Renewable Building Blocks from Wheat and Maize Straws (ReBuBloS)

该项目旨在进一步开发一种新的秸秆生物精炼工艺，旨在开发一系列应用产品，如用于塑料制造的平台化学品和用于增值应用的高质量纤维素纤维。这项技术将通过减少能源消耗和生产新的转换技术，为中国经济带来三线制造效益。秸秆在中国和英国是一种未得到充分利用的副产品，作为原料的潜力很大。然而，使用这种原料是有问题的，需要新的技术方法。秸秆生物精炼厂的概念最早是1995年在班戈提出的，首席科学家现在常驻北京。该项目将引入新的技术，如新的酶，并将使用一种位于班戈的新的分馏工艺。该项目将使北京和班戈能够合作，提高和展示以前无法实现的规模的效益。资金将使该技术能够应用于中国的制造能力，这将产生显着的经济和环境效益。

This project seeks to further develop a novel straw biorefinery process that will target the development of a range ofproducts for applications such as platform chemicals for plastic manufacturing and high quality cellulosic fibres for valueadded applications. This technology will bring triple line manufacturing benefits to the Chinese economy through reductionsin energy and the production of new conversion technologies. Straw is an underutilised co-product in China and the UKwith a great potential as a feedstock. However, using this feedstock is problematic and new technological approaches areneeded. The straw bio-refinery concept was first developed in Bangor in 1995 and the principle scientist is now based inBeijing. This project will introduce new technologies such as novel enzymes and will use a novel fractionation process thatis based in Bangor. The project will enable Beijing and Bangor to work together and enhance and demonstrate the benefitsat a scale previously not achievable. Funding will enable the application of the technology to the manufacturing capacity ofChina which will result significant economic and environmental benefits.