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Welcome to COST Action FP0901: Analytical techniques for Biorefineries |
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Please visit the 'News' page for an overview of recent updates Job opportunities related to COST FP0901 Open Call for Applications for the COST – FTP Forum: "Young researchers direct the way to innovation in the forest based sector" (doc) Additional information about the Round Robin tests of COST Action FP0901 Research output of COST Action FP0901 Status of the Action Our Action in a nutshellTrees, annual and perennial plants,
recycled fibres, and lignocellulosic side streams from forest and
agroindustry are renewable resources for the development of natural
materials, biochemicals, and bioenergy. The chemical complexity of
plant materials, the feed material of Biorefineries, renders the
analyses of the feed constituents, processes, and valorised products
challenging.
The main objective of the Action is to develop new and evaluate existing analytical methods related to forest-based and agroindustrial Biorefineries. Thus, the Action covers the analytical methods for the Biorefinery feed material and for processed biochemicals, biomaterials, and process residues. Especially analytical pretreatments will be evaluated. Critical steps are the representativeness of the sampling and samples, the extraction, fractionation, and sample storage methods applied. New methods will be applied and evaluated for their relevance. Other emphasised areas will be development of analytical on-line applications, hyphenated techniques, and applying statistical multicomponent analyses to sort out the relevant data from the main data stream. The European forest-based, bioenergy-based and agroindustrial industries will benefit from the Action in receiving relevant information on their developments of sustainable and environmentally benign solutions for novel utilisation of renewable resources. The development of analytical tools will lead to cost effective and sustainable processes and products. Keywords: Biorefinery, analytical methods, biochemicals, biomaterials, bioenergy What is COST?
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Update: May 15:th by Anders Strand