All Projects

LUCRA
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - food, 2G sugar - forestry, Biocatalysis, Biomass pretreatment, Bioplastics, Biopolymers, Coordinator, Fermentation, Forestry sidestreams, HEurope - CBE JU, HEurope-CBEJU-IA, Municipal solid waste, Ongoing projects, Other feedstock, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Product recovery and purification, WP leader

LUCRA will exploit Municipal Solid Waste and Wood waste as feedstocks for the large scale production of platform building block chemicals at high yield with significant industrial end-user interest using a circular bioeconomy biorefinery approach.

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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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CO2PERATE
  • (Inter)Cluster, Bioplastics, Biopolymers, CCU, CO2, Catalisti-ISBO, Feed, Fermentation, Finished projects, Food, Formic acid, Gas fermentation, Gasses, H2, Low TRL, Other feedstock, PHA, PHB, Partner, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Regional-flanders, Single cell protein, Specialty chemicals, Waste gasses

CO2PERATE aims to develop catalytic technologies to convert CO2 into formic acid, using renewable electricity. Formic acid will subsequently be used as building block for the biosynthetic production of value-added chemicals, as a building block for the chemical industry, or as a potential carrier for energy storage.

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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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NanoPack
  • Essential oil loading, Essential oils, Etching, Finished projects, Food and drink packaging, H2020-IA, Halosite nanotubes, Immobilisation, Other feedstock, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Scale-up (TRL 4-6), WP leader

NanoPack aims to develop and demonstrate state-of-the-art antimicrobial packaging solutions for perishable foods based on natural nanomaterials that will prevent food-borne illness outbreaks and reduce food waste caused by early spoilage.

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Novosides
  • 1G sugar, Biocatalysis, Enzymes, FP7, Fermentation, Finished projects, Food, Glycosides, Other feedstock, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery & purification, Scale-up, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Small organic molecules, Specialty carbohydrates, Sugar, WP leader

The goal of the Novosides project is the development of biocatalytic processes for the glycosylation of small organic molecules such as flavonoids, alkaloids and steroids. Glycosylation can drastically improve both the physicochemical and biological properties of these molecules (e.g. slow release, improved solubility and stability, taste modification, drug targeting), but few biocatalysts are currently available to perform this modification cost-efficiently at industrial scale.

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SMARTBOX
  • Aromatics, Beech wood, Biocatalysis, Biodegradable, Biomaterials, Coordinator, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Enzyme engineering, Enzyme production, Enzymes, Exploitation, FDCA, Fermentation, Finished projects, Food, Forestry biomass, H2020 BBI-RIA, HMF, Hard wood, Lignin, Lignin biomass, Lignocellulose, Other feedstock, Oxidative catalysis, Polycarbonate building blocks, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Product recovery and purification, Reductive catalytic fractionation, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Soft wood, Specialty chemicals, Vanillin, WP leader

SMARTBOX will develop an advanced computational engineering platform specifically for oxidative enzymes. Relying on this platform, SMARTBOX will develop the one-enzyme conversion of HMF into FDCA and intermediates, and the one-enzyme conversion of lignin monomers into a potential biobased building block for polycarbonates and vanillin.

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