Objective
BRIGIT aims to develop a cost-competitive and environmentally friendly continuous process to produce biopolymers (polyhydroxybutyrate, PHB, and succinate-based biopolyesters, PBS-Poly-Butylene-Succinate) from waste-derived lignocelullosic sugar feedstock liquor of wood sulphite pulping process based on “in-situ” fermentation process and new fermentation culture technology without alteration of the quality of current lignosulphonates (they have a high market demand as additive). Other non-wood plant waste, used nowadays in the pulp production, will be also considered as alternative sugar source in this project.
In comparison with previous projects to obtain biopolymers from different sources, the main innovation in BRIGIT is the use of an existing sugar-rich waste stream and the process integration with the existing industrial operation, that will permit an overall reduction in resource consumption and in greenhouse gas emissions and a dramatic reduction of operational costs due to the use of non-sterile steps, without the need of intermediate discontinuous bioreactors and avoiding waste transport.
BRIGIT aims to develop bio-based composites for high-tech fire-resistant applications. The use of these biopolymers in combination with natural fabrics (flax, hemp,...) will be mainly in the passenger and goods transport sector (aeronautics, train, buses, shipping, trucks,..) as an alternative to 3D sandwich panels made from thermoset resins reinforced with continuous glass fibres with high fire resistance. The new panels will be recyclable, lighter, with a broad processing windows, high production capacity (using a continuous compression moulding process) and low embodied energy in comparison with current panels that are heavy, non-recyclable, have narrow processing windows, low production capacity, dirty process with high production of waste and based on materials with high embodied energy.
Field of science
- /social sciences/social and economic geography/transport
- /engineering and technology/industrial biotechnology/bioprocessing technologies/fermentation
Call for proposal
FP7-KBBE-2012-6-singlestage
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Funding Scheme
CP-TP - Collaborative Project targeted to a special group (such as SMEs)Coordinator
46980 Paterna Valencia
Spain
Participants (15)
22100 Lund
39005 Santander
3060-197 Cantanhede
4715 387 Braga
118 55 Athina
9032 Gent-wondelgem
LL57 2DG Bangor
W11 2JD London
74037 Nes Ziona
Participation ended
28036 Madrid
RUDOLF DIESELSTRAAT Nijverdal
1139 Budapest
32052 Herford
62 005 Owinska
10043 Orbassano
