Imagine turning leftover fats and proteins from food factories into high-value ingredients for soaps and creams. Instead of using harsh chemicals and extreme heat, this method uses specially designed biological catalysts that act like tiny, precise scissors. It's like switching from a giant, polluting furnace to a clean, smart kitchen that produces exactly what you need with less waste.
Current fatty amine production relies on the fossil-based 'nitrile route,' which is energy-intensive, uses toxic catalysts, and creates hazardous by-products. These limitations lead to high costs and poor environmental performance.
A data-driven biotechnological platform including conceptual process designs, reactor configurations, and mass/energy flow models for enzymatic fatty amine production.
If you are a personal care product manufacturer dealing with high costs of fossil-based surfactants — this project developed a biotechnological platform that produces bio-based fatty amines. This allows you to replace toxic catalysts with a process targeting production costs below €5/kg.
If you are a detergent producer dealing with energy-intensive production and hazardous by-products — this project developed an enzymatic route that reduces GHG emissions by 30%. It transforms low-value agro-food residues into functional chemicals.
If you are an agrochemical formulator dealing with low selectivity and complex mixtures in your chemical inputs — this project developed a data-driven biocatalysis system. This ensures higher purity and sustainability for agricultural applications.
The project aims for fatty amine production costs to be below €5/kg.
The project is delivering a TRL5 platform, meaning it is moving toward industrial validation in the cosmetics, detergents, and agriculture sectors.
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not provided, but the project involves 11 industrial partners to ensure market readiness.
The platform targets a 30% reduction in GHG emissions compared to the traditional fossil-based nitrile route.
The project runs from June 1, 2024, to May 31, 2028.
The consortium is heavily industry-driven with 11 industrial partners (58% of the total), including 9 SMEs. This strong commercial presence, spanning 6 countries, suggests a high focus on market adoption and practical application rather than purely academic research.
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