BetaBeet: distributed processing and citric acid production from locally farmed Sugar Beet

BetaBeet：利用当地种植的甜菜进行分布式加工和柠檬酸生产

• 批准号: 80235
• 金额: $ 7.61万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF YORK
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Small Business Research Initiative
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=80235
• 关键词: BetaBeet; distributed; processing; citric; acid

The Betabeet project aims to develop new distributed sugar beet processing technology with lower costs, lower carbon emissions and a better environmental footprint. It will achieve this through cold-pressing of sugar beet using technology developed for root vegetable processing, such as for potatoes, together with fermentation of the pulp for manufacture of the widely used preservative and cleaning product, citric acid. By-products from the process will be used for other uses, such as animal feed. We will take particular care to reduce the impact of soil erosion during sugar beet cultivation. The development of a beet processing industry in the North of England will deliver good jobs in areas hard hit by COVID. The project will help businesses in the UK recover from the COVID 19 pandemic through development of local sources of both citric acid and sugar for the North of England's food, drink and personal care manufacturers. Importantly, the project will build the technology and supply principles for the manufacture of a range of bulk and high value bio-based chemicals needed of address supply challenges emerging from both political and environmental changes. The principal of more distributed processing offers greater flexibility in the UK to add value to UK farming without the need for expensive centralised investment and high transport costs. Betabeet will also contribute to the UK's net zero and other environmental commitments: cold pressing reduces the carbon emissions for sugar beet processing by around two thirds. The scale of operations will reduce the transport costs and emissions significantly. Cultivation of sugar beet will offer a new break crop for farmers in the North of England, reducing agricultural inputs, improving soil quality and enhancing biodiversity.

Betabeet项目旨在开发新的分布式甜菜加工技术，以降低成本，减少碳排放和改善环境足迹。它将通过使用为根菜加工开发的技术对甜菜进行冷榨来实现这一目标，如马铃薯，同时将纸浆发酵以生产广泛使用的防腐剂和清洁产品柠檬酸。该过程的副产品将用于其他用途，如动物饲料。我们将特别注意减少甜菜种植期间土壤侵蚀的影响。英格兰北部甜菜加工业的发展将为受COVID打击严重的地区提供良好的就业机会。该项目将通过为英格兰北部的食品、饮料和个人护理制造商开发柠檬酸和糖的本地来源，帮助英国企业从COVID 19大流行中恢复过来。重要的是，该项目将建立技术和供应原则，用于制造一系列散装和高价值的生物基化学品，以应对政治和环境变化带来的供应挑战。更多分布式加工的原则为英国提供了更大的灵活性，可以为英国农业增加价值，而无需昂贵的集中投资和高昂的运输成本。Betabeet还将为英国的净零排放和其他环境承诺做出贡献：冷榨将甜菜加工的碳排放量减少约三分之二。运营规模将大大降低运输成本和排放。甜菜的种植将为英格兰北部的农民提供新的休息作物，减少农业投入，改善土壤质量，提高生物多样性。