CATCO2NVERS - Very encouraging results from the lab scale

On November 5th, the 6th months meeting of the CATCO2NVERS project took place during a meeting held in Madrid with the participation of some partners in online mode.

CATCO2NVERS will contribute to reduce GHG emissions from the bio-based industries developing five innovative and integrated technologies, based on three catalytic methods (electrochemical, enzymatic, thermochemical). It will transform waste-CO2 and residual biomass from two bio-based industries into added-value chemicals: glyoxylic acid, lactic acid, furan dicarboxylic methyl ester (FDME) and cyclic carbonated fatty acid methyl esters (CCFAMEs). These products will be validated in cosmetics formulations, as building blocks for polymers and green solvents.

After the first six months of activities, very encouraging results from the lab scale were obtained. In particular, the catalyst development for the different processes have been carried out, and the main process conditions to be optimized for the different technologies are being defined.

This will allow HYSYTECH, the leader of Work Package 5, to scale-up, design, manufacture and validate the different technologies to produce the added-value chemicals in real end-use processes with the collaboration of all partners.