Aqueous Polymeric Composition Passports for Environmental Traceability
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Solution Overview
Problem
In complex supply chains, achieving transparency in the environmental impact of aqueous polymeric compositions across value chain participants is challenging due to the complexity of the systems.
Innovation Solution
A system is developed that produces aqueous polymeric compositions associated with a digital asset or 'passport' that includes a decentral identifier linked to environmental attributes of the input materials and chemical processes used in production.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a digital asset system with decentral identifiers is implemented to track environmental attributes, then transparency and traceability of environmental impact data is improved, but system complexity and implementation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates digital copies (digital assets, passports, twins) of physical aqueous polymeric compositions and their environmental attributes. These digital representations contain decentralized identifiers that link to environmental impact data, allowing transparent tracking without physically altering the chemical composition itself. The digital copy serves as a surrogate that carries all necessary environmental information throughout the supply chain.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested structure where decentralized identifiers are embedded within digital assets, which in turn are associated with aqueous polymeric compositions. The digital asset contains nested environmental attribute data, process information, and input material details. This nested organization allows complex environmental tracking information to be systematically structured and accessed at appropriate levels of the supply chain.
2Reliability
If environmental attributes of input materials and processes are tracked and linked to each aqueous polymeric composition, then sustainability and environmental accountability are improved, but data management complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments environmental attribute tracking into distinct modular components: input material environmental attributes, process environmental attributes, and composition-level environmental attributes. Each segment is independently tracked and stored in the digital asset, allowing selective access and management. This segmentation enables different supply chain participants to manage only the segments relevant to their operations while maintaining overall system integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where environmental attribute data flows back through the supply chain from end-use to production. The digital asset system provides feedback loops that allow verification of environmental claims, enable continuous improvement of environmental performance, and provide accountability mechanisms. This feedback ensures reliability by allowing independent verification of environmental attributes at each stage.
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AI summary
Described herein are systems for producing an aqueous polymeric composition associated with a digital asset, methods for producing an aqueous polymeric composition associated with a digital asset, apparatuses for generating a digital asset, computer-implemented methods for generating a chemical passport, computer program elements for generating a digital asset, uses of an aqueous polymeric composition associated with a digital asset, uses of a digital asset, products produced from the aqueous polymeric composition and associated with a digital asset, a digital asset including one or more decentral identifier(s) and data related to the environmental impact data, apparatuses for producing a product associated with the digital asset and methods for producing a product associated with the digital asset.