Participants: Santosh Khokarale (UmU, P6), Leif Jönsson (UmU, P5), Chandani Singh (RISE Processum)

Duration: 2026-2027

This project explores how oat husk residues can be converted into valuable bio-based chemicals and fuels through integrated biorefinery approaches. Using catalytic, electrochemical and biotechnological methods, the researchers aim to produce furfural, furoic acid and bioethanol from agricultural side streams.

The work combines water-based fractionation, catalytic upgrading and fermentation technologies to maximize biomass utilization while reducing environmental impacts. By creating new value chains from oat-processing residues, the project contributes to circular bioeconomy development in Sweden.

Call: Annual 2026