Evaluation of Clostridium co-culture fermentation with sustainable feedstock
2021
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2021
Evaluation of Clostridium co-culture fermentation with sustainable feedstock
Funder: University of Stratchlyde (Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre) | Value: £15,724
Isolation & Characterisation of Solventogenic Clostridial Strains from Sustainable Feedstock
2019
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2021
The project will be working in collaboration with the industrial partner (Celtic Renewables LTD) to isolate strains of solvent producing clostridia from sustainable environmental samples which have po...
Funder: University of Stratchlyde (Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre) | Value: £49,999
Isolation of industrial strains from spent grain used for whisky production residues
2018
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2018
The aim of the project would be to determine if an ABE-producing clostridium strain could be isolated from these novel drinks industry by-products
Funder: FoodWasteNet | Value: £9,772
Merry-go-round: Draff pretreatments using fermentation-derived solvents
2017
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2018
The worldwide success of the Whisky Industry provides a considerable supply of biomass-derived waste streams for future use. Sustainable valorisation of these streams will drive additional economic gr...
Funder: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council | Value: £12,300
IBioIC CORE- Fermentation of waste derived sugars to produce butanol, ethanol, succinic acid and protein
2017
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2018
This project aims to investigate the first phase to manufacture chemicals from starch waste, namely acetone, butanol, ethanol, succinic acid and/or D-amino acid oxidase. Edinburgh Napier University (E...
Funder: University of Stratchlyde (Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre) | Value: £109,250
Recovering value from waste agricultural plastics from the Scottish vegetable and soft fruit industry.
2016
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2017
The project aims to add value to agricultural plastic waste, by utilising pyrolysis (an emerging plastic conversion technology) to enable successful conversion to fuel, energy or platform chemicals. T...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £40,955
Soft fruit waste valorisation project
2016
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2016
Soft fruit waste valorisation project
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £45,275
ABE Fermentation of Waste Paper
2014
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2015
The objective is to assess the technical and commercial potential to use waste and recycled paper as a feedstock for ABE fermentation.
Funder: Zero Waste Scotland | Value: £77,838
Biofuel potential from potato waste
2014
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2015
The project aims to make use out of reject potatoes from the food market in Scotland for the production of high value commodity chemicals and biofuels without impacting on food supply and providing a ...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £27,521