All Projects

Bio Base Demo
  • Demonstration (TRL 5-7), EU RRF project, Investment project, Regional-flanders, VLAIO/AO

Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is building a fully equipped 75 m3 fermentation line.

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Bio Base NextGen
  • EU RRF project, Investment project, Process development (TRL 4-5), Regional-flanders, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), VLAIO/AO

The Bio Base NextGen Fermentation Platform enables accelerated scale-up of innovative fermentation processes from lab scale to a relevant demonstration and production scale.

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Bio Base Transition
  • Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Investment project, Regional-flanders, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), VLAIO/AO

The Bio Base Transition investment concerns a fermentation line (15m3) for demonstration of the valorisation of renewable raw materials, green methanol or waste materials into complex compounds, as an alternative to (petro)chemistry.

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EnzyMares
  • (Inter)Cluster, Blauwe Cluster, Catalisti, Catalisti-SBO, Enzymes, Flanders Food, Low TRL, Ongoing projects, Regional-flanders, VLAIO/AO

Within EnzyMares, this multidisciplinary consortium develops a toolbox with which the specific characteristics of enzymes can be predicted on the basis of a multi-omics approach.

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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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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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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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BioKatalyse
  • AO-NIB, Biocatalysis, Coordinator, Finished projects, Process development, Regional-flanders, SME support, VLAIO/AO, Value chain building, WP leader

The aim of BIOKATALYSE is to acquaint traditional chemical industry with the Key Enabling Technology Biocatalysis. Biocatalysis is a technology that uses enzymes instead of chemical catalysts to catalyse or speed up chemical processes. The target group is the Flemish chemical industry that is mainly making use of conventional chemical conversion techniques.

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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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