Das Projekt "Collaborative project: Future Lignin and Pulp Processing Research (FLIPPR)" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Universität für Bodenkultur BOKU Wien, Department für Chemie (DCH), Abteilung für Chemie nachwachsender Rohstoffe (Chemie NAWARO) durchgeführt. Energy supply and climate change are todays most pressing preoccupations. Promoting renewable materials certainly is the most efficient way to improve sustainability in resource use. In this context the pulp and paper industry is well placed as it is based on one of the most important renewable raw materials - wood. While novel wood based biorefinery concepts have been in the focus of scientific research for quite some years, the integrated development of new products and their manufacturing within the pulp and paper industry still is to be seen as a major bottleneck with a great potential. In this K-Project Future Lignin and Pulp Processing Research - FLIPPR, the efforts are focused on establishing structural know-how to make more efficient use of both major raw materials streams of the industry - cellulose and lignin. The single projects focus on applications in the pulp and paper value chain but also in areas outside the classical product chain. Product and process design in the pulp and paper industries are mostly empirical due to the underlying complexity of raw materials, processes and products. The goal of FLIPPR is to transform this empirical domain into a science-based endeavour and to give the current product and process development approaches in the field of lignin and fibre usage a new direction. The respective expertise in pulp manufacturing (kraft, sulphite and mechanical pulping processes), paper production (wood free and mechanical graphic papers, packing papers), process technology, analytical chemistry, pulp and paper chemistry, fibre and paper physics, coating technology, organic synthesis, enzymes and biotechnological strategies of the participating scientific and company partners complement each another ideally. FLIPPR is structured in two highly interconnected areas of precompetitive scientific research focusing on lignin and fibre utilization and a third area with the general focus on techno-economic assessment, LCA and project management. Within these areas a total of twelve projects will be carried out that will enable a more efficient use of the lignin and fibres from existing pulp and paper plants in the future.
Das Projekt "Teilprojekt: Plattform für Ligninanalytik (Lignin platform)" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Universität für Bodenkultur BOKU Wien, Department für Chemie (DCH), Abteilung für Chemie nachwachsender Rohstoffe (Chemie NAWARO) durchgeführt. The area s research framework combines expertise in analytical chemistry, pulp and paper chemistry, biomass pre-treatment and hydrolysis, organic synthesis, process technology, techno-economic analysis. The lignin platform comprises and crosslinks the interdisciplinary sub-projects, it is expected to significantly contribute to the knowledge base for products and processes that will enable a more efficient use of the lignin from existing pulp and paper plants. Development of advanced means to characterize different types of lignin from the project partners including lignin after different modifications within the project. The lignin platform will serve as support to determine parameters important for lignin quality control and reactivity. Lignins to be investigated comprise kraft lignins, process streams containing lignin (e.g. from mechanical pulp processing), lignosulfonates and organosolv lignins. Lignin characterization will focus on the development of advanced techniques using NMR, FFF, SEC, FTIR and others in combination with established techniques. Based on the samples available from project partners a lignin database will be generated.