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WG 1 Biorefinery feed material

  • From forest to agricultural sources - from fresh plants to industrial waste and recycled fibres
  • Polysaccharides, lignin, inorganic compounds, and extractives
  • Molar mass, polymer structure, physico-chemical properties, and building blocks
  • Representative sampling, isolation methods, and structure-preserving methods

WG 2 Processed biochemicals and biomaterials

  • Both products and processes
  • Sample matrix and environment often different from those of the feed material
  • Sampling, pretreatments, storage, and calibration important
  • Process data, on-line methods, and hyphenated techniques
  • Strong emphasis on chemometrics and statistical multicomponent analysis

WG 3 Process residues

  • A Biorefinery should utilise 100% of the feed material
  • Chemical characterisation is necessary to achieve that goal
  • Utilising the residues for bioenergy places high demands on the characterisation
  • To understand phenomena such as corrosion, fouling, and low performance







Last Update: November 16:th by Anders Strand