Descripción del proyecto
Mejorar la eficiencia de la purificación y conversión de azúcares en un concepto de biorrefinería
La lignocelulosa es la biomasa con mayor disponibilidad mundial, siendo de particular importancia para la bioeconomía en lo que respecta a la producción de sustancias químicas y materiales con base biológica. Actualmente, las ineficiencias de los procesos provocan que usar la energía y los recursos conlleve un alto coste. El proyecto BioSPRINT, financiado con fondos europeos, tiene por objeto desarrollar y validar métodos de intensificación de procesos para mejorar la purificación y la conversión de la fracción de hemicelulosas de la biomasa lignocelulósica, como la madera dura y la paja. De este modo, se favorece su transformación en nuevas resinas de base biológica y se pueden sustituir polímeros de base fósil. BioSPRINT se centrará en cuatro áreas de actividad: la purificación previa, la conversión catalítica, la purificación posterior y la polimerización. El objetivo general es lograr operaciones de base biológica sin residuos, centrándose en tecnologías que puedan intensificar los métodos de procesamiento y aplicando un concepto de biorrefinería integrado, que conlleve un aumento de la eficiencia de los recursos y, por tanto, reduzca los recursos energéticos utilizados y las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero.
Objetivo
Building on successful projects and relevant assets from partners and an interdisciplinary approach, BioSPRINT applies process intensification in the context of biorefining operations, so as to improve the efficiency of the purification and conversion of sugars from the hemicelluloses fraction of lignocellulosic biomass and to enable their transformation into new bio-based resins for substituting fossil based polymers in a range of applications. The ultimate objective is to lead to a reduction in operation costs, feedstock and energy resources, greenhouse gas emissions and higher yields, while increasing operation safety, by concentrating on technologies which can intensify processing methods and create an integrated biorefinery concept. Of particular interest in BioSPRINT is the valorisation of hemicelluloses streams derived from hard wood and straw, from processes employed in the production of paper pulp or biofuels. Such streams are readily available from the pilot or production processes of the project’s research and industrial partners (Fraunhofer and UPM). A case study using a stream from Clariant will also be carried out. With regards to processing technologies, BioSPRINT will focus on 4 activity areas (a) Upstream purification; (b) Catalytic conversion; (c) Downstream purification and (d) Polymerisation. The project will develop and validate an intensified and integrated purification strategy leveraging innovative anti-solvent precipitation and membrane separation methods, novel intensified and integrated catalytic processes for dehydration of C5 and C6 hemicelluloses sugars into monomers, extractive-reaction methods to isolate the reaction products from the reaction medium in situ, heterogeneous catalysts and an intensified polymerisation process for furan-based derivatives. Cross-cutting activities will cover process simulation and optimisation, an integrated Lifecycle sustainability assessment, standardisation, dissemination and exploitation activities
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologies
- natural scienceschemical sciencescatalysis
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbiofuels
- agricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry
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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)
Régimen de financiación
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
60486 Frankfurt
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