Cocoa bean shells are one of the raw materials to be used in this project. Photo by courtesy of Kristiina Oksman.

Sustainable packaging materials from renewable raw materials sources

Participants: Kristiina Oksman (LTU, P5), Sandra Winestrand (UMU, P5)

Duration: 2024 – 2025

Call: Annual 2023

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Nitrogen in biochars from biomass residual streams – forms, fate and plant availability in soils

Participants: Christoffer Boman (UMU, P7), Sandra Jämtgård (SLU, P7)

Duration: 2024 – 2025

Call: Annual 2023

Low-grade biomass such as left over branches, tops and stumps are feedstock studied in this project. Photo by Anna Strom ©2024.©AnnaStrom

Enabling low-grade biomass and waste combustion with reduced CO2 emissions – in situ measurements and impact on policy design

Participants: Florian Schmidt (UMU, P4), Robert Lundmark (LTU, P1), Henrik Wiinikka (LTU, P4), Alexey Sepman (RISE, P4)

Duration: 2024 – 2025

Call: Annual 2023

Bio4Energy Strategic Project BioBat, profile image. Collage by courtesy of Anna Strandberg.

Doped biochar materials for bio-based batteries – in situ characterisation and understanding of structural versus electrochemical properties, BioBat

Participants: Anna Strandberg (UMU, P3), Shaojun Xiong (SLU, P3)

Duration: 2024 – 2025

Call: Annual 2023

Fast-growing aspen plants in a large experimental facility at Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden. Photo by Stéphane Verger.

Multiscale mechanical, chemical and structural properties of aspen wood

Participants: Stéphane Verger (UMU, P2), Hannele Tuominen (SLU, P2), Peter Nordström (RISE, P2)

Duration: 2024-2025

Call: Annual 2023

Project participants Kerstin Ramser and Alok Patel in a research laboratory at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. Courtesy of Alok Patel.

Revitalising forest waste into microalgal and bacterial cellulose membranes with tailored properties for sustainable food packaging, Green Tech

Participants: Alok Kumar Patel (LTU, P5), Kerstin Ramser (LTU, P4)

Duration: 2024-2025

Call: Annual 2023

Development of a novel tool for evaluation of the mechanical properties of wood

Participants: Ewa Mellerowicz (SLU, P2), Laura Bacete (UmU, P2), Dusan Petrovic (RISE, P2)

Duration: 2024-2025

Call: Annual 2023

Bio2Char – Pre-feasibility study of new residual streams as feedstock for production of biochar for industrial applications

Participants: Elisabeth Wetterlund (LTU, P1), Dan Bergström (SLU, P1), Åsa Lindman (LTU, P1), Kentaro Umeki (LTU, P4)

Duration: 2024-2025

Call: Annual 2023

Green H2 and bio-based aromatic chemicals from lignin. Illustration by courtesy of Xiaoyan Ji.

Green H2 and bio-based aromatic chemicals from lignin

Project leader: Xiaoyan Ji, xiaoyan.ji@ltu.se

Other participants: Leif Jönsson, Tomas Gustafsson

Platforms: CatSep, BioPolChem

Organisations: LTU, UmU, RISE Processum

Status: Ongoing

Reference: B4E3-FM-2-03

Strategic call: B4E3-FM-2, 2023-2024

Biochar can be made from many types of biomass. Here it is from wheat straw. Photo by courtesy of Anna Strandberg.

Design of biochar from residual streams – influence of fuel and process parameters on biochar properties for water and soil applications

Project leader: Anna Strandberg, anna.strandberg@umu.se  

Other participants: Christoffer Boman, Magnus Rudolfsson, Fredrik Forsberg, Mirva Niinipuu

Platforms: FeedPro, EnviroNut, ThermoChem

Organisations: UmU, SLU, LTU, RISE

Status: Ongoing

Reference: B4E3-FM-2-08

Call: B4E3-FM-2, 2023-2024