SubscribeA 1 Million Euro biocatalysis project has been granted subsidies by the german association Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU).
Based on Microorganisms succinic acid shall be produced by renewable primary products to save both energy and environment in the near future.
DASGIPs contribution within that project will be the further development of its 48-fold parallel Bioreactor system, to ensure a quasi-continuous, nano- and microliter scaled dosing of substrates and titration-substances.
Project director Professor Dr.-Ing. Dirk Weuster-Botz (TU Munich) benchmarks the project bringing unparalleled process quality and highest efficiency and reproducibility - not only into succinic acid production.
Based on Microorganisms succinic acid shall be manufactured by renewable primary products to save both energy and environment in the near future.
The Institute of Biochemical Engineering at the University Munich (GER), AW-E, Munich, OrganoBalance from Berlin (GER) and DASGIP have been granted subsidies for the 1 Million Euro project by the german association Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU).
They aim at 15.000 tons of succinic acids for the annual production of polyester resin, dye and pharmaceuticals produced by biocatalysis DASGIP contributes to this project by putting its 48-fold parallel bioreactor system under further development to ensure a quasi-continuous, nano- and microliter scaled dosing of substrates and titration substances.
In addition the project team wants to optimize the production conditions for succinic acid production under technical process conditions by using DASGIPs parallel technology. This efficiently enables manufacturers to scale-up the processes for industrial production.
Up to now succinic acids are produced by petrochemical methods: catalytic hydration of maleic acid, involving heavy metal promoters as well as high temperatures and compression. Project director Professor Dr.Ing.
Dirk Weuster-Botz, TU Munich, benchmarks the new method for sustainable manufacturing of succinic acid, not only referring to environmental benefits: The quasi continuous dosing of the 48-fold high-throughput technology offers unparalleled process quality and highest efficiency and reproducibility in miniature application scale, says Weuster-Botz.
With a successful project not only succinic acid production would profit, but the whole chemical industry: Due to the used microorganisms the method has the potential of providing a new technology platform for the industrial development of basic chemical products.