SUSBIO
Sustainable utilization of waste and industrial non-core materials
- Thematic cluster:
- Green energy
- Programme:
- Southern Finland - Estonia Sub-programme
- Priority:
- 1. Safe and healthy environment
- Direction of support:
- Maintaining and improving the condition of the natural environment
- Duration:
- May 2010 - Aug 2013 (3 years, 4 months)
- Total funding:
- 1 864 130 €
- ERDF funding:
- 1 415 550 €
- EUSBSR Priority area
- Reducing nutrient inputs to the sea to acceptable levels
Improving the access to, and the efficiency and security of the energy markets
- Website:
- http://susbio.turkuamk.fi/
Development idea
Presently, the biofuel industry uses only a fraction of the potential sources. The field is also dispersed in terms of production processes. Due to the profound differences in biomaterials, it is essential to optimise the biofuel production process in terms of raw materials and the process parameters. Utilising the non-core materials produced by the food industry and agriculture will effectively reduce the biowaste load, reducing emissions in air and water.
Aim of the project
The project SUSBIO demonstrated how the environmental load can be reduced in the Central Baltic Sea area and how both sustainability and profitability can be improved in the food value chain through material efficiency and the proper handling of material flow.
Main project activities
The project mapped the various sources of raw material and available technologies for the separation of bio-components and biofuel production. This was done by laboratory work that researches the separation of ingredients from the edible parts of biowaste before biofuel conversion. A research team also tested the feasibility of various raw materials in biofuel production. The project will finish with summarising the sustainable route from waste and other non-core materials to bioenergy processing.
Partners
Turku University of Applied Sciences
- Country:
- Finland
- Region:
- Varsinais-Suomi
- ERDF funding:
- 1 029 220 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 380 405 €
Tallinn Technical University
- Country:
- Estonia
- Region:
- Põhja-Eesti
- ERDF funding:
- 386 335 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 68 173 €
- Country:
- Region:
- ERDF funding:
- 0 €
- Amount of eligible national funding:
- 0 €
Results
The results for this project will be inserted soon.