Code
01N01217
Duration
01 January 2017 → 31 October 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Engineering and technology
- Catalysis and reacting systems engineering
- Chemical product design and formulation
- General chemical and biochemical engineering
- Process engineering
- Separation and membrane technologies
- Sustainable and environmental engineering
- Transport phenomena
- Other (bio)chemical engineering
Keywords
dyes
extraction
food waste
Project description
This proposal will develop sustainable extraction pathways for natural dyes from fruit and vegetable waste with a focus on anthocyanins, quinones and carotenoids. To guide the extraction procedure and optional derivatization strategy towards the best suited application, molecular descriptors will be used that give an indication of the stability, affinity and color of the extracted molecules.