All Projects

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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ECHO
  • Biodegradable, Biopolymers, Bulk chemicals, CCU, CO2, Chemical building blocks, EU RRF project, Fermentation, Finished projects, Fwo, Gas fermentation, Gasses, H2, Low TRL, Partner, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Regional-flanders, WP leader, Waste gasses

Engineering Cupriavidus necator for the Hydrogen-efficient production of a pyrOne building block from industrial gas streams.

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Foieture
  • (Inter)Cluster, 1G sugar, Cell culture, Cultured meat, Finished projects, Flanders Food / VLAIO-ICON, Foie gras, Food, Low TRL, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Regional-flanders, WP leader

The conventional meat production system is not sustainable and climate neutral. The increasing concerns regarding animal welfare have also pushed the meat market to look for different means of production for instance of vegan “meat”.

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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, Finished projects, In situ product recovery, Industrial sidestreams, Lactic acid, Moonshot flanders-cSBO, 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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Ghent Syngas Cluster
  • 2G biomass, 2G sugar, 2G sugar - forestry, AO-NIB, Biomass waste, CCU, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Ethanol, Fermentation, Finished projects, Fuels, Gas fermentation, Gasses, High TRL, Partner, Regional-flanders, Steel mill gasses, Syngas, VLAIO/AO

The Ghent Syngas Cluster project aimed at developing and demonstrating new innovative technology to convert syngas, a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas, into green chemicals, sustainable fuels and green electricity.

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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, Finished projects, Green chemistry, Heterogeneous catalysis, Industrial sidestreams, Low TRL, Moonshot flanders-cSBO, 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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Microbial Protein Transition
  • Demonstration (TRL 5-7), EU RRF project, Finished projects, Investment project, 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, Finished projects, Food, 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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