All Projects

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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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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REPurpose
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - industrial, Alcohols, Biocatalysis, Biodegradable, Biomass pretreatment, Bioplastics, Bulk chemicals, Chemical building blocks, Construction materials, Consumer goods, Coordinator, Enzymes, Fermentation, Forestry sidestreams, Green chemistry, HEurope-Other, HEurope-RIA, Industrial sidestreams, Lignin biomass, Ongoing projects, Paper & cardboard, Plastic waste, Polymers, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), WP leader

Recyclable Elastomeric Plastics safely and sUstainably designed and produced via enzymatic Recycling of Post-cOnsumer waSte strEams

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WASTE2FUNC
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - agriculture, 2G sugar - food, Agricultural sidestreams, Agricultural waste, Biosurfactants, Bulk chemicals, Coordinator, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Detergent ingredients, Detergents, Fatty acids, Fermentation, Food related sidestreams, Food waste, H2020 BBI-IA-DEMO, Lactic acid, Market sample production, Oils, Oils and derivatives, Ongoing projects, PLA, Personal and home care, Polylactic acid, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Product recovery and purification, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Starch, Used cooking oil, Vegetable oils

The WASTE2FUNC project aims to resolve supply chain hurdles towards the efficient conversion of food (crop) waste into two types of biobased functional molecules.

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BioBase4SME
  • Agriculture, Aromatics, Biopolymers, Bulk chemicals, Chemical building blocks, Coordination, Coordinator, Enzymes, Fertilizers, Finished projects, Food, Food ingredients, Innovation vouchers, Interreg NWE, Networking, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development, SME support, Scale-up, Specialty chemicals, Sugars, Value chain building, WP leader

The BioBase4SME project intends to help Start-ups and SME to overcome technological and non-technological barriers to bring their innovation to market.

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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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BIOCON-CO2
  • Acrylic deratives, Alcohols, Biocatalysis, Bioplastics, Biopolymers, Bulk chemicals, CCU, CO, CO2, Feed, Feed additives, Feed ingredients, Fermentation, Finished projects, Formic acid, Gas fermentation, Gasses, H2, H2020-RIA, Lactic acid, Mobile unit, PHA, PHB, Partner, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Specialty chemicals, Steel mill gasses, Waste gasses

BIOtechnological processes based on microbial platforms for the CONversion of CO2 from iron&steel industry into commodities for chemicals and plastics

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DAFIA
  • Active barrier coatings, Biochemicals, Biopolymers, Bulk chemicals, Chemical building blocks, Di-amines, Fermentation, Finished projects, Flame retardants, Food related sidestreams, H2020-RIA, MSW, Marine waste, Muconic acid, Municipal solid waste, Other feedstock, Polyamides, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery & purification, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Specialty chemicals, WP leader

The main objective of DAFIA is to exploit the organic fraction of municipal solid wastes (MSW) and marine rest raw materials (MRRM) as feedstocks for higher value products.

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DemoProBio
  • 1G sugar, AO-NIB, Aceton, Acetonitrile, Bulk chemicals, Butanol, Ethanol, Fermentation, Finished projects, Fuels, In situ product recovery, Product recovery & purification, Regional-flanders, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Solvents, VLAIO/AO, WP leader

Industrial biotechnology plays a crucial role in the development of sustainable and cost effective production processes for biobased chemicals. These processes typically consist of two distinct unit operations: fermentation, followed by purification of the compound of interest from the fermentation broth. Product recovery and purification (also called downstream processing or DSP) are important cost factors, responsible for up to 80% of the total production cost. Reducing DSP cost is therefore a key success factor to improve the overall economics of biobased processes.

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