All Projects

FUCATIL
  • (Inter)Cluster, 2G sugar, 2G sugar - agriculture, 2G sugar - industrial, Acrylic deratives, Agricultural sidestreams, Automotive, Biopolymers, Bulk chemicals, Carbon fibres, Chemical building blocks, Coordinator, Corn stover, DSP process development, Fermentation, In situ product recovery, Industrial sidestreams, Lactic acid, Moonshot flanders-cSBO, Ongoing projects, Paper and cardboard, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Regional-flanders, WP leader

Full Carbon Utilization: Conversion of abundant Flemish waste streams into platform chemicals using advanced separation and catalytic technologies

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Green-B2B
  • (Inter)Cluster, 1G sugar, 2G biomass, Biomass pretreatment, Bioplastics, Bulk chemicals, Butadiene, Butanediol, CO2, Diols, Fermentation, Finished projects, Gas fermentation, Gasses, H2, Industrial sidestreams, Low TRL, MOT 1 - biobased chemistry, Moonshot flanders-cSBO, Paper & cardboard, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Regional-flanders, Sugar

Using micro-organisms, GREEN-B2B aims to convert paper and cardboard waste into chemicals such as biobased butadiene.

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Green-B2B-2
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - industrial, Bulk chemicals, Butadiene, Butanediol, Chemical building blocks, Fermentation, Green chemistry, Heterogeneous catalysis, Industrial sidestreams, Low TRL, Moonshot flanders-cSBO, Ongoing projects, Paper and cardboard, Partner, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Regional-flanders, VLAIO/AO, WP leader

Sustainable production of butadiene from paper and cardboard waste through fermentation to 1,3-butanediol and catalytic conversion.

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LAPLACE
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - forestry, Biomass pretreatment, Biorefinery, Bulk chemicals, Ethanol, Fermentation, Forestry sidestreams, Fractionation, Fwo, Hard wood, Lactic acid, Lignin extraction, Lignocellulose, Low TRL, Ongoing projects, Partner, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Regional-flanders, WP leader, Wood

Conversion of 2nd generation wood side streams into the industrial platform chemicals lactic acid and lactate esters as building blocks for biobased materials.

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Microbial Protein Transition
  • Demonstration (TRL 5-7), EU RRF project, Investment project, Ongoing projects, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Proteins, Regional-flanders, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Single cell protein, VLAIO/AO

Equipment for the purification of proteins or other nutrients from fermentation broth.

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MiProCas
  • 1G sugar, Aerobic fermentation, Fermentation, Food, Ongoing projects, Product recovery and purification, Proteins, Regional-flanders, Scale-up (TRL 4-6)

Consumer research shows that current plant-based cheese products do not meet expectations in terms of taste, texture and mouthfeel. The lack therein of caseins is at the root of this problem.

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MUCOFORM
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - industrial, Bulk chemicals, EU RRF project, Fermentation, Fwo, In situ product recovery, Industrial sidestreams, Low TRL, Muconic acid, Ongoing projects, Organic acids, Paper and cardboard, Partner, Product recovery and purification, Regional-flanders, Specialty chemicals, WP leader

Synthesis and transformation of muconic acid into platform molecules starting from biomass.

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AppliSurf
  • (Inter)Cluster, 1G sugar, Biosurfactants, Catalisti-SBO, Detergents, Fatty acids, Fatty alcohols, Fermentation, Finished projects, Food, Glucose, Green chemistry, High throughput screening, Industrial biotechnology, Industry user group, Oils, Oils and derivatives, Ozonolysis, Personal and home care, Personal care, Product recovery & purification, Regional-flanders, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Specialty carbohydrates, Vegetable oils, WP leader

Screening the application potential of a yeast-based biosurfactant portfolio. In AppliSurf a combination of genetic modification, fermentation development/optimization and green chemistry will be applied to enable commercial production at acceptable cost of an innovative and broad portfolio of biosurfactant structures.

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BioCluster
  • AO-NIB, Biomaterials, Bioplastics, Biosurfactants, Bulk chemicals, Finished projects, Lubricants, Partner, Personal and home care, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development, Regional-flanders, SME support, Solvents, Specialty chemicals, VLAIO/AO, Value chain building

The main goal of the project is to facilitate the transition of the Flemish industry to a sustainable, biobased economy by building a competitive biocluster of companies that are able to build new value chains.
The project is primarily aimed at companies from the agro-industry, technology developers and the chemical sector.

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