particularly polymer compositions (multiple) and / or functional compound compositions (multiple) 106. Thus, the operating system 108 may be configured to store environmental attributes in a balance account or to retrieve environmental attributes from a balance account. Environmental attributes can therefore be considered credits accumulated in or drawn from accounts relating to the inputs and outputs of the chemical manufacturing network 104, particularly polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions. This allows for the tracking and / or retrospective examination of the environmental impact of manufacturing.

[0073] Multiple value chains may be linked within the chemical manufacturing network 104. Furthermore, different input materials 102 or chemical processes may be used that affect the environmental properties of the product(s) produced by the chemical manufacturing network 104, particularly polymer compositions(s) and / or functional compound compositions(s) 106. Examples of input materials 102 that affect at least one environmental characteristic(s) of the product(s), particularly polymer compositions(s) and / or functional compound compositions(s) 106 produced from such input materials 102 include recycled, renewable, or bio-based input materials 106. Examples of chemical processes that affect environmental characteristics(s) include chemical processes employing environmentally friendly technologies such as carbon capture, carbon utilization, or heat pumps.

[0074] The handling of chemicals in continuous or semi-continuous manufacturing and the complexity of the chemical manufacturing network 104 may hinder the traceability of input materials throughout the network. In such scenarios, equivalent environmental attributes indicating the impact on the environmental properties of the product(s) produced by the chemical manufacturing network 104, particularly polymer compositions(s) and / or functional compound compositions(s) 106, are assigned to the balance account. The environmental attributes may be assigned to one or more products of the chemical manufacturing network 104, particularly polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 106. Thus, the environmental attributes can be decoupled from the physical raw material flow within the chemical manufacturing network 104. The separation may be based on a mass balance model, in that the equivalents assigned to one or more products, particularly polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions, do not exceed the equivalents provided by the input raw materials or process. If an equivalent amount is assigned to a virtual account of a certain type of environmental attribute, it will not be assigned to another virtual account of the same type of environmental attribute a second time. The types of environmental attributes may be recycled, bio-based, renewable, etc. The environmental attributes may be provided in the form of digital assets or composition passports attached to the physical entities of the polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions.

[0075] Figure 2 schematically shows an example of linking environmental attributes associated with input raw materials 102 to the output substances (multiple) of the chemical manufacturing network 104, particularly polymer compositions (multiple) and / or functional compound compositions (multiple) 106.

[0076] As shown in Figure 1, the operation of chemical manufacturing networks 104 and 102 may be monitored and / or controlled by a manufacturing operation system 106. The manufacturing operation system 106 may be configured to track environmental attributes from the input raw materials 102 supplied to the chemical manufacturing network 104 to the output substances (multiple), particularly polymer compositions (multiple) and / or functional compound compositions (multiple) 106 produced by the chemical manufacturing network 104. To perform this tracking, the operation system 108 may be configured to register environmental attributes associated with the input raw materials 102 supplied to the chemical manufacturing network 104 and to link these environmental attributes to the output substances (multiple), particularly polymer compositions (multiple) and / or functional compound compositions (multiple) 106 produced by the chemical manufacturing network 104.

[0077] Input materials 102, such as pyrolysis oil, bionaphtha, or biogas, may be supplied to the chemical manufacturing network 104. Input materials 102 may be introduced into the chemical manufacturing network 104 from an inlet such as a steam cracker or a synthesis gas plant. Input materials 102 may be used in the chemical manufacturing network 104 to produce one or more output substances, particularly polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 106. The output substances, particularly polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 106, may be supplied at the outlet of the chemical manufacturing network 104. Further output substances may be MDI, TDI, PA6, EPS, PC, polyols, caprolactam, adipic acid, HMD, or polyamides.

[0078] When input raw materials 102 are introduced, input raw material data 206 may be provided to the computing interface of the operating system 108 via a communication network. A data provider such as a QR code® reader may be configured to provide raw material data 206 related to one or more input raw materials 102, and each environmental attribute included in the raw material data 206, to a computing interface configured to assign environmental attributes associated with the input raw materials 102. The raw material data 206 may include an input raw material identifier and environmental attributes associated with the input raw material 102. The input raw material identifier may be associated with the physical entity of the input raw material 102 introduced into the chemical manufacturing network 104. The raw material data may be provided at the time of supply of one or more input raw materials at the input port of the chemical manufacturing network 104, or after supply.

[0079] The input material identifier may be linked to the environmental attributes (multiple) associated with each input material (multiple) 102, the quantity of input material 102, and a certificate proving the environmental attributes. The quantity of input material may be one or more output substances (multiple) from the input material (multiple) 102, especially poly This may be a measured amount of input raw materials 102 supplied to a plant or storage facility of the chemical manufacturing network 104 in order to produce a Mer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s) 106. An input raw material identifier associated with each input raw material 102, an environmental attribute(s) associated with each input raw material(s) 102, and the amount of input raw materials(s) 102 supplied to the chemical manufacturing network 104 may be provided to the operation system 108. Such data may be provided via a communication network at the time of input to the chemical manufacturing network 104, or such data may be transferred from a computing system to the operation system 108.

[0080] The inbound allocator 208 may be configured to assign one or more environmental attributes to at least one balance account 210, 212 associated with each environmental attribute. For example, one balance account 210 may relate to environmental attributes from recycled materials, and another balance account 212 may relate to environmental attributes from bio-based materials. Balance accounts may be associated with each type of environmental attribute, such as bio-based or recycled materials. Based on such associations, balance accounts associated with each type of environmental attribute of input material 102 may be selected. Environmental attributes may be assigned to the selected balance account. For example, the recycled material account 210 may be selected, and environmental attributes may be assigned to such account 210.

[0081] To make an allocation, one or more environmental attributes can be converted into balance units, and these balance units can be allocated to balance account 210. The conversion may be based on a conversion factor such as mass, weight, carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms, methane equivalent, or other appropriate measure that quantifies the environmental impact of the environmental attribute. The conversion factor may therefore take into account the differences between manufacturing chemical products from conventional inputs and from unconventional inputs, or from a mixture of conventional and unconventional inputs. The conversion factor may relate to the differences in the chemical and / or physical properties of the conventional and unconventional inputs.

[0082] By using the balance account 210, it can be ensured that the environmental attributes of the input raw materials 102 are used only once for the allocation to the polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s) 106. In this way, double counting of inputs or outputs is avoided, and beneficient environmental impacts can be reliably tracked and allocated to the polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s) 106.

[0083] The identifier provider 214 may be configured to provide composition identifiers associated with polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 106 manufactured by and supplied from the chemical manufacturing network 104.

[0084] The outbound assigner 216 may be configured to assign at least one environmental attribute to composition identifier ID2 from at least one balance account 210 associated with each environmental attribute. One or more environmental attributes may be assigned to at least one composition identifier ID2. The assignment may include unassigning one or more environmental attributes from the balance account 210 associated with each environmental attribute type. The assignment may include the step of converting one or more balance units into one or more environmental attributes.

[0085] The step of assigning at least one environmental attribute associated with the input raw material(s) to the polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s) 106 may include linking the composition identifier ID2 with the environmental attribute. The composition identifier ID2 is the polymer The identifier may be associated with a physical entity of a composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s). In this way, a virtual identifier of a raw material can be uniquely linked to a physical raw material. Such linking may include a physical or virtual linking of an identifier uniquely associated with the physical raw material. For physical linking, a tag or code can be physically attached to the raw material, for example, by printing a QR code on the packaging. For virtual linking, a different identifier associated with the physical raw material may be linked. For example, an order number, batch number, lot number, or a combination thereof may be linked.

[0086] The outbound acsignor 216 may be configured to provide environmental attributes associated with polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions to data consumers, such as systems, associated with consumers of the polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions. The outbound acsignor 216 may be configured to provide environmental attributes associated with polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions to a distributed network 218, as illustrated in the example in Figure 4. The environmental attributes may be provided in the form of digital assets or composition passports associated with the physical entities of the polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions, via the ID-based schema described above.

[0087] Figure 3 schematically shows an example of associating the input raw materials 102 and the environmental attributes of the chemical process with one or more polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 106 of the chemical manufacturing network 102.

[0088] As described in the context of Figures 1 and 2, the chemical manufacturing network 102 and its operation may be monitored and / or controlled by the operation system 108. Input materials 102, such as pyrolysis oil, bionaphtha, or biogas, may be supplied to the chemical manufacturing network 104. The input materials 102 may be used in the chemical manufacturing network 104 to produce one or more polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 106 from the input materials 102.

[0089] Once input raw materials 102 have been input, input raw material data 208 may be provided to the computing interface of the operating system 108 via a communication network. A data provider such as a QR code reader may be configured to provide raw material data 206 related to one or more input raw materials 102 and their respective environmental attributes to a computing interface configured to assign environmental attributes associated with the input raw materials 102. The raw material data 206 may include an input raw material identifier and environmental attributes associated with the input raw material 102. The input raw material identifier may be associated with the physical entity of the input raw material 102 being input into the chemical manufacturing network 104. The input raw material identifier may be linked to the carbon footprint of the input raw material 102 as an environmental attribute. The raw material data may be provided at the time of supply of one or more input raw materials at the input port of the chemical manufacturing network 104, or after supply.

[0090] The inbound allocator 208 may be configured to acquire one or more environmental attributes and provide such attributes to the carbon footprint (CF) generator 304. The process data provider 302 may be configured to collect process data associated with the chemical process of the input raw materials 102 used to produce the polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s) 106. The process data provider 302 may be configured to collect energy data associated with the energy consumption of the chemical process. The process data provider 302 may be configured to provide the process data and energy data to the CF generator 304.

[0091] The CF generator 304 may be configured to determine the carbon footprint of polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions produced by the chemical manufacturing network 104. The carbon footprint of polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions may be determined based on process data, energy data, and the carbon footprint of input materials 102 used in the production of polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 106.

[0092] The identifier provider 214 may be configured to provide composition identifiers associated with polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions, which are manufactured by the chemical manufacturing network 104 and supplied at outlets from the chemical manufacturing network 104.

[0093] The outbound provider 216 may be configured to assign the determined carbon footprint to composition identifier ID2. One or more environmental attributes may be assigned to at least one composition identifier ID2, as described in the context of Figure 2.

[0094] The outbound accreditor 216 may be configured to provide environmental attributes, particularly carbon footprints, associated with polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions to data consumers, such as systems, associated with consumers of the polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions. The outbound accreditor 216 may be configured to provide environmental attributes associated with polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions to a distributed network 218, as illustrated in the example in Figure 4. The environmental attributes may be provided in the form of digital assets or composition passports associated with the physical entities of the polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions, via the ID-based schema described above.

[0095] Figure 4 schematically shows an example of a method or apparatus for providing environmental attributes associated with a polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s) to consumers of the composition(s) via a distributed network 218 using a data consumption service 220.

[0096] Polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 106 manufactured by the chemical manufacturing network 104 may be provided in association with digital assets as described in the context of Figures 2 and 3. The digital assets may include composition identifiers. The digital assets may include one or more environmental attributes, such as the carbon footprint of the product, recycled contents, or bio-derived contents. The digital assets may relate to one or more environmental attributes, such as the carbon footprint of the product, recycled contents, or bio-derived contents. The digital assets may include digital representations of one or more environmental attributes, such as the carbon footprint of the product, recycled contents, or bio-derived contents.

[0097] Digital assets may further include or relate to authentication and / or authorization information linked to composition identifiers. Authentication and / or authorization information may be provided for authentication and / or authorization of data provision service 402 and / or data consumption service 220. Composition identifiers may include or relate to distributed identifiers uniquely associated with polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions. Distributed identifiers may be linked to digital representations of environmental attributes. Digital representations may include representations for accessing environmental attributes or parts thereof. Distributed identifiers may include one or more universally unique identifiers (UUIDs) or digital identifiers (DIDs). Distributed identifiers may relate to data owners and / or polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions. It may include any unique identifier uniquely associated with the polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s). The data owner may be the manufacturer of the polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s). Through the unique association between the distributed identifier and the data owner and / or the polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s), the data owner can control access to the raw material composition data.

[0098] Digital assets, including digital representations of one or more environmental attributes such as product carbon footprint, recycled contents, or bio-derived contents, may be stored in distributed database 404. One or more environmental attributes such as product carbon footprint, recycled contents, or bio-derived contents may be stored in database 406 associated with data owners, such as manufacturers of polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions 106.

[0099] The polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s) 106 may be physically delivered to consumers of the polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s). The polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s) may be attached to a QR code on which a composition identifier is encoded. Consumers of the polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s) can read the QR code via a QR code reader 410. The composition identifier may be provided to a database 408 associated with the user of the polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s) 106. In another embodiment, consumers of the polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s) can obtain the composition identifier via a distributed database 404.

[0100] In this example, the data owner may be the manufacturer of the polymer composition and / or functional compound composition(s). The data owner may include any entity that generates the data. The data generation node may be connected to the data owner or the entity that owns or manufactures the physical product to which the data originates or is destined. The data may be generated by a third-party entity on behalf of the entity that owns the physical product to which the data originates or is destined.

[0101] The data consumption service may include computer executable instructions for accessing and / or processing data, such as composition data, associated with the data owner. The data provision service 402 may include computer executable instructions for providing and / or processing data, such as composition data, associated with the data owner for access and / or processing by the data consumption service 220.

[0102] Based on the received composition identifier ID2, the data consumption service 220 may issue a request to access the environmental attributes associated with the composition identifier, as indicated by arrow 412. The composition identifier may be associated with the manufacturer of the polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s) 106, or provided to the manufacturer's data provision service 402. Authentication and / or authorization information may also be provided.

[0103] The request may be authenticated and / or authorized to access the environmental attributes associated with the composition identifier ID2. Based on the success of the authorization and / or authentication, access to the environmental attributes associated with the composition ID2 identifier may be permitted.

[0104] For access, composition identifiers may be provided to the data provision service 402 as indicated by arrow 412. The data provision service 402 can use the received composition identifiers to obtain environmental attributes associated with polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions, as indicated by arrows 416 and 418. Provided to the data provision service 402 Environmental attributes associated with polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s) 106 may be provided to the data consumption service 220, as indicated by arrow 414. Environmental attributes associated with polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s) 106 may be stored in a database 407 associated with consumers of polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s) 106, as indicated by arrow 418.

[0105] Environmental attributes can be uniquely associated with polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions via production identifiers or distributed identifiers. Environmental attributes may be transferred between manufacturers of polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions and consumers of polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions via a distributed network. In this way, environmental attributes can be uniquely associated with and shared with polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions among value chain players without the direct involvement of a central intermediary. This makes environmental attributes transparent throughout the entire value chain and allows for tracking of the beneficient environmental impact of polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions produced by the chemical manufacturing network 104 throughout the entire value chain.

[0106] Figure 5 schematically illustrates an example of a method or apparatus for providing environmental attributes associated with polymer compositions and / or functional compound compositions across the entire value chain via a distributed network.

[0107] In the example in Figure 5, a fully connected value chain including a chemical manufacturing network 202 is shown. In this example, input raw material suppliers, polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s) manufacturers, consumers of the compositions, and final product manufacturers may be connected to a decentralized network as described in the context of Figure 4. Environmental attributes may be provided in the form of digital assets or composition passports associated with the physical entities of the input raw materials, polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s), and any intermediate or final products, via an ID-based schema as described in the context of Figures 2-4.

[0108] Input material suppliers can supply input materials such as biogas and pyrolysis oil. The environmental attributes of the input materials may be provided via a data provision service 402 connected to a distributed network, as described in the context of Figure 4. Polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s) manufacturers may manufacture each composition(s) from the input materials(s) supplied to the chemical manufacturing network 202. Composition(s) manufacturers can access the environmental attributes associated with the input materials via a data consumption service 402 connected to a distributed network, as described in the context of Figure 4. Composition(s) manufacturers may manage the environmental attributes via a manufacturing operation system 108, as described in the context of Figures 1-3. Composition(s) manufacturers can assign environmental attributes associated with the input materials, or environmental attributes associated with the chemical manufacturing network 202, such as carbon footprint, to polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s), as described in the context of Figures 1-3. A composition(s) manufacturer may provide environmental attributes associated with each manufactured composition via a data provision service 402 connected to a distributed network, as described in the context of Figure 4. A composition(s) consumer or final product manufacturer may access environmental attributes associated with each composition(s) via a data consumption service 220 connected to a distributed network, as described in the context of Figure 4.

[0109] In this example, the respective data owners may be the input raw material manufacturer, the output material manufacturer, the output material user, and the final product manufacturer. The data owners include any entity that generates the data. The data generation node may be connected to the data owner or the entity that owns or manufactures the physical product on which the data is generated. The data may be generated by a third party on behalf of the entity that owns the physical product on which the data is generated.

[0110] The data consumption service 220 may include computer executable instructions for accessing and / or processing data such as composition data associated with the data owner. The data provision service 402 may include computer executable instructions for providing and / or processing data such as composition data associated with the data owner for access and / or processing by the data consumption service 220.

[0111] In the example in Figure 5, the distributed identifier may be related to the final product. Such distributed identifiers may be provided to value chain participants. Data associated with the final product-specific distributed identifier may be collected throughout the manufacturing chain and assigned to the final product-specific distributed identifier via the polymer composition(s) and / or functional compound composition(s). For example, one or more environmental attributes associated with the final product may be derived from environmental attributes associated with each composition(s), input raw materials, or any other product entity present in the value chain of the final product.

[0112] In this way, the environmental attributes of input raw materials, polymer compositions (or multiple compositions) and / or functional compound compositions (or multiple compositions), and any products manufactured from such compositions (or multiple compositions) can be tracked throughout the value chain to the final product. By tracking the environmental attributes of raw materials in this manner, information flow can be controlled by supply chain participants while maintaining transparency throughout the entire value chain. Furthermore, environmental attributes can be handled by the manufacturing operation system according to the needs of individual participants, as explained in the context of Figures 1-3. In short, such tracking enables individual supply chain participants to track benign environmental impacts, thereby making benign environmental impacts transparent and linking them to individual supply chain participants.

[0113] Figure 6A schematically shows an example of a chemical manufacturing network for producing a composition containing at least one polymer (referred to as a polymer composition) 618 associated with a composition passport or digital asset. The example in Figure 6A is illustrative and should not be considered as limiting the invention.

[0114] In the example in Figure 6A, fossil fuels, bio-supplied materials, and recycled materials may be supplied to a chemical manufacturing network (see, for example, Figures 1-5) for producing, for example, polyamide 6 polymer 616. The polyamide 6 polymer 616 may be used in the production of polymer composition 618, which may contain, separately from the polyamide 6 polymer 616, at least one further compound, such as the additives described above. Polymer composition 618 may be prepared from the polyamide 6 polymer 616 and the further compound via compounding methods known in the art.

[0115] Chemical manufacturing network 202 includes a synthesis gas plant and a steam cracker. The synthesis gas plant may be supplied with a mixture of raw materials including fossil fuels, bio-fuels, and recycled materials. The bio-fuels may include biomethane. The recycled materials may include pyrolysis oil produced from used tires. The fossil fuels may include naphtha produced from natural gas and / or crude oil. The steam cracker may be supplied with fossil fuels. The steam cracker may be supplied with a mixture of raw materials, such as those from the synthesis gas plant. The steam cracker may be supplied with products produced from the synthesis gas plant, and vice versa.

[0116] From fossil fuels, bio-supplied materials, and recycled materials, ammonia, nitrates, and hi Droxylamine and other intermediates can be produced (see C1 value chain 620). From nitric acid, hydroxylamine and other intermediates, caprolactam 614 and other products such as intermediate raw materials or results can be produced. From fossil feedstock, benzene 608, cyclohexane 610, and other C3 and C4 intermediates can be produced (see C6 value chain 622). Intermediate products such as anolone 612 from C6 value chain 622 can be combined with intermediate products from C1 value chain 620 to produce further intermediate products such as caprolactam 614. From caprolactam 614, different polyamide polymers 616 as listed above can be produced.

[0117] In the example in Figure 6A, the biomethane contents of biomethane and / or pyrolysis oil contents of pyrolysis oil can be tracked as non-fossil fuel inputs. As described in the context of Figure 2, the biomethane contents and / or pyrolysis oil contents at the beginning of the production chain of a composition containing at least one polymer, such as polyamide 6616, may be registered via the operation system 108. Here, the pyrolysis oil contents may be assigned to balance account 210, which is associated with metadata such as metadata indicating that the balance account is allocated to recycled materials. The biomethane contents may be assigned to balance account 212, which is associated with metadata such as metadata indicating that this balance account is allocated to bio-derived materials. The environmental attributes of the biomethane contents and / or pyrolysis oil contents are therefore decoupled from the mass flow of the chemical process in the chemical manufacturing network 202, as shown in Figure 6A.

[0118] For the purpose of linking biomethane contents and / or pyrolysis oil contents used in the manufacture of polymer compositions such as polymer compositions containing polyamide 6 610, the biomethane contents and / or pyrolysis oil contents may be determined. The biomethane contents and / or pyrolysis oil contents that can be linked to the manufacture of polymer compositions may be based on mass conservation that can be linked to the manufactured polymer composition. For example, only half of the biomethane contents and / or pyrolysis oil contents may be linked to the polymer composition, while the other half may be linked to other output products resulting from the mixed feed materials used as input materials. The environmental attributes of the biomethane contents and / or pyrolysis oil contents may be linked to the polymer composition to the extent described above.

[0119] The registration of the biomethane contents and / or pyrolysis oil contents of the input raw materials, and the linking of the registered environmental attributes to the manufactured polymer composition 618, may be performed as described with respect to Figure 2. In the system shown in Figure 2, the environmental attributes associated with the manufacture of the polymer composition 618 may be linked to the manufactured polymer composition by associating a distributed ID with the polymer composition and assigning the environmental attributes to the distributed ID. By linking the ID and the environmental attributes, the environmental attributes can be uniquely linked to the manufactured polymer composition. The polymer composition may be delivered to consumers of the polymer composition, such as in the manufacture of further products using the received polymer composition. Packaging such as bags containing the polymer composition may include a QR code. The distributed ID may be included in or encoded in the QR code. In this way, consumers of the polymer composition can access the environmental attributes associated with the polymer composition via the ID-based protocol described in the context of Figures 4 and 5.

[0120] Similar to this example, the registration of carbon footprint data associated with input raw materials and manufacturing processes, and the linking of said carbon footprint to the manufactured polymer composition, may be based on the method shown in Figure 3 for carbon footprint.

[0121] Figure 6B schematically shows a further example of a chemical manufacturing network for producing a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group (referred to as a functional compound composition) 624, 626, 632 associated with a composition passport or digital asset. The example in Figure 6B is illustrative and should not be considered limiting to the present invention.

[0122] In the example shown in Figure 6B, fossil fuels, bio-supplied materials, and recycled materials may be supplied to a chemical manufacturing network (see, for example, Figures 1-5) that produces a functional compound composition containing, for example, MDI (methylenediphenyl diisocyanate) 624, TDI (toluene diisocyanate) 626, and polyol 632. The functional compound composition may contain at least one further compound, such as the additives mentioned above, in addition to MDI 624 and / or TDI 626 or polyol 632. The functional compound composition containing MDI 624 and / or TDI 626 may be used in the production of a polyurethane polymer by mixing the composition with a polyol(s) 632 such that the isocyanate groups in MDI / TDI react with the hydroxyl groups in the polyol(s) to form urethane bonds.

[0123] Chemical manufacturing network 202 includes a synthesis gas plant and a steam cracker. The synthesis gas plant may be supplied with a mixture of raw materials including fossil fuels, bio-fuels, and recycled materials. The bio-fuels may include biomethane. The recycled materials may include pyrolysis oil produced from used tires. The fossil fuels may include naphtha produced from natural gas and / or crude oil. The steam cracker may be supplied with fossil fuels. The steam cracker may be supplied with a mixture of raw materials from the synthesis gas plant, etc. The steam cracker may be supplied with products produced from the synthesis gas plant, and vice versa.

[0124] Ammonia, nitric acid, and other intermediates can be produced from fossil fuels, bio-supplied materials, and recycled materials (see C1 value chain 620). Other products, such as intermediates or end products, can be produced from nitric acid 604. C2, C3, C4, and intermediate products can be produced from fossil fuels (see C4 / C6 value chain 634). These intermediate products may be used to produce compounds containing at least one isocyanate group, such as MDI 624 and TDI 626, and / or compounds containing at least one hydroxyl group, such as polyol 632. Polyol 632 may contain the polyol compounds mentioned above. MDI 624 and / or TDI 626 may be used to produce isocyanate composition 638. Polyol 632 may be used to produce polyol composition 636.

[0125] In the example in Figure 6B, the biomethane contents of biomethane and / or pyrolysis oil contents of pyrolysis oil can be tracked as non-fossil fuel inputs. As described in the context of Figure 2, the biomethane contents and / or pyrolysis oil contents at the beginning of the production chain of functional compound compositions such as isocyanate composition(s) 638 and / or polyol composition(s) 636 may be registered via the operating system 108 (not shown) of the chemical manufacturing network 202. Here, the pyrolysis oil contents may be assigned to balance account 210 associated with metadata such as metadata indicating that the balance account is allocated to recycled materials. The biomethane contents may be assigned to balance account 212 associated with metadata such as metadata indicating that this balance account is allocated to bio-derived materials. The environmental attributes of the biomethane contents and / or pyrolysis oil contents are therefore decoupled from the mass flow of chemical processing in the chemical manufacturing network 202, as shown in Figure 6B.

[0126] To link biomethane contents and / or pyrolysis oil contents used in the production of functional compound compositions such as isocyanate composition(s) 638 and / or polyol composition 636, the biomethane contents and / or pyrolysis oil contents may be determined. The biomethane contents and / or pyrolysis oil contents that can be linked to the production of the functional compound composition may be based on mass conservation that can be linked to the produced functional compound composition. For example, biomethane contents Only half of the container and / or pyrolysis oil contents can be linked to the functional compound composition, while the other half may be linked to other products resulting from the mixed raw materials used as input. The environmentally friendly biomethane contents and / or pyrolysis oil contents may be linked to the functional compound composition to the extent described above.

[0127] The registration of the biomethane contents and / or pyrolysis oil contents of the input raw materials, and the linking of the registered environmental attributes to the manufactured functional compound composition, may be performed as described with respect to Figure 2. In the system shown in Figure 2, environmental attributes associated with the manufacture of a functional compound composition can be associated with the manufactured functional compound composition by associating a dispersion ID with the functional compound composition and assigning the environmental attributes to the dispersion ID. By linking the ID and the environmental attributes, the environmental attributes and the manufactured functional compound composition can be uniquely linked. The functional compound composition may be delivered to consumers of the functional compound composition, such as in the manufacture of further products using the received functional compound composition, for example, polyurethane. Packaging such as bags containing the functional compound composition may include a QR code. The dispersion ID may be included in or encoded in the QR code. In this way, consumers of the functional compound composition can access the environmental attributes associated with the functional compound composition via the ID-based protocol described in the context of Figures 4 and 5.

[0128] Similar to this example, the registration of carbon footprint data associated with input raw materials and manufacturing processes, and the linking of said carbon footprint to the manufactured functional compound composition, may be based on the method shown in Figure 3 for carbon footprint.

[0129] This disclosure has been described with regard to preferred embodiments and examples. However, those skilled in the art will be able to understand and implement other modifications by examining the drawings, this disclosure, and the claims.

[0130] Any of the steps presented herein can be performed in any order. The methods disclosed herein are not limited to any particular order of these steps. Furthermore, different steps do not need to be performed at a specific location or specific computing node in a distributed system; that is, each step may be performed at a different computing node using different devices / data processing.

[0131] As used herein, “determine” includes “initiate or cause determination to be performed,” “generate” includes “initiate and / or cause generation to be performed,” and “provide” includes “initiate or cause determination, generation, selection, transmission and / or reception to be performed.” “Initiate or cause action to be performed” may include any processing signals that cause a computing node or device to perform each action.

[0132] In both the specification and the claims, the term "including" does not exclude other elements or steps, and the indefinite article "a" or "an" does not exclude plurals. A single element or other device may realize the functionality of multiple entities or items described in the claims. The mere fact that certain means are described in different dependent claims does not indicate that combinations of these means cannot be used in a favorable implementation.

Claims

1. A system for producing a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group, wherein each composition is associated with a digital asset, - A chemical manufacturing network configured to produce a composition comprising at least one polymer, and / or a composition comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, wherein each composition is produced from one or more input materials via one or more chemical processes of the chemical manufacturing network, and the one or more input materials and / or the one or more chemical processes are associated with environmental attributes. - The aforementioned digital assets, - A step of providing a distributed identifier associated with each manufactured composition, A system including a manufacturing operation apparatus configured to generate by linking the distributed identifier to the environmental attributes (multiple) of one or more input raw materials and / or one or more chemical processes.

2. In the system according to claim 1, the composition comprising the at least one polymer and associated with the digital asset is selected from compositions comprising at least one polymer selected from thermosetting, thermoplastic, elastomer, and thermoplastic elastomer, as well as copolymers and mixtures thereof, in particular polyamide (PA), polyurethane (PU), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyvinyl acetate (PVA), polystyrene (PS), polyacrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polystyrene acrylonitrile (SAN), polyacrylate styrene acrylonitrile (ASA), polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon®), thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), polymethyl methacrylate (PMA), poly(methyl A composition is selected from at least one polymer selected from methacrylate (PMMA), polybutadiene (BR, PBD), poly(cis-1,4-isoprene), poly(trans-1,4-isoprene), polyoxymethylene (POM), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT), polyester (PES), polyethersulfone (PESU), polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (P3HB), poly-4-hydroxybutyrate (P4HB), polyhydroxyvalerate (PHV), polyhydroxyhexanoate (PHH), polyhydroxyoctanoate (PHO), polylactide (PLA), polysulfone (PSU), and polyphenylsulfone (PPSU), as well as copolymers and mixtures thereof. A system in which the at least one compound having at least one functional group is selected from at least one compound containing at least two alcohol groups, particularly polyols, polyether polyols, polyester polyols and mixtures thereof, and / or at least one compound containing at least two isocyanate groups, particularly selected from aliphatic, cycloaliphatic and aromatic compounds containing at least two, preferably two or three, isocyanate groups.

3. A system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the digital assets of the composition comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group include a mass-balanced environmental attribute related to the input raw materials (may include multiple).

4. In the system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, at least one polymer A system in which one or more environmental attributes associated with the composition containing the composition and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group are provided from at least one balance account configured to store environmental attributes associated with the input raw materials.

5. A system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein one or more environmental attributes are associated with at least one characteristic relating to the environmental burden of one or more input raw materials and / or the chemical process.

6. A system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the manufacturing operation apparatus is configured to collect environmental attributes associated with the manufactured composition(s) before, during, and / or after the manufacturing of the composition(s) by the chemical manufacturing network.

7. A system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the environmental attribute(s) associated with the composition comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group and produced through a plurality of chemical processes from one or more input raw materials(s) introduced into the chemical manufacturing network comprises the environmental attribute(s) associated with the input raw materials(s), the chemical processes(s), and / or the chemical manufacturing network(s).

8. A system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the environmental attributes (multiple) associated with the input raw materials (multiple) are provided before, during, and / or after the production of the composition (multiple) by the chemical manufacturing network, and the environmental attributes (multiple) associated with the input raw materials (multiple) are assigned to at least one balance account before, during, and / or after the production of the composition (multiple) by the chemical manufacturing network.

9. A system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the environmental attributes associated with the manufactured composition(s) are related to environmental features(s) generated from process data associated with the chemical process of the input raw materials(s) and / or energy data associated with the energy consumption of the chemical process, and the environmental attributes associated with the manufactured composition(s) are generated before, during, and / or after the production of the composition(s) by the chemical production network.

10. A method for producing a composition comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group, wherein the method is: - A step of producing the composition comprising the at least one polymer and / or the at least one compound having at least one functional group, wherein each composition is produced from one or more input materials via one or more chemical processes of the chemical production network, and the one or more input materials and / or the one or more chemical processes are associated with environmental attributes, - The aforementioned digital assets, - A step of providing a distributed identifier associated with each manufactured composition, - Linking the distributed identifier to the one or more environmental attributes associated with the one or more input raw materials and / or the one or more chemical processes. Steps generated by the step, A method comprising the steps of: - Providing each manufactured composition in association with the digital asset.

11. A composition comprising at least one polymer and / or at least one compound having at least one functional group, wherein each composition is associated with a digital asset that includes a distributed identifier linked to one or more input raw materials and / or one or more environmental attributes of one or more chemical processes used in the manufacture of each of the compositions.

12. The composition according to claim 11, wherein the composition comprising the at least one polymer and associated with the digital asset is selected from compositions comprising at least one polymer selected from thermosetting, thermoplastic, elastomer, and thermoplastic elastomer, as well as copolymers and mixtures thereof, in particular polyamide (PA), polyurethane (PU), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyvinyl acetate (PVA), polystyrene (PS), polyacrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polystyrene acrylonitrile (SAN), polyacrylate styrene acrylonitrile (ASA), polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon®), thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), polymethyl methacrylate (PMA), poly(methyl A composition is selected from at least one polymer selected from methacrylate (PMMA), polybutadiene (BR, PBD), poly(cis-1,4-isoprene), poly(trans-1,4-isoprene), polyoxymethylene (POM), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT), polyester (PES), polyethersulfone (PESU), polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (P3HB), poly-4-hydroxybutyrate (P4HB), polyhydroxyvalerate (PHV), polyhydroxyhexanoate (PHH), polyhydroxyoctanoate (PHO), polylactide (PLA), polysulfone (PSU), and polyphenylsulfone (PPSU), as well as copolymers and mixtures thereof. A composition in which the at least one compound having at least one functional group is selected from at least one compound containing at least two alcohol groups, particularly polyols, polyether polyols, polyester polyols and mixtures thereof, and / or at least one compound containing at least two isocyanate groups, particularly selected from aliphatic, cycloaliphatic and aromatic compounds containing at least two, preferably two or three, isocyanate groups.

13. A method for generating digital assets associated with compositions comprising at least one polymer and / or compositions comprising at least one compound having at least one functional group, wherein each composition is manufactured from one or more input materials via one or more chemical processes of a chemical manufacturing network, and the one or more input materials and / or the one or more chemical processes are associated with environmental attributes, and the method is - A step of providing a distributed identifier associated with each manufactured composition, - A step of linking the distributed identifier with the environmental attributes (multiple) of the one or more input raw materials and / or the one or more chemical processes used in the production of each composition, A method comprising the step of providing the digital asset in association with each manufactured composition, wherein the environmental attributes associated with each composition are made accessible to consumers of each manufactured composition via the digital asset.

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

15. A method of using the digital assets generated according to the method of claim 13 in the manufacture of products manufactured from each of the compositions associated with the digital assets, or a method of deriving digital assets associated with the products from the digital assets associated with each of the compositions, using the compositions according to any one of claims 11 or 12 associated with the digital assets.

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