Project: Development of modular small-scale integrated biorefineries to produce an optimal range of bioproducts from a variety of rural agricultural and groindustrial resudues / wastes with a minimum consumption of fossile energy
The aim of this project is to study technicaleconomic and environmental viability of small scale integrated biorefinery units capable of processing different kinds of biomass produced in short radius catchments rural and small urban areas, both in Europe and in CELAC. Two different biorefinery platforms will be simulated under a wide range of dry and wet feedstocks: Lignocellulosic biorefinery for ethanol, sugars and lignin for further biological/chemical conversion and wet biomass for biogas through anaerobic digestion. The synergies of combining both platforms will be evaluated. The project shall develop appropriate general tools and methods to properly assess and optimize the technoeconomic viability (IRR, NPV and production costs) in a sustainable environmental assessment (LCA) including the social impacts (improvement in living conditions, job creation and new opportunities for rural development identification) for any smallscale integrated biorefinery. These economical and sustainability impacts will be validated for different real business case studies both in EU and LAC regions.
| Acronym | SMIBIO (Reference Number: ELAC2014/BEE-0249) |
| Duration | 01/01/2015 - 01/01/2018 |
| Project Topic | Small scale self-sustainable biorefineries |
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Project Results (after finalisation) |
not yet available |
| Network | ERANet-LAC |
| Call | ERANet-LAC 1st Joint Call on Research and Innovation between the EU Member States and Associated Countries and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laboratorio Nacional de Energia e Geologia | Coordinator | Portugal |
| 2 | Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Mediaombientales y Tecnológicas | Partner | Spain |
| 3 | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA SEDE MANIZALES | Partner | Colombia |
| 4 | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO | Partner | Mexico |
| 5 | PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALAPARSIO | Partner | Chile |
| 6 | Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur GmbH & Co Planungs KG | Partner | Germany |
| 7 | Cooperativa Agrícola do Vale de Arraiolos CRL | Partner | Portugal |
| 8 | Colsnacks Fritos y Precocidos de Colombia | Partner | Colombia |
| 9 | Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia | Partner | Colombia |
| 10 | Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria | Partner | Argentina |
| 11 | STRADALUX SYSTEMS LDA | Partner | Portugal |