Project description
Efficient chemical separation membranes based on high-performance copolymers
Industrial chemical separation processes such as distillation account for 10–15 % of the world's annual energy use. Membrane-based chemical separations can be an order of magnitude more energy efficient than those driven by heat. Their wider implementation demands materials that have specific functional properties for a given application. The EU-funded BIOCOMEM project plans to synthesise and design bio-based copolymer precursors that can be processed into membranes with improved mechanical, thermal and permeation properties. Recycling of the membrane polymers via chemical and enzymatic ways will also be a part of the study.
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Programme(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)
Coordinator
48160 Derio (Bizkaia)
Spain
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Participants (7)
6200 MD Maastricht
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5612 AE Eindhoven
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3650 Dilsen-stokkem
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
31320 Castanet-tolosan
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
1024 Ecublens Vd
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
8501 SN Joure
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
92700 Colombes
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