Soft fruit waste valorisation project

Dr Julie Hawkins

IBioIC CORE- Fermentation of waste derived sugars to produce butanol, ethanol, succinic acid and protein Mar 27, 2017 - Apr 26, 2018
This project aims to investigate the first phase to manufacture chemicals from starch waste, namely acetone, butanol, ethanol, succinic acid and/or D-amino acid oxidase. Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) will test the use of waste derived glucose fee... Read More about IBioIC CORE- Fermentation of waste derived sugars to produce butanol, ethanol, succinic acid and protein.

ABE Fermentation of Waste Paper Nov 10, 2014 - Jul 31, 2015
The objective is to assess the technical and commercial potential to use waste and recycled paper as a feedstock for ABE fermentation.

Merry-go-round: Draff pretreatments using fermentation-derived solvents Oct 5, 2017 - Feb 28, 2018
The worldwide success of the Whisky Industry provides a considerable supply of biomass-derived waste streams for future use. Sustainable valorisation of these streams will drive additional economic growth in this sector. This project focuses on one o... Read More about Merry-go-round: Draff pretreatments using fermentation-derived solvents.

Isolation of industrial strains from spent grain used for whisky production residues Jun 4, 2018 - Aug 3, 2018
The aim of the project would be to determine if an ABE-producing clostridium strain could be isolated from these novel drinks industry by-products

Isolation & Characterisation of Solventogenic Clostridial Strains from Sustainable Feedstock May 7, 2019 - May 21, 2021
The project will be working in collaboration with the industrial partner (Celtic Renewables LTD) to isolate strains of solvent producing clostridia from sustainable environmental samples which have potential use as proprietary strains in the Celtic R... Read More about Isolation & Characterisation of Solventogenic Clostridial Strains from Sustainable Feedstock.