MECALO demonstrates the innovative concept of renewable hydrogen and carbon looping for CO₂-neutral production of Silicon (Si) and Manganese (Mn). PDC performs the process design, integration, and optimization as well as techno-economic assessment. More info

FLEXIZYME aims the development of a flexible biotechnological platform for fatty amine production from fat and protein-rich residues sourced from the agricultural industry. This platform will select and engineer enzymes using advanced bioinformatic and artificial intelligence (AI) tools, address scalability challenges and process integration, and produce fatty amine targeting end-products in the cosmetic, detergent and fertilizing sectors. The project is a collaboration of 17 partners, including SMEs, RTOs, NGO, and large companies across 6 European countries. The role of PDC in FLEXIZYME refers to the intended industrial scale and encompasses conceptual process design, reactor and unit operations selection and sizing, process optimization, techno-economic assessment and life cycle costing. More info

TITAN targets an innovative catalytic process for producing cost-competitive hydrogen from biogas together with integrated sequestration of carbon. The technology applies non-toxic catalysts in an electrified intensified fluidised-bed microwave reactor. The role of PDC encompasses modelling, process design, optimisation and scale-up of production to a techno-economically viable solution with environmental, resource and social acceptance. The project consortium includes 7 partners (industry, SMEs, research institute, association) from 5 EU countries. More info

The project aims to develop, optimize and improve the CO₂ hydrogenation process towards production of methanol using disruptive multifunctional catalyst systems in combination with magnetic induction, non-thermal plasma induction and microwave technologies. The consortium includes 8 partners from 5 European countries, which collaborate with the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the University of Tokyo in Japan. In the project PDC leads the conceptual process design and life-cycle assessment and costing. More info

IMPRESS creates a new hybrid biorefining process by integration of efficient downstream processes with Avantium’s DAWN and RAY Technology™. Green products include bio-MEG (ethylene glycol), bio-MPG (propylene glycol), xylitol, sorbitol, isosorbide, lignin nanospheres, and fodder yeast. With a total project of almost 18 million Euro the technology is demonstrated at industrial pilot scale. In the project PDC has a central role in process development and integration as well as techno-economic assessment. More info

The aim of the Waste2Road project is to develop biofuels from low-cost and abundant biogenic waste residues. As one of the eleven partners working in this project, PDC focuses on value chain integration and optimization, life-cycle costing, and techno-economic assessments. More info

CARMOF aims to offer pre-commercial technology validation of the VTSA (vacuum temperature swing adsorption) pilot plant and industrial demonstration plant designs. In addition to the process innovation, PDC is responsible for the conceptual design and techno-economic assessment of the demonstration plant scenarios. More info

The BIOSAFIRE project develops new biobased flame retardants using raw materials of renewable origin (lignins and tannins), which will be applied in different sectors: marine, railway, household appliances and coatings for wood (construction). PDC works on process design, integration, and optimization in a safe-and-sustainable-by-design (SSbD) framework and performs the techno-economic assessment.

BIORING develops biobased building blocks that allow the formulation of novel high-performance UV-curing biocoatings with enhanced thermomechanical performance. The BIORING platform is demonstrated through proofs of concept for the automotive and construction sector. The role of PDC in BIORING is data analytics and management, conceptual process design, modelling, value chain integration and techno-economic assessment. The project is a collaboration of 12 partners covering SMEs, RTOs and large companies from 5 countries. More info

The main objective of HYPER is to demonstrate a scalable, modular electrochemical process for hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) production. The central innovation in HYPER is the use of persulfate as a stable oxidization intermediate, allowing both storage of renewable electricity and on-demand H₂O₂ production. In the project PDC performs the conceptual process design of the HYPER process and considers the integration with downstream applications in the pulp and paper, textiles, and coatings/chemicals industry. Furthermore, we take the dynamics of renewable energy source availability into consideration and investigate the techno-economic feasibility. The project is a collaboration of 12 partners (industry, SMEs, research institutes) from 9 EU countries. More info

CHAMPION aims to replace conventional polymers with novel bio-based polymers for their application in coatings, boards, home care products and structural adhesives. In a consortium of 14 partners from 6 European countries coordinated by the University of York, PDC performs the conceptual design of the most important production processes and a techno-economic assessment. More info

The aim of the MMAtwo project is to develop an alternative process to convert PMMA industrial post-production scraps and end-of-life waste into high quality raw material. Implementation of the recycling value chain will significantly contribute to the circular economy of the plastics industry. In the project, PDC focuses on the process integration and techno-economic assessment of the developed process. More info

The project ReSolve, which is a public–private partnership between the EU Commission and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC), aims to demonstrate the production of novel bio-based solvent alternatives. PDC focuses on the conceptual design and techno-economic analyses of producing selected bio-based solvents. More info

A new process—the Dry Sorption Process—for efficient CO₂ capture through innovative adsorbents based on modified graphene aerogels and MOF (Metal Organic Framework) materials is being developed. In this project, PDC focuses on the conceptual design, scale-up, process integration, and techno-economic analysis of a commercial scale carbon capture and storage plant. More info