Objectif
The 4-year SPLASH project will develop a new biobased industrial platform using microalgae as a renewable raw material for the sustainable production and recovery of hydrocarbons and (exo)polysaccharides from the species Botryococcus braunii and further conversion to renewable polymers. The project comprises 20 partners of which 40% SME and several large corporates plus universities and research institutes.
Two bioproduction platforms will be explored: (1) green alga Botryococcus braunii on its own and (2) the
green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, to which the unique hydrocarbon and polysaccharides producing genes from Botryococcus will be transferred. SPLASH will deliver knowledge, tools and technologies needed for the establishment of a new industry sector: Industrial Biotechnology with algae and/or algal genes for
the manufacture of polyesters and polyolefins. The building blocks for these polymers will be derived from the sugars (polyesters) and hydrocarbons (polyolefins) exuded by the algae: adipic acid from galactose,
2,5-furandicarboxylic acid from glucose, rhamnose and fucose, 1,4-pentanediol from rhamnose and fucose, ethylene from ‘green naphtha’, propylene from ‘green naphtha’.
The conversion of ethylene and propylene to polyolefins is common technology, and will not be included in the project. The sugar-derived building blocks will be converted to new condensation polymers, including
poly(ethylene 2,5-furandioate) (PEF). End-use applications include food packaging materials and fibres for yarns, ropes and nets. The project encompasses (1) development of Botryococcus as an industrial production platform, (2) Systems biology analysis, (3) Development of procedures for production, in situ extraction and isolation, (4) product development.
Champ scientifique
- /sciences naturelles/sciences chimiques/science des polymères
- /ingénierie et technologie/biotechnologie industrielle
- /sciences naturelles/sciences biologiques/microbiologie/phycologie
- /sciences naturelles/sciences biologiques/biochimie/biomolécules/glucides
- /sciences naturelles/sciences chimiques/chimie organique/composés aliphatiques
- /ingénierie et technologie/autres génies et technologies/aliments et boissons/emballage des denrées alimentaires
Appel à propositions
FP7-KBBE-2012-6-singlestage
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Régime de financement
CP-TP - Collaborative Project targeted to a special group (such as SMEs)
Coordinateur
6708 PB Wageningen
Pays-Bas
Participants (22)
57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
9000 Gent
Participation terminée
8561 EL Balk
Participation terminée
2900 Hellerup
3071 Erps-kwerps
1014 BV Amsterdam
12163 Berlin
Participation terminée
PE29 6HB Huntington
50354 Huerth
80686 Munchen
CB2 1TN Cambridge
2289 DC Rijswijk
21071 Huelva
6708 PB Wageningen
33615 Bielefeld
48149 Muenster
35100 Izmir
4475-468 Nogueira - Maia
75009 Paris
- Galway
41004 Sevilla
50125 Firenze Fi