Forestry and Timber News Article October 2021
A feature article on Bio-Sep’s technology in an environment and climate change special for Forestry and Timber News, the magazine for Confor members and the UK forest industries. Going green:
Enabling the sustainable separation of non-food, lignocellulosic biomass into high-value biochemicals
WE ARE COMMITTED TOTHE ENVIRONMENT
Bio‑Sep has developed a unique, low energy biorefinery process to convert the by-products of forestry and agriculture into high-value biochemicals.
The extraction of crude oil and gas and the burning of waste biomass from forestry and agriculture are significant contributors to the as yet uncontrolled growing C02 content of the earth’s atmosphere, a critical component of climate change.
Bio-Sep seeks to upcycle low value biomass by extracting valuable bio-chemicals, so contributing to the circular economy and delivering significant global socio-economic benefits.
CORE TECHNOLOGY values
The biorefinery process, developed and patented by Bio-Sep, operates at low temperature and pressure with reduced cycle time and recyclable solvents.
Through the production of valuable lignin as well as the cellulose and hemicellulose fractions, the full biomass is utilized with high conversion efficiencies.
The result is a process faster, cleaner, safer and cheaper than state-of-the-art, producing bio-chemicals that meet the standards required by the food, pharmaceutical and other precision industries.
A low energy process to ensure the process is economical and produces little CO².
The technology is applicable to variations of lignocellulosic biomass.
The process uses only gentle, organic solvents.
Mild processing conditions to produce high-value biochemicals and little waste.
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Emerging Technologies Competition Winner (Enabling Technologies), 2021
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Industry ASsociations
Confor
A membership organisation supporting sustainable forestry and wood-using businesses.
Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre
An organisation that connects industry, academia and government to bring biotechnology processes and products to the global market.
iCAST
An R&D; and collaboration hub for companies to translate sustainable chemical technologies into clean growth.