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1 FinalBioConSepT Newsletter Issue 09 (February 2016) BioConSepT Integration of Bio-Conversion and Separation Technology for the pro- duction and application of platform chemicals from 2 nd generation biomass. www.bioconsept.eu • Welcome (p.1) • Mission accomplished: Successful demonstrations (p.2) • Demo No. 1: FDCA (p.2) • Demo No. 2: Epoxidation (p.3) • The final countdown: Exploitation Event attracted the industry (p.3) • Engaging with the media (p.4) • Serious fun: The BioConSepT game to rule the virtual bio-economy! (p.4) I remember a large meeting room in a remote hotel in the Dutch countryside in March 2012. It was stuffed with nearly a hundred scientists with one ambitious aim: to demonstrate the feasibility of an integrated chain approach to produce and apply platform chemicals from 2 nd generation biomass, which are regarded as the basis for the next generation industrial white biotech processes. Today, four years after the BioConSepT kick-off meeting, I am proud to write this final newsletter including a remarkable list of results - above all two successful demonstrations at industrially relevant scale. Two platform chemicals succeeded until this last step in the process chain: FDCA and epoxidation. At the Final Exploitation Event in November, we attracted the industry by presenting our commercially relevant results. Two weeks before, we interactively involved regional and European policy makers by playing the serious game at the EFIB Conference in Brussels. At this point, I want to thank all consortium partners and stakeholders for their enormous efforts and engagement. We are looking forward to hearing from you, either as part of new exciting bioeconomy projects, or by taking up scientific and commercial results from BioConSepT. WELCOME Dirk Verdoes, TNO Project Coordinator Greener Than Bioplastics Inside this Issue: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement: 289194, KBBE.2011.3.4-02 – Towards a sustainable bio-industry – Biotechnology for renewable chemicals and innovative downstream processes. www.bioconsept.eu
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FinalBioConSepT NewsletterIssue 09 (February 2016)
BioConSepT
Integration of Bio-Conversion and Separation Technology for the pro-duction and application of platform chemicals from 2nd generation biomass. www.bioconsept.eu
• Welcome (p.1)• Mission accomplished: Successful demonstrations
(p.2)• Demo No. 1: FDCA (p.2)• Demo No. 2: Epoxidation (p.3)• Thefinalcountdown:ExploitationEventattracted
the industry (p.3)• Engagingwiththemedia(p.4)• Serious fun: The BioConSepT game to rule the virtual
bio-economy!(p.4)
I remember a large meeting room in a remote hotel intheDutchcountrysideinMarch2012.Itwasstuffedwithnearlyahundredscientistswithoneambitiousaim: to demonstrate the feasibility of an integrated chain approach to produce and apply platform chemicals from 2nd generation biomass, whichare regarded as the basis for the next generation industrialwhitebiotechprocesses.
Today, four years after the BioConSepT kick-offmeeting, I am proud towrite this final newsletterincludingaremarkablelistofresults-abovealltwosuccessful demonstrations at industrially relevant scale.Twoplatformchemicals succeededuntil thislast step in the process chain: FDCA and epoxidation.
At the Final Exploitation Event in November, weattracted the industry by presenting our commercially relevantresults.Twoweeksbefore,weinteractively
involved regional and European policy makers by playing the serious game at the EFIB Conference in Brussels.
At this point, I want tothank all consortium partners and stakeholders for their enormous effortsand engagement. We are lookingforwardtohearingfrom you, either as part of new exciting bioeconomyprojects, or by taking up scientific and commercialresults from BioConSepT.
WELCOME
Dirk Verdoes, TNO Project Coordinator
Greener Than Bioplastics
Inside this Issue:
Thisprojecthas received funding fromtheEuropeanUnion’s SeventhFrameworkProgramme for research, technologicaldevelopmentanddemonstrationundergrantagreement:289194,KBBE.2011.3.4-02–Towardsasustainablebio-industry–Biotechnologyforrenewablechemicalsandinnovativedownstreamprocesses. www. b i o c o n s e p t . e u
Fraunhofer CBP Pilot Plant Leuna (c) Norbert Michalke 2015
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DEMONSTRATION
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Mission accomplished: successful demonstrations of FDCA and epoxidation
TwooutofsixplatformchemicalsarethewinnersintheBioConSepTproject: FDCA and epoxidation.
All routes derived from lignocellulosic biomass (FDCA, itaconic acid and succinic acid) and from non-edible oils & fats (long chain di-carboxylic acid (LC-DCA), amines and epoxides) have been examined.
Finally, FDCA and epoxidation made it to the demonstration at large scale. They have the potential to substitute fossil fuels in polymers that can be used to develop items in plastic manufacturing. In the near future plasticizers, automotive parts, packaging, plastic bottles, and others might be made out of BioConSepT chemicals.
Thisprojecthas received funding fromtheEuropeanUnion’s SeventhFrameworkProgramme for research, technologicaldevelopmentanddemonstrationundergrantagreement:289194,KBBE.2011.3.4-02–Towardsasustainablebio-industry–Biotechnologyforrenewablechemicalsandinnovativedownstreamprocesses. www. b i o c o n s e p t . e u
Demo No 1: 2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA)
FDCA produced from 5-HMF (5-(hydroxymethyl furfural) allows for the production ofbio-based PEF (polyethylene furanoate) which, dueto better properties, has the potential to replace the currently used PET (polyethylenterephthalat). The BioConSepT consortium developed a lean 3-step innovative biotransformation process to produce, recover and purify FDCA from the fermentation media, whichuses sugar derivatives as feedstock.The selected FDCA process was tested in the period ofAugust–Decemberof2015atthe facilities of Fraunhofer in
Leuna and VTT. Around 50 kg of FDCA could be produced in this time. During the demo test, 90%wt conversion yields wereachieved in the fermentation, with very little by-productformation. In addition, novel crystallizationtechniquesweretested in the FDCA processing.
The developed process for FDCA production is not yet competitive with fossil-basedPTA or DINP processes. The main challenge for the production costs is the price of main raw material, 5-HMF. A moreeconomic production route for second generation 5-HMF still needs to be developed.
In 2004, theUS Department of Energy classified 2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) as one of thetwelvemostimportantplatformchemicalsintheworld.
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From bugs to full process development. This
wasthetitleoftheFinalExploitationEventin
Merseburg (Germany), which attracted more
than 70 visitors from the international industry.
From 10th to 11th November 2015, speakers from twelve partners presented results fromthewholeproductionchainsand thepiloting.Extensive sessions for both FDCA production and epoxidation of plant oil covered all aspectsofthetwopilots–fromfeedstockandprocess development to application testing and techno-economic evaluation and sustainability assessment.
Participants had the chance to visit the FraunhoferCBPpilotplantinLeunatowitnessthe scaling up of processes and initiate knowledge-exchange between consortiummembers and external participants.
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Thefinalcountdown:ExploitationEventattractedtheindustry
Demo No 2: Epoxidation
Exceptional heat stability, hydrolysis resistance, slightly improved efficiency, good gelationspeed, transparency and ageing properties at ambient temperature as well as during ovenageing. This remarkable list of positive product properties has been proven by application tests of fully biobased plasticizers based on epoxidized oil. In addition, calculations indicate an economically sustainable process withpaybacktimesofslightlybelowtenyears.The chemo-enzymatic epoxidation of the 2nd generation waste stream oil provided byProviron has been scaled up successfully to industrially relevant scale by Fraunhofer and
Proviron.Fiveconsecutivereactioncycleswereperformedwithoneenzymebatchresultinginaround140kgoftheepoxidizedoil.Duringeachrun, around 80% yield of the theoretical have beenobtained.Theepoxidizedoilwasfurtherconvertedtothefinalproductandevaluatedinapplication tests at the production site of the industrial partner (Proviron).Further research efforts should focus on thereusability of the enzyme and a continuous reactor. Barriers are the availability of the feedstock to reach sufficient market share,the high cost of enzymatic catalysis, and the excluded application for food products.
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Thisprojecthas received funding fromtheEuropeanUnion’s SeventhFrameworkProgramme for research, technologicaldevelopmentanddemonstrationundergrantagreement:289194,KBBE.2011.3.4-02–Towardsasustainablebio-industry–Biotechnologyforrenewablechemicalsandinnovativedownstreamprocesses. www. b i o c o n s e p t . e u
GAMING CORNER
Serious fun: The BioConSepT game to rule the virtual bio-economy!
Factsheets,policybriefsandwhitepaperswereyesterday. Ten regional, national and EU policy makers played the BioEconomy Serious Game to get a surprising perspective of the bio-economy.
The launch of the BioConSepT Serious Game, as a pre-event to the EIFB 2015 Conference in Brussels on 27th of October, convinced of the relevance of alternative approaches to oil-based chemicals. Policy makers (inter)actively engaged in a virtual bio-economy world byassuming one of four roles like an industry leader or a legislator. In this fun but serious gaming session, they jointly pushed for the transition from a fossil to a bio-based economy.
The Serious Game proved to be the perfect tool, to send thecomplexmessageofhowtoimplement BioConSepT technologies – andwill hopefully convince more policy makersin further gaming sessions to follow. Playerswere enthusiastic about playing the game inthe future with their colleagues because itmadethemseehowdifferentstakeholdersareconnected.
Youwant to convinceor be convincedby thebioeconomy?Wearelookingforwardtoarrangefurther sessions.
- Nadine Wennersbusch (Project manager, TNO), [email protected]
- Florian Witsenburg (TYGRON Serious Games), [email protected]
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Incaseyouareinterested–commerciallyorscientifically-feelfreetocontactus:
- for FDCA demonstration results: Carol Roa Engel (TNO), [email protected]
- for epoxidation demonstration results: Susanne Zibek (Fraunhofer) [email protected]
Main Contact: Carol Roa Engel (TNO), [email protected] Manager: Nadine Wennersbusch (TNO), [email protected] Dissemination Manager: Daniela Fichtenbauer (RTD Services), [email protected]
CONTACT
Thisprojecthas received funding fromtheEuropeanUnion’s SeventhFrameworkProgramme for research, technologicaldevelopmentanddemonstrationundergrantagreement:289194,KBBE.2011.3.4-02–Towardsasustainablebio-industry–Biotechnologyforrenewablechemicalsandinnovativedownstreamprocesses. www. b i o c o n s e p t . e u
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Engagingwiththemedia
A technical press release resulted in numerous articles on the successful upscaling of processes.
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