Economic non-food sugar from variable mixed solid wase for high value chemical products
Lead Participant:
ADVANCED MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Abstract
This highly collaborative UK-India academia-industry project aims to translate into an India context existing
technology for converting the biological fraction of mixed solid waste into non-food sugar that can be used in a
wide variety of sustainable and biogeradable products such as binders in the construction industry, bioplastics,
fermentation and pharmaceuticals. The bio-waste in India presents problems of collection, segregation and
unfavourable composition the project will develop new pre-treatments, better enzymes and a process
adaptable to different bio-wastes and capable of generating energy to power the plant and sell. A focus of the
project is to make the sugar for the right cost and quality. A pilot plant will be developed to produce to samples
for target markets and production data suitable for investment cases into full-scale plants. The project will
impact upon waste collection people and methods, regional authorities and companies, to help reduce
environmental burden, create wealth through new MSW plants, sale of non-food sugar, and develop
biocatalysts and processes that can be used elsewhere in the world particularly developing countries.
technology for converting the biological fraction of mixed solid waste into non-food sugar that can be used in a
wide variety of sustainable and biogeradable products such as binders in the construction industry, bioplastics,
fermentation and pharmaceuticals. The bio-waste in India presents problems of collection, segregation and
unfavourable composition the project will develop new pre-treatments, better enzymes and a process
adaptable to different bio-wastes and capable of generating energy to power the plant and sell. A focus of the
project is to make the sugar for the right cost and quality. A pilot plant will be developed to produce to samples
for target markets and production data suitable for investment cases into full-scale plants. The project will
impact upon waste collection people and methods, regional authorities and companies, to help reduce
environmental burden, create wealth through new MSW plants, sale of non-food sugar, and develop
biocatalysts and processes that can be used elsewhere in the world particularly developing countries.
Lead Participant | Project Cost | Grant Offer |
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ADVANCED MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGIES LTD |
People |
ORCID iD |
Samuel Kerr (Project Manager) |