Descrizione del progetto
Biodegradazione per i compositi termoindurenti a fine vita
I compositi termoindurenti sono ampiamente utilizzati dai settori industriali altamente tecnologici (quali l’aeronautica, l’automobilistica, l’edilizia, l’energia, lo sport e l’elettronica), grazie alle loro proprietà uniche: forza meccanica, resistenza chimica, durabilità, leggerezza, resistenza alla corrosione e altro ancora. Tuttavia, essi si stanno rivelando una sfida per i gestori dei rifiuti industriali. Il progetto BIZENTE, finanziato dall’UE, presenta una soluzione innovativa per risolvere le problematiche di fine vita dei compositi termoindurenti che si basa sullo sviluppo di una nuova tecnologia incentrata sulla biodegradazione controllata attraverso enzimi. BIZENTE determinerà strategie pilotate di evoluzione degli enzimi per migliorare le ossidoreduttasi ligninolitiche, selezionate come i biocatalizzatori più adeguati per degradare i tre tipi di compositi termoindurenti a base di resine epossidiche, poliestere e vinilestere e rafforzati con fibra di vetro o fibra di carbonio.
Obiettivo
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”.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites
- natural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciences
- natural scienceschemical sciencescatalysisbiocatalysis
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processes
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsenzymes
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- 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)
Argomento(i)
Meccanismo di finanziamento
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinatore
50720 Zaragoza
Spagna