Improve biorefinery operations through process intensification and new end products

Project Information

BioSPRINT

Grant agreement ID: 887226

DOI 10.3030/887226

Project closed

EC signature date 4 May 2020

Start date 1 June 2020

End date 31 May 2024

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost € 5 879 733,65

EU contribution € 4 998 014,00

Coordinated by

DECHEMA GESELLSCHAFT FUR CHEMISCHETECHNIK UND BIOTECHNOLOGIE
Germany

Deliverables

Documents, reports (15)

Methodology overview report on downstream purification

A report covering the downstream purification of furanbased monomer mixtures where various separation strategies are considered

Final QA & RM report

The report consists of the final assessment of all quality and risk management issues.

Technical report on sensibility and transferability of intensification methods for multiple feedstocks

Report on the outcomes of the Clariant case study and transferability study to other feedstocks.

Interim Technical report

The deliverable consists of the interim technical report highlighting technical issues faced and resolution procedures

Interim QA & RM report

The report consists of the interim assessment of all quality and risk management issues

Integrated sustainability assessment of hemicellulose-based products

The overall and final results of the project’s ILCSA.

TECBP plan and strategy

The deliverable continuously updated afterwards presents the TECBP implementation objectives means strategic selection of TAs and planned activities

Project management handbook

It provides procedures and instructions for reporting and using the project management tools set up by the PC eg selfhosted NextCloud

Socio-economic assessment of HMC-based products

It provides the final results of T6.4.

Process & product safety assessment of HMC-based products

The deliverable provides the final results of the product & process safety assessment carried out at T6.5.

BioSPRINT Summer school report and Final assessment on TECBP

The deliverable consists of a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the BioSPRINT Summer School and the whole TECBP.

Report on standardisation activities including CWA assessment

The deliverable consists of the final report on all standardisation activities undertaken as part of BioSPRINT, including the CWA.

Final Technical report

The deliverable consists of the final technical report, highlighting technical issues faced and resolution procedures.

Life cycle assessment of HMC-based products

The deliverable provides the final results of the environmental assessment carried out at T6.2.

Report on performance analysis and optimisation of improved biorefinery concepts

The analysis will identify risks, limitations and optimisation opportunities.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (4)

Published industrial case studies

Publishable case studies developed with UPM, FhG & Clariant.

BioSPRINT TECBP workshops

The deliverable provides a quantitative and qualitative assessment report of the 4 BioSPRINT TECBP workshops

Online TECBP modules

The deliverable consists of a suite of 4 webhosted contextbased learning modules

Project website, standard templates and supporting documents

The deliverables will establish the projects website and provides initial materials to support internal and external communication activities

Publications

Thesis and dissertations (12)

Ultrasound Intensification of Biorenewable Polymerisation

Author(s): Mansi Vaish
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Newcastle University

Development of predictive models for catalyst development

Author(s): Pekka Uusitalo
Published in: 2021
Publisher: University of Oulu

Purification of lignocellulosic waste by solvent evaporation

Author(s): Mohammed Hamza
Published in: 2021
Publisher: Newcastle University

Agitated Cell Reactor Mixing Characterisation Studies

Author(s): Alex Adams-Waite
Published in: 2021
Publisher: Newcastle University

Development of 3D Printed Hydrocylones for the Intensification of Liquid-Liquid Separation in Biorefining

Author(s): Mia Crawford
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Newcastle University

The Intensification of Heat transfer in a Plate and Frame Heat Exchanger Test Rig

Author(s): Thomas Bell
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Newcastle University

Development of Process Intensification Techniques for Liquid-Liquid Separation in Biorefining Processes

Author(s): Sena Mucklow
Published in: 2021
Publisher: Newcastle University

Discussing the potential of antisolvent precipitation of sugars from hemicellulose waste streams with the effects of agitations and addition rate

Author(s): Roopal Mahajan
Published in: 2021
Publisher: Newcastle University

Characterisation of Biorenewable Novolac-Type Hybrid Polymers Synthesised from Cardanol, Furfural and Formaldehyde

Author(s): James McMahon-Beattie
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Newcastle University

Characterisation of Biorenewable Novolac-Type Hybrid Polymers Synthesised from Cardanol, Furfural and Formaldehyde

Author(s): Ashley Blackham
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Newcastle University

Process Development of Bio Renewable Cardanol-furfural Novolac Resin

Author(s): Keiron Hodgson
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Newcastle University

Dehydration of sugars using metal substituted heteropolyacids immobilised on silica

Author(s): Ryan Garthwaite
Published in: 2021
Publisher: Newcastle University

Peer reviewed articles (4)

Evaluation of Nanofiltration Membranes for the Purification of Monosaccharides: Influence of pH, Temperature, and Sulfates on the Solute Retention and Fouling

Author(s): Buddhika Rathnayake, Hanna Valkama, Markku Ohenoja, Jasmina Haverinen and Riitta L. Keiski
Published in: MDPI Membranes, 2022, ISSN 2077-0375
Publisher: Molecular Diversity Preservation International
DOI: 10.3390/membranes12121210

Aqueous conversion of monosaccharides to furans: were we wrong all along to use catalysts?

Author(s): Ana Jakob; Blaž Likozar; Miha Grilc
Published in: Green Chemistry, 2022, ISSN 1463-9270
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d2gc02736d

Systematic Data-Driven Modeling of Bimetallic Catalyst Performance for the Hydrogenation of 5-Ethoxymethylfurfural with Variable Selection and Regularization.

Author(s): Pekka Uusitalo; Aki Sorsa; Fernando Russo Abegão; Markku Ohenoja; Mika Ruusunen
Published in: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2022, ISSN 0888-5885
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c03995

Modelling, optimal solvent screening and separation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural or furfural from catalytic conversion reactor stream in downstream purification process

Author(s): Ljudmila Fele Žilnik; Mladen Crnomarkovic; Uroš Novak; Miha Grilc; Blaž Likozar
Published in: Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2023, ISSN 0263-8762
Publisher: Institute of Chemical Engineers
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2023.04.062

Conference proceedings (2)

From complex hemicellulose streams to purified platform chemicals

Author(s): Maria Glaubitz, Christian Bartsch, Ireen Gebauer
Published in: Proceedings of EWLP Conference 2022, 2022
Publisher: EWLP Conference

Dynamic modeling of diafiltration system for a biorefinery application

Author(s): Markku Ohenoja; Pekka Uusitalo; Hanna Valkama; Buddhika Rathnayake; Riitta L. Keiski; Mika Ruusunen
Published in: Proceedings of the 63rd International Conference of Scandinavian Simulation Society, 2022
Publisher: Scandinavian Simulation Society
DOI: 10.3384/ecp192018

Other (1)

Process intensification in biorefining: Speeding up production of biorenewable chemicals

Author(s): Fernando Abegão, Kamelia Boodhoo
Published in: 2022, Page(s) 62-65
Publisher: Specialty Chemicals Magazine