Glycerol Biorefinery Approach for the Production of High Quality Products of Industrial Value

Project Information

GRAIL

Grant agreement ID: 613667

Project closed

Start date 1 November 2013

End date 31 October 2017

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology

Total cost € 7 867 807,49

EU contribution € 5 954 479,00

Coordinated by

INSTITUT UNIV DE CIENCIA I TECNOLOGIA SA
Spain

Objective

The project GRAIL has been build with 15 partners from 9 different countries with the aim of finalising the solutions given previously to the valorization of glycerol and transform then in valuable products in a biorefinery approach

The overall concept of GRAIL project is the use, exploitation and further development of the state of the art in the field of bio-based products from glycerol and the development research-driven cluster for the use of crude glycerol for the production of high-value platforms, as well as valued end products, harnessing the biotech processes. Therefore GRAIL project has a strong business focus and its ultimate goal is to set up implantation of biorefineries in close relationship with biodiesel.

This project's aim is to develop a set of technologies for converting waste glycerol from biodiesel production in a biorefinery concept to end with products of high value such as 1,3 propanediol, Fatty acid glycerol formal esters, PolyHydroxyAlkanoates (PHA), Hydrogen and Ethanol, Synthetic coatings, powder coating resins, Secondary Glycerol Amine, Biobutanol, Trehalose, Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12), ß-carotene, Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), … .

The GRAIL project has designed an overall strategy based on three main pillars covering all the value chain:

Pillar 1: Raw materials: Evaluation of crude glycerol and purification
Pillar 2: Product development: Research and development to transform crude glycerol into other high added value such as biofuels, green chemicals and food supplements
Pillar 3: Industrial feasibility aspects including economic and environmental evaluation. This pillar will take the results of GRAIL from the product development to the industrial site. To carry out that the technical feasibility will be study on a pilot plant in a Demonstration (and the results will be important to evaluate the LCA and the economic feasibility (WP6).

Fields of science

• natural sciences › biological sciences › biochemistry › biomolecules › lipids
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › coating and films
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › organic chemistry › alcohols
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › organic chemistry › amines
• engineering and technology › industrial biotechnology › biomaterials › biofuels

Programme(s)

• FP7-KBBE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology

Topic(s)

• KBBE.2013.3.4-01 - Preventing and valorising bio-waste in biorefineries
• KBBE.2013.3.3-04 - Optimal and cost-effective industrial biocatalysts

Call for proposal

FP7-KBBE-2013-7-single-stage
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Funding Scheme

CP-TP - Collaborative Project targeted to a special group (such as SMEs)

Coordinator

INSTITUT UNIV DE CIENCIA I TECNOLOGIA SA

Administrative Contact

Roberto Horcajada Navas (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 972 720,00
• Address: CALLE ALVAREZ DE CASTRO 63 ; 08100 Mollet Del Valles ; Spain
• Region: Este › Cataluña › Barcelona
• Total cost: No data

Participants (15)

Consorzio In.Bio - Consorzio per l'Innovazione e la Bioeconomia

Italy

Administrative Contact

Alexandro Campana (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 270 000,00
• Address: via Anguillarese 301 ; 00123 ROMA
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

SLOVENSKA TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V BRATISLAVE

Slovakia

Administrative Contact

Eva Zemanová (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 289 920,00
• Address: VAZOVOVA 5 ; 81243 Bratislava
• Region: Slovensko › Bratislavský kraj › Bratislavský kraj
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

VERTECH GROUP

France

Administrative Contact

Paola Castrillo (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 278 760,00
• Address: 11 RUE DEFLY ; 06000 Nice
• Region: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur › Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur › Alpes-Maritimes
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: No data

MEGARA RESIN INDUSTRY - ANASTASIOSFANIS SA

Greece

Administrative Contact

Charalambos Varelas (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 201 400,00
• Address: 38TH KM NEO ATHINON KORINTHOU MEGARA ATTIKI ; 191 00 MEGARA
• Region: Αττική › Aττική › Δυτική Αττική
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: No data

BIOZOON GMBH

Germany

Administrative Contact

Mathias Kück (Mr.)

• EU contribution: € 299 294,82
• Address: NANSENSTR. 8 ; 27572 Bremerhaven
• Region: Bremen › Bremen › Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: No data

AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE

Italy

Administrative Contact

Angelo Di Guglielmo (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 606 658,00
• Address: LUNGOTEVERE GRANDE AMMIRAGLIO THAON DI REVEL 76 ; 00196 Roma
• Region: Centro (IT) › Lazio › Roma
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

AALBORG UNIVERSITET

Participation ended

Denmark

Administrative Contact

Cæsar Szwebs (Mr.)

• EU contribution: € 222 430,82
• Address: FREDRIK BAJERS VEJ 7K ; 9220 Aalborg
• Region: Danmark › Nordjylland › Nordjylland
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

STIFTELSEN SINTEF

Norway

Administrative Contact

Tove Lillian Honstad (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 479 655,60
• Address: STRINDVEIEN 4 ; 7034 Trondheim
• Region: Norge › Trøndelag › Trøndelag
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

DBFZ DEUTSCHES BIOMASSEFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEMEINNUTZIGE GMBH

Germany

Administrative Contact

Birgit Woggon (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 494 189,50
• Address: TORGAUER STRASSE 116 ; 04347 Leipzig
• Region: Sachsen › Leipzig › Leipzig
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

Chile

Administrative Contact

Etienne Choupay (Mr.)

• EU contribution: € 315 504,00
• Address: Avenida Brasil 2950 ; N/A Valparaiso
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST

United Kingdom

Administrative Contact

Rory Jordan (Mr.)

• EU contribution: € 291 730,00
• Address: UNIVERSITY ROAD LANYON BUILDING ; BT7 1NN Belfast
• Region: Northern Ireland › Northern Ireland › Belfast
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

NEXTCHEM TECH SPA

Italy

Administrative Contact

Michela Natalini (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 265 447,20
• Address: VIA DI VANNINA 88/94 ; 00156 Roma
• Region: Centro (IT) › Lazio › Roma
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: No data

HOCHSCHULE BREMERHAVEN - UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

Participation ended

Germany

Administrative Contact

Tanja Mackeprang (Ms.)

• EU contribution: € 99 345,18
• Address: AN DER KARLSTADT 8 ; 27568 Bremerhaven
• Region: Bremen › Bremen › Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

CENTIV GMBH

Germany

Administrative Contact

Malte Bethke (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 245 080,00
• Address: BOSCHSTRASSE 8-10 ; 28857 Syke
• Region: Niedersachsen › Hannover › Diepholz
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: No data

DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET

Denmark

Administrative Contact

Kim Dam-Johansen

• EU contribution: € 622 343,88
• Address: ANKER ENGELUNDS VEJ 101 ; 2800 Kongens Lyngby
• Region: Danmark › Hovedstaden › Københavns omegn
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data