CASCADE Hydrolytic Recovery and Conversion of Suberin in High Pressure Media

Project description

Creating greater value for industrial waste by-products

The transformation of biomass to valuable materials and energy (biomass valorisation) is a key part of the EU’s strategy for transiting to a circular and climate neutral economy by 2050. To realise their biomass potential, industries are increasingly challenged to introduce efficient fractionation systems and develop commercial products. Against this backdrop, the EU-funded SUBLUBE project plans to leverage a fractionation–hydrolysis process to recover pristine suberin from cork by-products. The process will use supercritical water to convert suberin into highly functional building blocks for lubricants. The project's findings will generate valuable knowledge on the catalytic transformation of agro-industrial waste by-products into value-added products in continuous flow microreactors on a large scale.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › chemical engineering
• agricultural sciences › agricultural biotechnology › biomass

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2019 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2019

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID

Net EU contribution

€ 172 932,48

Address

Plaza Santa Cruz 8 Palacio De Santa Cruz
47002 Valladolid
Spain

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Non-EU contribution

€ 0,00

Region

Castilla y León › Valladolid