Driving down the cost of waste derived sugar

Completed

Not Energy Related
Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Other bio-energy)

Applied Research and Development

BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Biological Sciences)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry)

Not Cross-cutting

Project Contact
Fiberight Limited

Feasibility Study

Innovate UK

01 April 2015

31 March 2016

12 months

£601,522

London

Competition Call: 1401_FS_HVM_IBCATLS1 - IB Catalyst Late Stage Feasibilty Studies Round 1. Activity Industrial Biotechnology Catalyst Late Stage (FS) Rnd1

Project Contact, Fiberight Limited

Project Contact, University of Leeds
Project Contact, Centre for Process Innovation - CPI
Project Contact, Rebio Technologies Limited
Project Contact, Sch of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University

This project will build on UK expertise in recycling of household waste to recover a clean cellulose. A new process has been developed to efficiently break this cellulose down into sugar which can be used to produce, for example bioethanol - the green fuel component of petrol, as well as other high value chemicals such as those used in construction materials and intermediates in chemical processes. The sugar from waste will substitute for the sugar currently used which is produced from crops including sugar beet which requires land, pesticides and fuel to grow and harvest. The benefits are environmental, less waste to landfill, economic, the waste derived sugar is sustainable and cost competitive and social as land can be used for food grade sugar production instead of for the sugar required for fuel and other industrial purposes.This project will build on UK expertise in recycling of household waste to recover a clean cellulose. A new process has been developed to efficiently break this cellulose down into sugar which can be used to produce, for example bioethanol - the green fuel component of petrol, as well as other high value chemicals such as those used in construction materials and intermediates in chemical processes. The sugar from waste will substitute for the sugar currently used which is produced from crops including sugar beet which requires land, pesticides and fuel to grow and harvest. The benefits are environmental, less waste to landfill, economic, the waste derived sugar is sustainable and cost competitive and social as land can be used for food grade sugar production instead of for the sugar required for fuel and other industrial purposes.This project will build on UK expertise in recycling of household waste to recover a clean cellulose. A new process has been developed to efficiently break this cellulose down into sugar which can be used to produce, for example bioethanol - the green fuel component of petrol, as well as other high value chemicals such as those used in construction materials and intermediates in chemical processes. The sugar from waste will substitute for the sugar currently used which is produced from crops including sugar beet which requires land, pesticides and fuel to grow and harvest. The benefits are environmental, less waste to landfill, economic, the waste derived sugar is sustainable and cost competitive and social as land can be used for food grade sugar production instead of for the sugar required for fuel and other industrial purposes.This project will build on UK expertise in recycling of household waste to recover a clean cellulose. A new process has been developed to efficiently break this cellulose down into sugar which can be used to produce, for example bioethanol - the green fuel component of petrol, as well as other high value chemicals such as those used in construction materials and intermediates in chemical processes. The sugar from waste will substitute for the sugar currently used which is produced from crops including sugar beet which requires land, pesticides and fuel to grow and harvest. The benefits are environmental, less waste to landfill, economic, the waste derived sugar is sustainable and cost competitive and social as land can be used for food grade sugar production instead of for the sugar required for fuel and other industrial purposes.This project will build on UK expertise in recycling of household waste to recover a clean cellulose. A new process has been developed to efficiently break this cellulose down into sugar which can be used to produce, for example bioethanol - the green fuel component of petrol, as well as other high value chemicals such as those used in construction materials and intermediates in chemical processes. The sugar from waste will substitute for the sugar currently used which is produced from crops including sugar beet which requires land, pesticides and fuel to grow and harvest. The benefits are environmental, less waste to landfill, economic, the waste derived sugar is sustainable and cost competitive and social as land can be used for food grade sugar production instead of for the sugar required for fuel and other industrial purposes.

07/08/15