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COMMUNICATION

Scale-up trials: 250L
fermenter (BIOTREND)

POLYMERISATION METHODS Plant. Synergies between partners will be instrumental
European and American biopolymer markets are for a successful scale-up of the fermentations using real
experiencing huge growth expected to continue in the near raw materials and in conditions suitable for downstream
future. The objective of BioREFINE-2G is to prepare bio- processing. l
polyesters from dicarboxylic acids obtained from genetic
engineered yeast. The bio-polyesters are then converted Contact details:
into commercially interesting products, such as polyurethane Project website: www.biorefine2g.eu
dispersions (PUDs) and thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs)
used as adhesives and coatings, and polylactide(PLA)- Project coordination
copolymers, which can be used as biodegradable DTU – Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for
packaging plastics. We have prepared bio-polyesters of Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark
different molecular weight by adjusting parameters such as (Coordinator)
temperature, pressure, reaction time and type of catalyst. Contact: Dr. Irina Borodina
Email: irbo@biosustain.dtu.dk
SCALE-UP AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Scale-up trials are underway to transfer the fermentation Dissemination and exploitation
technology from lab-scale to industrial application. WIP – Renewable Energies, Germany
The process developed at lab scale by ULund will be Contact: Dr. Rainer Janssen
implemented at pilot scale at Biotrend. The resulting Email: rainer.janssen@wip-munich.de
scaled-up process will be transferred to Borregard’s Demo

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