Project: Bio-Electric Syngas Technology for the Production of Biomass Derived BioFuels and Platform Chemicals
| Acronym | BesTECH (Reference Number: BEN12-19-13) |
| Duration | 01/04/2020 - 31/03/2023 |
| Project Topic | The overall aim of BesTECH is the development of an electrically enhanced bioconversion process to establish a biotechnological platform for the sustainable, safe and environmentally friendly provision of biofuels and -chemicals on a biomass basis. First step is the conversion of low cost waste-biomass feedstocks of varying or minor quality into syngas or biogas. Thermal biomass conversion into syngas and biological conversion via anaerobic digestion are well-established processes that can handle a broad spectrum of biogenic materials. Subsequent gas fermentation in combination with the new and highly promising technology of microbial electrosynthesis enables an upcycling of low-quality biomass to high-quality products via the novel conversion route of microbial electrosynthesis. Thus, BesTECH allows to de-novo build targeted products from previously decomposed carbon building blocks and uniquely attributes a circular waste biomass-based economy. |
| Network | BIOENERGY |
| Call | 13th Joint Call for R&D Proposals for ERA-NET Bioenergy / 3rd Additional Joint Call for R&D Proposals for ERA-NET Cofund BESTF3 |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BEST - Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH | Coordinator | Austria |
| 2 | University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna | Partner | Austria |
| 3 | Buzek Plastic Poland | Partner | Poland |
| 4 | National Research Institute | Partner | Poland |