Project

Development of Advanced BIOREFinery Schemes to be INTEGrated into Existing Industrial Fuel Complexes (BIOREF-INTEG)

Acronym

BIOREF-INTEG

Code

41P06708

Duration

01 June 2008 → 31 May 2010

Funding

European funding: framework programme

Promotor

Wim Soetaert

Research disciplines

Engineering and technology
- Biocatalysis and enzyme technology
- Bioprocessing, bioproduction and bioproducts
- Fermentation
- Industrial microbiology
- Industrial molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins
- Industrial biotechnology not elsewhere classified

Keywords

oil refinery bio-ethanol agro biorefinery power production food paper production

Project description

BIOREF-INTEG will develop advanced biorefinery schemes to be integrated into existing industrial complexes of several biomass processing sectors such as sugar/starch (bio-ethanol), biodiesel, pulp and paper, conventional oil refineries, power production, food industry and the agrosector. The aim is to enable these industrial complexes to produce their main conventional products with increased market competitiveness by coproducing added-value bio-products (materials, chemicals, power, and/or heat).