Contact person
Sara Wallsten
Forskare
Contact SaraThe project will develop green processes for bioactive fiber functionalisation containing forest-based resources, which will then be used for high-performance materials. In the future, these materials need to be biodegradable in order to live up to future environmental requirements and the Swedish bio-based economy and society.
We will use the semi-continuous organosolv reactor at LTU to pursue fractionation and isolation of the three main lignocellulose components, cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin.
The next step focuses on the use of a chemo-enzymatic approach for the functionalisation of the cellulose and hemicellulose fractions to achieve specific properties, such as water stability.
The functionalised fibres will be used to produce foamed materials, using various lab and pilot-scale processing concepts developed at MoRe Research. The foams will be analysed and evaluated in terms of performance, with a particular focus on wet stability.
Processing of organosolv fractions
Active
Region Västernorrland
Project leader, participant, PhD student
4 years
9 000 000 SEK
Nouryon Pulp and Performance Chemical, LindePac
Chalmers University of Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Treesearch, BioInnovation, Skogsindustrierna, IKEM, Energimyndigheten, TEKO, Vinnova, Formas, Kempestiftelserna
Luleå University of Technology