Sustainable bio-based materials from biomanufacturing waste streams

来自生物制造废物流的可持续生物基材料

基本信息

批准号：
10065496
负责人：
金额：
$ 8.23万
依托单位：
DEAKIN BIO-HYBRID MATERIALS LTD
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Collaborative R&D
财政年份：
2023
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2023 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10065496
关键词：
Sustainable bio based materials biomanufacturing

项目摘要

Harnessing biology to produce the chemicals, materials and fuels of the future (biomanufacturing) is expected to displace our unsustainable dependency on fossil fuels such as oil. One unaddressed problem is that biomanufacturing processes generate significant quantities of microbial waste which requires processing and safe disposal. This adds to the costs and energy use of biomanufacturing companies, reducing their economic viability and eroding their sustainability credentials.DeakinBio has recently developed a method to produce a sustainable bio-based alternative to ceramic tiles that involves the combination of organic biopolymers with inorganic powders such as calcium carbonate. In this project, we will explore the feasibility of using microbial waste generated through C3 Biotech's biomanufacturing processes as the organic component in our tiles. This collaboration is beneficial to C3 Biotech due to the potential of creating a valuable product from an unavoidable waste they produce, and for DeakinBio to secure a biopolymer source to produce their ceramic-like biocomposite materials. This project would therefore improve the circularity of both companies, and improve the viability and sustainability of biomanufacturing in the UK.The desired outcome of this collaboration would be a sustainable ceramic-like tile that has an 80-90% lower carbon footprint compared to conventional tiles by utilising microbial waste generated from C3 Biotech's biomanufacturing processes.

利用生物学生产未来的化学物质，材料和燃料（生物制造）将取代我们对石油等化石燃料的不可持续依赖性。一个未解决的问题是，生物制造过程产生大量的微生物废物，需要处理和安全处置。这增加了生物制造公司的成本和能源利用，降低其经济生存能力并削弱其可持续性资格。Deakinbio最近开发了一种方法，可以生产一种涉及有机生物聚合物与诸如碳酸钙的无机粉末组合的陶瓷瓷砖的可持续生物替代品。在这个项目中，我们将探讨使用C3 Biotech的生物制造过程产生的微生物废物作为我们瓷砖中的有机成分的可行性。由于可能从其产生的不可避免的废物中创建有价值的产品，并且Deakinbio可以保护生物聚合物来源以生产其类似陶瓷的生物复合材料，因此该合作对C3 Biotech有益于C3 Biotech。因此，该项目将改善两家公司的循环，并改善英国生物制造的生存能力和可持续性。这项合作的预期结果将是一种可持续的陶瓷瓷砖，与使用C3 Biotech Biotech的Biotech Biotech的生物制造过程相比，与传统的微生物相比，碳足迹降低了80-90％。