Descripción del proyecto
Biodegradación de compuestos termoestables al final de su vida útil
Los compuestos termoestables se usan comúnmente en sectores industriales de alta tecnología como la aeronáutica, la automoción, la construcción, la energía, el deporte o la electrónica, por sus propiedades únicas: resistencia mecánica, resistencia química, durabilidad, ligereza y resistencia a la corrosión, entre otras. Sin embargo, se están convirtiendo en un problema para los gestores de residuos industriales. El proyecto BIZENTE, financiado con fondos europeos, presenta una solución innovadora para resolver los problemas al final de la vida útil de los compuestos termoestables basada en el desarrollo de una nueva tecnología centrada en la biodegradación controlada mediante enzimas. BIZENTE determinará las estrategias de evolución dirigida de enzimas para mejorar las oxidoreductasas ligninolíticas, que han sido seleccionadas como los biocatalizadores más adecuados para degradar los tres tipos de compuestos termoestables a base de resinas epoxi, de poliéster y viniléster, y reforzados con fibra de vidrio o de carbono.
Objetivo
BIZENTE project presents an innovative solution to resolve the end-of-life of thermoset composites based on the development of a new technology focused on a controlled enzymatic biodegradation. BIZENTE technology will contribute to decrease the amount of non-biodegradable polymers currently discharged to the environment or sent to landfill and incineration in at least a 40%. The solution will imply opening a biocatalytic process to new type of feedstock (3 thermoset resins and composites) not previously approached in the plastics value chain.
BIZENTE will determine directed enzyme evolution strategies to improve ligninolytic oxidoreductases which have been selected as the most suited biocatalysts to degrade the three types of thermoset composites addressed in the project (epoxy, polyester and vinylester). Once this new technology has been optimised and scaled-up to a pilot environment, the biodegradation products will be valorised into new building blocks for the chemical industry.
BIZENTE project will directly contribute to achieve SIRA’s in KPI1, KPI2 and KPI8. BIZENTE consortium involves 10 partners: 3 RTD (Aitiip, UCA and TuDelft), 5 SME (EvoEnzyme, BSP, SP, PLATA and ECRT), and 2 Large Companies (ACCIONA and AED), accounting to 1 BIC full member (BIOPHERE) and 3 associated (AITIIP, UCA, TUDELFT). It involves partners from 5 EU countries (ES, NL, FR, IT, DK). The 48-months proposed will comprise a total estimated budget of 3,182,571 €; being the 21,2% covered by consortium own contribution (in-kinds) and adding 223,764.5 € in additional activities during the project implementation and 2,350,000 € envisaged to upgrade TRL after the end of the project. Benefits will be significant in terms of EU growth (13,1%) and increasing jobs (16 direct, 1000 indirect) by promoting at least 2 new sector interconnections in the new created “enzymatic circular VC for composite materials”.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites
- natural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciences
- natural scienceschemical sciencescatalysisbiocatalysis
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processes
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsenzymes
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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.2.1.4. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Biotechnology
- H2020-EU.3.2.6. - Bio-based Industries Joint Technology Initiative (BBI-JTI)
Tema(s)
Régimen de financiación
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
50720 Zaragoza
España