Code
01CD16623
Duration
01 February 2024 → 31 July 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Engineering and technology
- (Bio)chemical reactors
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Farm and rural management
- Sustainable agriculture
Keywords
agricultural residues and by-products management
Green biorefinery
financial sustainability
bioeconomy
agro-energy systems
Project description
Biorefinery technologies produce energy and value added products from organic material. Currently investments in these technologies are limited mostly to biotech and processing industries. This project evaluates the financial viability of implementing biorefinery technologies on farms, focusing on case studies with different biorefinery systems applied to Belgian dairy farms, producing energy and value added products (lactic acid, microalgae) from agro-residues.