| Ref.No: | 63270300 |
| Start date: | 01.10.2025 |
| End date: | 30.09.2028 |
| Approval date: | 03.09.2025 |
| Department: | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING |
| Sector: | PROCESS ANALYSIS AND PLANT DESIGN |
| Financier: | HORIZON EUROPE, E.C. |
| Budget: | 398.500,00 € |
| Public key: | ΨΑ0Ψ46ΨΖΣ4-9ΕΖ |
| Scientific Responsible: | Prof. KROKIDA |
| Email: | mkrok@chemeng.ntua.gr |
| Description: | BIOVAL IS A 36-MONTH ACTION THAT WILL CREATE, DEVELOP, AND SCALE UP AN INTEGRATED ENERGY-DRIVEN CIRCULAR BIOREFINERY WITH NEAR ZERO-WASTE AND ZERO-CARBON EMISSIONS. IT IS BASED ON A MULTI-FEEDSTOCK CONCEPT, ALLOWING THE VALORIZATION OF CO2 EMISSIONS, LIKE BIOGAS CO2 FRACTION, AND BIOMASS WASTES, SUCH AS FROM DIGESTATE TO DIFFERENT AGRO-INDUSTRIAL WASTES, WIDELY AVAILABLE IN EUROPE (E.G., 21BM3 AND 160 MT OF BIOGAS AND WASTE BIOMASS YEARLY PRODUCED IN THE EU, RESPECTIVELY). THE BIOREFINERY ALSO TARGETS A MULTIPRODUCT OPERATION THROUGH THE FEASIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS (ADVANCED ALGAL HYDROTREATED VEGETABLE OIL-HVO, BIO-H2, BIOGAS/CH4, AND ISOPROPANOL-IPA) AND HIGH-ADDED VALUE BIOPRODUCTS (FOCUS ON ASTAXANTHIN), USING MICROALGAE AND BACTERIAL GAS FERMENTATION AS CORE TECHNOLOGIES IN A CASCADE/PARALLEL APPROACH. THE BIOREFINERY WILL BE DESIGNED WITH A CIRCULAR CONCEPT TO MAXIMIZE ENERGY AND MASS INTEGRATION. AS SUCH, COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS WILL BE SIGNIFICANT METHODOLOGIES TO SUPPORT THE DESIGN, MODELLING, OPTIMIZATION, AND SCALE-UP OF THE BIOPROCESSES. THE CORE TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE SCALED UP AND VALIDATED IN RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTS (TRL5). |
