Welcome to BRIGIT
BRIGIT aims to develop a cost-competitive and environmentally friendly continuous process to produce
biopolymers (polyhydroxybutyrate, PHB, and succinate-based biopolyesters, PBS-Poly-Butylene-Succinate)
from waste-derived lignocelullosic sugar feedstock liquor of wood sulphite pulping process based on “in-situ”
fermentation process and new fermentation culture technology without alteration of the quality of current
lignosulphonates (they have a high market demand as additive). Other non-wood plant waste, used nowadays in
the pulp production, will be also considered as alternative sugar source in this project.
In comparison with previous projects to obtain biopolymers from different sources, the main innovation in
BRIGIT is the use of an existing sugar-rich waste stream and the process integration with the existing industrial
operation, that will permit an overall reduction in resource consumption and in greenhouse gas emissions and
a dramatic reduction of operational costs due to the use of non-sterile steps, without the need of intermediate
discontinuous bioreactors and avoiding waste transport.
Grant Agreement nº: KBBE-2012-6-311935
KBBE.2012.3.4-02: Biotechnology for novel biopolymers
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