Calls for Participation
Over the last months Shared Research Center Biorizon has been busy developing new routes to biobased aromatics and applying for innovation funds to secure its groundbreaking research. Currently Biorizon offers several opportunities for global leaders in the fields of feedstock, conversion, equipment and end products to participate in research.
01-07-2018 - 30-04-2021 /
Flanders, Belgium
LignoValue Pilot: application testing, feedstock testing & building a demo plant
Recently, Biorizon co-initiator VITO and partners have launched the EFRO LignoValue Pilot project. By Q1 2021, this € 4.3 million project must result in a functioning pilot line in Flanders for the production of bio-aromatics from lignin/wood. The pilot meets the needs of various companies that have expressed an interest in innovative molecules and a willingness to carry out application testing.
01-03-2018 - 01-01-2020 /
World
Accelerate the development of bio-aromatics
In 2017, the province of Noord-Brabant, TNO, ECN and the Flemish VITO announced to jointly invest € 10 million in the development of bio-aromatics. Now we are making plans to use the financing to accelerate the development of bio-aromatics. You can join and benefit from a significant leverage on your contribution as well.
01-04-2017 - 31-12-2018 /
World
BIO-HArT: test bio-aromatics samples and discuss desired characteristics
Currently partners in Biorizon's BIO-HArT project are looking for companies with an interest in biobased aromatics that would like to receive samples to test them in their own applications and share the results with us. (In time), we will be able to provide samples of sugars, lignin, furans, alkylphenols, mono-, di- and tri-acids, functionalised phenols and other aromatic compounds. We offer you a unique opportunity to share your specific wishes with us regarding the characteristics of the samples (functionality, reactivity, ..) in order to discuss how we could cooperate and both benefit from the results. In collaboration with the industry applications will be developed based on these test samples.
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Samples
On this web page Biorizon presents samples. Companies are invited to test these samples and evaluate the results together with us.
Facilities
Shared Research Center Biorizon has state-of-the-art facilities at its disposal. The facilities can be found at the following locations:
Projects
Shared Research Center Biorizon works on the technology development of renewable aromatics with partners form the industry, universitites and applied research organisations. Please find an overview of the projects that we are currently working on below.
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, ECN part of TNO in Petten and Alkmaar and of VITO in Mol and Antwerp. Business Development Managers: Horizon 1: Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass to Bio-Aromatics Jaap Kiel +31 (0) 6 26 43 49 26 Horizon 2: Sugars to Bio-Aromatics Roger Blokland +31 (0)6 11 27 60 55 Horizon 3: Lignin to Bio-Aromatics Karolien Vanbroekhoven +32 (0)4 93 51 42 70 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 Display larger map
Research
To assure the achievement of our mission - to enable commercial production of bio-aromatics by 2025 - Biorizon developed a roadmap with clear targets and milestones. This roadmap is based on several meetings with industry and partnering RTO’s and on results from desk-studies, experiments and business case analyses. Biorizon's R&D activities The roadmap consists of 3 program lines, further referred to as “horizons”. Each horizon starts with an R&D phase, in which the specific technology, to convert biomass into aromatics, is (further) developed. The R&D activities include: early-stage laboratory research to establish proof-of-principle (TRL 1-2); the design, construction and use of bench-scale process skids to deliver proof-of-concept (TRL 3-4) of critical components; the (experimental) validation of the complete process through campaigns/runs in new or existing pilot infrastructure (TRL 5-6). Once the R&D phase is completed, Biorizon aims to continue the development of the value chain through demonstration of the techno-economic viability of the technology at relevant scale. Biorizon's 3 Horizons Three horizons in which (industrial) partners are invited to participate: Thermo-chemical: focus on the development of (catalytic) thermo-chemical technologies (e.g. gasification, pyrolysis) for BTX production and production of functionalized aromatics from low-cost biomass and biomass fractions. Sugar/furan: focus on the development of (bio-)chemical technologies toward functionalized drop-in (bulk) aromatics from sugar. Lignin: focus on the development of (bio-)chemical technologies toward (mixtures of) functionalized aromatic compounds (oligomers, dimers, monomers) from lignin. More in-depth information can be obtained by contacting us. R&D Activities Pathway design (selection of (bio-)chemistry) & assessment of IP landscape. Business case analysis (techno-economic-ecologic assessments). Conceptual Process Designs (selection of unit operations). Experimental integration studies (lab, bench & pilot-scale). Characterization of feedstocks & definition of appropriate balance between feedstock pretreatment & reaction efficiency; Integration of conversion process with local biorefinery and/or bio-energy infrastructure (ease of valorization of residues, use of waste heat, etc.); Improvement of (bio-)chemical reactions through catalyst screening & optimization; Application of green chemistry principles for the development of efficient & sustainable processes (i.e. process intensification, water management, by-product valorization) Evaluation of use of bio-aromatics in a diverse arena of applications. Demonstration Activities Detailed engineering, construction, commissioning, demo-runs. Assessments: Techno-economic, LCC & LCA. Final application development & market introduction. Typical results for all program types Roadmap IP-mapping Insight in business case Report describing experimental results IP portfolio Process flow chart & detailed techno-economic viability assessment LCA Prototypes of equipment Demonstrators at lab, pilot & demonstration-scale Batches of product (100 gram, 1 kg, 10 kg, 100 kg) Photography: SABIC Innovative Plastics Bergen op Zoom
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