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WP 8 advanced pretreatment of common biomass feedstocks
Dr. Robert Bakker
We need new pretreatment technologies
WP 8 cooperation:
Royal Cosun, AVEBE, Duynie,
Wageningen UR
The cell wall composition and structure of many primary feedstocks and
by-products lead to limited workability and extractability, and limited conversion
to intermediates or end-products. To increase the market potential of these
feedstocks, we need to develop new pretreatment technologies that lead to
higher quality products with increased value for new outlets while reducing
processing costs.
‘This project aims to develop a number of
new, advanced pretreatment technologies
on model feedstocks,’ says dr. Robert
Bakker of Food and Bio-based Research
Wageningen University. ‘These new
technologies will be developed for
commonly used feedstocks like potato
and potato fibres, sugar beet pulp, and
others.’
‘The results will indeed lead to a reduction
in the processing costs of common
feedstocks,’ Bakker continues. ‘In addition,
we will improve our knowledge of the
effects of pretreatment on cell wall properties,
and the type of polysaccharide structure
modifications needed for specific product
functionalities.’
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