Descripción del proyecto
Hacia una evaluación a gran escala de la oferta y el mercado de la celulosa microfibrilada
El objetivo del proyecto EXILVA, financiado con fondos europeos, es ampliar el proceso de la celulosa microfibrilada (CMF) de Borregaard desde la planta piloto actual hasta la planta principal a escala real (1 000 toneladas al año). Asimismo, demostrará una simbiosis industrial entre la industria de la biomasa y forestal (pícea de Noruega) y las industrias de aplicación en una amplia gama de segmentos de mercado mediante el desarrollo y la comercialización de productos de valor añadido (rendimiento frente a coste) de forma sostenible. El propósito del equipo de EXILVA es comercializar la CMF en grandes cantidades por primera vez y seguir desarrollando el mercado de la CMF en segmentos seleccionados. Los principales retos, además de la tecnología, el proceso, la logística, la manipulación y el establecimiento de la organización, son el tiempo de comercialización y el éxito de la penetración en el mercado de los productos basados en CMF.
Objetivo
The Exilva flagship project will consist in the upscaling of the Borregaard’s MFC process from the existing pilot plant (50-70 tons/year) to the full scale flagship plant (1000 tons/year) and demonstrate an industrial symbiosis between the biomass/forest industry (Norwegian Spruce) and application industries in a wide range of market segments by developing and commercialising added value (performances vs cost) products in a sustainable way. The ambition of the Exilva project is to make MFC commercially available on large quantities for the first time as well as develop the MFC market further in selected segments.
The grand challenges of the Exilva flagship project are twofold:
• Technology and process: related to the start-up of the flagship plant the main tasks and challenges will be testing of the new equipment, technology transfer from the pilot plant to the flagship plant, gaining operational experience, establishing the plant organization and quality control, establishing the appropriate process parameters for a stable full scale production of MFC and gaining experience with regards to logistics and handling of the MFC material.
• Market: successful market penetration of MFC based products, product performance and cost, standards and regulation.
The decision to invest in a first of a kind commercial plant is driven by business opportunities to use MFC in a wide range of market segments and applications and demonstrate that the investment in the flagship will be profitable. Borregaard has started to establish business pipelines towards different end user companies that will develop full products based on MFC formulations.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiological behavioural sciencesethologybiological interactions
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
- agricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass
Programa(s)
- H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy Main Programme
- H2020-EU.3.2.6.3. - Sustainable biorefineries
- H2020-EU.3.2.6.1. - Sustainable and competitive bio-based industries and supporting the development of a European bio-economy
Convocatoria de propuestas
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H2020-BBI-PPP-2015-1-1
Régimen de financiación
BBI-IA-FLAG - Bio-based Industries Innovation action - FlagshipCoordinador
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