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22-04-2021
Call for participation: provide hydrolysis lignin to test it in applications
Biorizon co-initiator VITO is looking for companies that own or produce hydrolysis lignin. Together with various scientists, VITO is keen to investigate the potential of this lignin by depolymerizing it and test it in applications, such as polymers, adhesives, coatings or composites.
About Biorizon’s Lignin Horizon
Biorizon co-initiator VITO targets the development of technology for the isolation, depolymerization and fractionation of the lignin fraction of biomass into bio-aromatics. This program targets aromatics with new functionalities that lead to improved product properties. VITO is now scaling up a unique conversion technology to produce lignin-based building blocks for the fine chemical industry and innovative biorefineries.
Contact
If you possess hydrolysis lignin and want to find out the potential of this green feedstock, please contact Viviana Polizzi, R&D professional bio-aromatics at VITO at Viviana.polizzi@vito.be.
See also:
Lignin Horizon
In Horizon III, Biorizon co-initiator VITO targets the development of technology for the isolation, depolymerization and fractionation of the lignin fraction of biomass into bio-aromatics. This program targets aromatics with new functionalities that lead to improved product properties. VITO is now scaling up a unique conversion technology to produce lignin-based building blocks for the fine chemical industry and innovative biorefineries.
Process
The technology used in Horizon III results in different lignins, ranging from monomeric to oligomeric mixtures. A variety of bio-aromatics can be obtained by matching the appropriate starting materials and depolymerization technology.
Current focus
VITO started the engineering and construction of a lignin depolymerization pilot plant (LignoValue), which will produce functionalized renewable bio-aromatics that can be used in different high added-value applications (polymers, adhesives, coatings, composites, etc.). This facility will deliver about 250 kg/day of functional renewable bio-aromatics and should be operational by mid-2021. These amounts of renewable bio-aromatics allow the industry to apply these samples within their pilot facility in order to conduct application testing on a large scale. There are promising applications for these novel, renewable bio-aromatics in the fine chemical and polymer industries.
More information
If you share our ambition and want to collaborate with our Shared Research Center, please join our community, visit the Biorizon headquarters at the Green Chemistry Campus in Bergen op Zoom (NL) or reach out to our business development managers.
Calls for Participation
Do you want to contribute to our mission to enable commercial production of bio-aromatics by 2025? Come and join us! Take a look at the Biorizon calls for participation, and reach out to our business development managers for more information.
Contact
Biorizon is located at the Green Chemistry Campus in Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands.
Green Chemistry Campus
Auvergnedijk 2 - Port 1
4612 PX Bergen op Zoom
The Netherlands
Furthermore Biorizon works at research locations of TNO in Delft, Petten and Alkmaar and of VITO in Mol and Antwerp.
Business Development Managers:
Horizon 1: Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass to Bio-Aromatics
Arjan Smit
+31 (0)6 50 00 96 12
Horizon 2: Sugars to Bio-Aromatics
Paul Könst
+31 (0) 6 25 04 13 79
Horizon 3: Lignin to Bio-Aromatics
Karolien Vanbroekhoven
+32 (0)4 93 51 42 70
Relement (Biorizon spin-off)
Roger Blokland
Please note that Biorizon is not related to BioHorizon, EU-funded network of National Contact Points (NCPs) for Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2. If you are looking for BioHorizon, please go to www.ncp-biohorizon.net
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