BioChem
To shift to a sustainable society, it is not only imperative to devise innovative strategies to increase the efficiency of bio-based production processes but also to produce pure chemical products that are in demand and viable in comparison to fossil-based products.
The main purpose of BioChem is to develop and demonstrate a waste-to-value approach to recover pure chemical products from municipal wastes and industrial residues. The overall aim of this project is to establish a novel bio-based production platform through the co-fermentation of both municipal and industrial organic waste streams to produce pure and market-ready volatile fatty acids (VFAs). These can act as platform chemicals to replace petroleum-based products to help in the transition to a fossil-free and sustainable society.
The specific purpose is to: (1) develop a biobased strategy to increase tailor-made VFA production from waste by an integrated approach of bioaugmentation and co-fermentation of municipal and organic wastes, (2) separate and purify VFA mixtures into platform chemicals and for further ammonium acetate production and as leaching agents for valuable metal recovery from waste material, (3) translate the research results to implementation through the design of an integrated system, environmental and economic evaluation as well as stakeholder’s engagement. In this way, this project will achieve a new biobased platform to help in the transition to a sustainable society.
Partners
KTH Royal Institute of Technologyand Ragn-Sells AB
Project period
January 2024 to December 2026
Funding
Total budget
SEK 3,000,000
Project coordinator
KTH Researchers
