H2020. Spain
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Title: H2020 – Spanish University requires a company producing lignin waste, a company using bio-based aromatics as input and a research team with technological expertise on lignin, to develop new technologies to obtain new aromatic building blocks from lignin. Description of the project: Leading Chemistry Department of a Spanish University requires industrial partners and research teams to develop photochemical and electrochemical technologies to obtain new aromatic building blocks from lignin. Project aim is to add value to industrial waste (lignin) by developing new, sustainable and cost-effective synthetic routes to produce lignin-based aromatic building blocks used in several industries (chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, polymer, agrofood...) under H2020 BBI-2018-S03-R11. Objectives: The project results will provide/facilitate: - valorization of lignin residues (that are produced in a massive scale in some bio-based industries) by conversion into chemical building blocks with improved yields and new functionalities - alternatives to fossil raw materials for obtaining chemical building blocks - intensification in the electrification of the industry, - work at milder temperature and pressure conditions, with significant improvements in energy efficiency - direct use of renewable energy sources: sunlight for photo(electro)catalytic processes, photovoltaic electric power for electrocatalytic processes - improved economic efficiency of biorefineries and other bio-based industries - reduction of the consumption of reactants (lower costs of purchase and stockage or reactants, and for the disposal/treatment of residual chemicals) - improved flexibility of operation, allowing for the implementation of renewable energies. Partner sought: Type1: industry (wood industry, biorefinery, industrial activity that produces lignin residue). Activities/expertise required: - provider of lignin samples as produced in the industry - enviromental plan and potential risk/hazards analysis, including legislation issues - economic viability performance check (value chain, market analysis) of products and processes - separation procedures Type 2: industry (final user of phenolics and aromatic building blocks: pharmaceutical, cosmetic, agro-food, polymer, or other industries). Activities/expertise required: - specification of desired target molecules for orienting chemical selectivity of synthetic routes and separation procedures. - enviromental plan and potential risk/hazards analysis, including legislation issues - economic viability performance check (value chain, market analysis) of products and processes Type 3: R&D Institution or University. Activities/expertise required: - electroorganic synthesis, product analysis and separation procedures - batch and flow electrochemical reactors operation - electrode materials preparation and characterization Deadline: 06/06/2018. Contact:
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