STD (Science & Technology for Development) Innovative Concepts for Agricultural Residues Utilisation for Sustainable Development (ICARUS)

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Innovative concepts for agricultural residues utilization for sustainable development (ICARUS)
Duration 1994-1997

AIR PROJECT

Research in ICARUS focuses on two innovative concepts proposed to improve the feasibility of industrial bioconversion of biological raw materials; i.e.

1. simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) either by single microorganisms or mixed microbial cultures; and
2. simuultaneous fermentation and separation (SFS) by perstraction (combination of solvent extraction and membranes) or pervaporation; these concepts will be applied to the utilisation of agricultural/agro-industrial residues in the two Developing Countries (DC) concerned.

Laboratory work will be specifically carried out on at least two typical polysaccharide-rich residues presently available in Nigeria and China (one per country -to be selected early in the project), that will be used as substrates for two bioconversion processes i.e. the ethanol and aceton-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentations.

The application of the SSF and SFS concepts in ICARUS aims at increasing the value of agricultural production in the two DC by utilisation of their agri-byproducts, while promoting the sustainable use of these biological resources by new "clean" agro-industrial processes that can contribute to modernisation processes in the respecttive sectors.

Project participants

Coordinator: National Technical University of Athens -Department of Chemical Engineering Division IV Athens, Greece (NTUA)
Partner: Agro-Technological research Institute-Department of Bioconversion Wageningen The Netherlands (ATO)
Associated Partner: Enugu State University of Science and Technology - Department of Chemical Engineering Enugu, Nigeria (EUST)
Associated Partner: Chengdu University of Science and Technology - Department of Microbiology Chengdu, Sichuan, China (CUST)

Contacts

Coordinator

• Emmanuel G KOUKIOS / National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Dept of Chemical Engineering / GREECE