US4GREENCHEM - Combined Ultrasonic and Enzyme treatment of Lignocellulosic Feedstock as Substrate for Sugar Based Biotechnological Applications (Horizon 2020)
Aree / Gruppi di ricerca
Partecipanti al progetto
- Mantegna Stefano (Tecnico/a)
- Calcio Gaudino Emanuela (Ricercatore/trice)
- Wu Zhilin (Borsista)
- Cravotto Giancarlo (Responsabile)
Descrizione del progetto
Combined Ultrasonic and Enzyme Treatment of Lignocellulosic Feedstock as Substrate for Sugar Based Biotechnological Applications
HORIZON 2020
Grant Agreement Number 669055
Members:
Dr. Silvia Tabasso (researcher affiliated at Dipartimento di Chimica - UNITO)
Project Coordinator:
Project Coordinator: VEREIN ZUR FOERDERUNG DES TECHNOLOGIETRANSFERS AN DER HOCHSCHULE BREMERHAVEN E.V. (TTZ) (Germany).
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Giancarlo Cravotto (UNITO)
Partners:
1. VEREIN ZUR FOERDERUNG DES TECHNOLOGIETRANSFERS AN DER HOCHSCHULE BREMERHAVEN E.V. (TTZ) - www.ttz-bremerhaven.de
2. WEBER ULTRASONICS GMBH (Weber) - www.weber-ultrasonics.de
3. ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS GMBH (Environmental Systems GmbH) - www.environmental-systems.de
4. TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT Oy (VTT) - www.vtt.fi
5. UAB BIOCENTRAS (UAB BIOCENTRAS) - www.biocentras.lt
6. LATVIJAS VALSTS KOKSNES KIMIJAS INSTITUTS (LSIWC) - www.kki.lv
7. FEYECON DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION BV (FEYECON) - www.feyecon.com
8. FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION (TECNALIA) - www.tecnalia.com
9. JOWAT AG (Jowat AG) - www.jowat.de
Sponsors:
European Union Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)
Description:
US4GREENCHEM Project aims to design a biorefinery concept for the complete valorization of lignocellulosic biomass that is energy- and cost-efficient and based solely on green technologies. To reach this goal, ultrasound (US) pretreatment will be used to effectively disrupt the lignocellulosic matrix in combination with CO2 technologies to maximize release of sugars as main target products of the process. The solid residues will be recycled for energy production. The final target is the optimization of enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose fibers leading to fermentable sugars. The developed protocols will be integrated to strategies pilot scale through the experienced industrial partners involved in the project. The potential economic and environmental impacts of combined technologies will be evaluated.
Keywords:
Lignocellulose, biorefinery, supercritical CO2, ultrasound, enzymatic hydrolysis, fermentation.
(Horizon 2020 / BBI-JU, Call: H2020-BBI-PPP-2014-1, PROJECT: US4GREENCHEM)
Documents (.pdf version):
Biomass pre-treatment technologies US4GREENCHEM
Poster1 GREENSustChem2016_Berlin
Poster2 WorkShop Green Chem 2017 _ Roma
Poster 4th International Congress on Catalysis for Biorefineries Lyon 11-15 dicembre 2017
Poster Asia Oceania Sonochemical Society Conference Chennay (India) 14-16 settembre 2017
Workshop on cavitation exploitation Lubjana (Slovenia) 27-28 settembre 2018