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Exploitation of agri-food chain co-products and biomass
Reference
BBS/E/F/00044476
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Keith Waldron
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department
Quadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
1,917,187
Status
Current
Type
Institute Project
Start date
01/04/2010
End date
31/03/2018
Duration
95 months
Abstract
As part of a strategic drive to increase sustainability, food and energy there is increasing strategic interest in exploiting wastes, co-products and general biomass from UK agriculture. This project seeks to develop approaches to disassemble plant cell walls and plant structures in order to enhance the exploitation of valuable components, and to convert residual lignocellulose to biofuels and platform chemicals. The project will involve the use of novel physical pretreatments including steam explosion, and the use of life cycle analysis for evaluating environmental impact.
Summary
unavailable
Committee
Not funded via Committee
Research Topics
Bioenergy, Industrial Biotechnology
Research Priority
X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative
X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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