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WP4_Follow up of activities
In the WP4 (Catalytic conversion of ethanol to butanol), bio-ethanol can be catalytically converted into butanol through alcohol dimerization called Guerbet reaction. This reaction is promoted by catalysts with a suitable combination of both acid and basic sites. Furthermore, the addition of an active metal can favour the initial dehydrogenation of the alcohol to…
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Sustainable First and Second Generation Bioethanol for Europe
Last September, Waste2Fuels had the pleasure to participate in the Sustainable First and Second Generation Bioethanol for Europe event. In the context of the discussion on REDII, the conference provided an overview of the pros and cons related to the first and the second generation of bioethanol, focusing on the GHG emission reduction and decarbonisation…
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Agri-Food Waste Day Conference
On the 17 October, Waste2Fuels participated in the Agri-food waste day conference, co-hosted by NoAW and Agrocycle, both projects funded under H2020, the European Research and Innovation scheme. The aim of the conference was to bring together different stakeholders and share opinions about circular economy challenges and activities in the agri-food sector. During the event latest…
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Other events attended
The Waste2Fuels project has been also presented at: 13th International Symposium on the Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms, October 16-20, 2016, Wuhan, China. International Conference on Metabolic Science (ICMS-2016). The conference provided a platform for world’s leading scientists, young scholars, graduates and entrepreneurs to network, exchanging update progress for solutions to address common challenges. In this…
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Insights from the biofuel world
Last summer the SFT (Sustainable Transport Forum) approved the Final Report elaborated by the Sub-Group on Advanced Biofuels, which consists of 32 industry experts representing all advanced biofuels value chains and transport sectors, such as aviation and maritime. The mandate of the Sub-Group was to develop strategies facilitating the deployment and use of advanced biofuels…
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Newsletter #1
Dear Waste2Fuels reader, Click on the following link to enjoy our first Newsletter Hope you enjoy it. See you in the next one!
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Waste2Fuels at CASA-SCAR National Meeting
The Deputy Director of Research of ITACyL, Pablo Gómez Conejo, has participated in the CASA-SCAR NATIONAL MEETING at the Spanish National Institute of Agricultural and Food Research (INIA), which was held in Madrid (Spain) during the 10-11th May 2017. The topic of this meeting was: The research agenda on Agriculture and Bioeconomy within the European…
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Latest updates on WP1
After one year of activities, several results have been achieved: Under the WP1 (selection of renewable feedstock for ABE fermentation), a preliminary analysis has been conducted by ITACYL together with ENCO on agro-food waste, in order to select the most suitable AFWs wastes to be investigated for biobutanol production. The selected agro-food waste (potato…
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Latest updates on WP2
Activities concerning the WP2 (metabolic engineering for biomass conversion to butanol) have been carried out by WEIZMANN. A library of lignocellulolytic enzymes has been developed and a panel of mixtures tested on the four different types of untreated agro-wastes. High levels of enzymatic degradation were observed on brewer’s spent grain by a mixture of…
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Latest updates on WP3
Under the WP3 (ABE fermentation solvent recovery), TU WIEN conducted activities aimed at recovery and concentration of the butanol mixture produced by fermentation. To this end, TU WIEN investigated pervaporation for product recovery in ABE fermentation. The focus was given to the comparison of different membrane materials near real process conditions. Obtained design parameters…