Date: Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Time: 16:15 - 17:15 CEST
Session code ICO.4
Advances in Biobased Products
From Lignocellulose to Bio-chemicals via levulinic Acid Production: First Results from the GreenSolRes Project
Short Introductive summary
Back in 2004 the US Department of Energy reported the exploitation potential of levulinic acid (LVA) as a unique platform chemical for the production of chemicals and fuels. Several companies and R&D institutes worldwide started research and development actions to make the large potential come true and develop a process to produce LVA in a sustainable and commercial competitive manner. LVA produced from starch and corn stover has become available on the market but limitations in sustainability and cost led to developments exploiting lignocellulose as feedstock in the GreenSolRes project.
Presenter
Klaus LENZ
Syncom F&E Beratung, Research & Development Consulting
Presenter's biography
Klaus Lenz, received a phD in physics from the Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University in Bonn, Germany in 1987. He is the managing director of the innovation consulting firm SYNCOM Forschungs- und Entwicklungsberatung GmbH.
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Co-authors:
M. Bajaj, SYNCOM GmbH, Ganderkesee, GERMANY
J. Klankermayer, RWTH, Aachen, GERMANY
A. Jupke, RWTH, Aachen, GERMANY
J. Viell, RWTH, Aachen, GERMANY
B. Winter, RWTH, Aachen, GERMANY
H. Beck, Henkel AG, Duesseldorf, GERMANY
J.G. de Vries, LIKAT, Rostock, GERMANY
H.C.L. Abbenhuis, Hybrid Catalysis B.V., Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS
L. Geerts, Vito, Mol, BELGIUM
V. Stegmann, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, GERMANY
R. Bischof, Lenzing AG, Lenzing, AUSTRIA
Session reference: ICO.4.2