StexFur
Project summary
The objective of the research is to carry out interdisciplinary non-economic industrial research that will combine the fields of chemical engineering, materials science, and industrial biotechnology, as well to promote knowledge transfer through the development of an innovative technological solution for furfural production that can be integrated into a modern biorefinery system.
The scientific goal of the project is to identify the best steam explosion process parameters that provide the best way to selectively separate C5 oligosaccharides from oat hulls to later hydrolyse them into furfural using functionalized lignin-based biochar, formed from the solid residue of the enzymatic hydrolysis through pyrolysis, as well as to ensure the highest conversion rate of C6 oligosaccharides into glucose for fatty acids production.
Call: Specific Objective 1.1.1 “Strengthening of Research and Innovation Capacities and Introduction of Advanced Technologies in the Common R&D System” of the European Union's Cohesion Policy Programme for 2021-2027.
Activity: 1.1.1.9 “Post-doctoral Research”.
Project duration: 36 months.
Total eligible costs of the project: 184 140 EUR, including funding from the European Regional Development Fund in amount of 85 % – 156 519 EUR.
Project partners:
- Leading partner/coordinator: Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry.
- Cooperation partner: Uppsala BioCenter of Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Molecular Sciences.
Place of implementation: Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry
