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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BioRen
  • 2G biomass, Advanced fuels, Biofuel, Bulk chemicals, Ethanol, Finished projects, Fuels, Glycerol tertiary butyl ether, H2020-RIA, Industrial sidestreams, Isobutanol, MSW, Municipal solid waste, Other feedstock, Paper & cardboard, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Scale-up, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), WP leader

The objective of BioRen is to develop competitive drop-in biofuels for road transport from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW). A higher value fuel is targeted: glycerol tertiary butyl ether (GTBE) is a promising fuel additive to both diesel and gasoline that improves engine performance and cuts harmful exhaust emissions (e.g. fine dust).

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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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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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2G BIOPIC
  • 2nd generation, Advanced fuels, Agricultural sidestreams, Biocatalysis, Bioethanol, Biomaterials, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Ethanol, Fermentation, Finished projects, Fuels, Organosolv, Partner, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Wheat straw

2G BIOPIC proposes a new approach: bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass. This technology is based on a highly effective clean deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass, an advanced organosolv technology, for which several patents have been submitted in the past decade by CIMV.

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