Boerderij met bioraffinagereactor TRANSfarm KU Leuven

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💡 At the TRANSfarm experimental farm you can actually find a biorefinery reactor: to convert plant residues into the building blocks for bioplastics or biofuel. • 📜Biocon is a unique scale-up facility to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable circular bio-economy. It bridges the gap between lab validation and commercialization by bringing emerging chemical technologies and carbon circularity solutions to the pilot scale. Currently the platform focuses on upscaling of the lignin-first biorefinery technology, which has been invented by researchers from the Center for Sustainable Catalysis and Engineering (CSCE). This new technology enables the efficient conversion of lignocellulosic biomass (wood, grasses, agro side streams) into high-value renewable carbon sources for the chemical industry. Biocon produces demonstrator product samples and provides them to (industrial) partners for a broad range of applications (e.g. aromatic polymers and additives, agrochemicals, specialty fibres, sustainable fuels). Operating from a brand new pilot facility at TRANSfarm, the platform will gradually be further extended with advanced pilot scale equipment for e.g. process intensification, downstream separations and product synthesis. BIOCON provides its unique infrastructure and knowhow as a reliable partner in industrial joint developments as well as in international multi-partner R D projects. • 🗣️ The video shows part of the Biocon team: Stefaan Jacobs - Process Development Engineer, Ben Wambacq - Lead Operator, Sander Van den Bosch - Research Manager. • 📆 This video was made in 2023 and was first shown at the Biocon opening event on 5 December 2023. • ➡️ Find out more? https://stories.kuleuven.be/en/storie... • https://www.kuleuven.be/biocon • / biocon-kuleuven

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