Hanze University of Applied Sciences
Groningen, the Netherlands
Rob van Haren, professor Transition BioEconomy, professor Art&Sustainability
Hanze University of Applied Sciences
• Founded in 1798
• More than 2700 employees
• More than 27.000 students
• More than 100 nationalities
• Career oriented education -> work placements
• Applied Research for Innovation
• 70 bachelor’s & 20 master’s programmes
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Hanze University of Applied Sciences
17 schools
Strategic theme’s Healthy Ageing and Energy are supported by Excellence and
Entrepreneurship 6 Research Centres:
- Centre of Expertise Healthy Ageing - Centre of Expertise Energy
- Research Centre Biobased Economy - Research Centre Arts & Society - Research Centre Entrepreneurship - Research Centre Area Development
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Research Centre Biobased Economy
Research Centre BioBased
Economy
• Interdisciplinary education
• Research for valorisation
• New business creation
Research Centre Art & Society
Research Centre Art & Society
• Research Groups
• Art & Sustainability
• Lifelong Learning in Music
• Image in Context
Biomass value pyramid: biocascading
➢ Using all the
components from biomass for value creation
➢ Implementation of cost effective energy efficient green
biorefinery processes
➢ Industrial symbiosis for complete
biomass valorisation
Greenextraction Bioceuticals
• Greenextraction are extraction processes which reduces
energy consumption, makes use of renewable solvents, and ensure a safe high quality product. (Chemat et al 2015)
• Natural ingredients
(secondary plant metabolites) sourced from botanicals,
existing crops/marines or side streams of biomass
processing.
Greenextraction scCO2 from labscale….
• Process development on lab scale
– Extraction Pmax 1000bar, Tmax 250C – Cosolvent Pmax 400bar
– Subcritical water Pmax 400bar, Tmax 150C
to upscale by simulation …..
• Process development on lab scale
• Process simulation in
– ASPEN (process simulation) and – SuperPro Designer (Cost simulation)
• Process optimisation on semi-industrial scale
To semi-industrial scale
bioceutical biorefinery
• Cooperation with other projects
• H2020 LIBBIO
• Other national projects
This project has received funding from the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 720726.
Greenextraction
Deep Eutectic Solvents
• Mixtures of two or more (natural) components with eutectic point
• Eutectic mixture - hydrogen bonds (donors and acceptors)
• Preparation of DES at atmospheric pressure and temeperature to 100C
• Can be tailored to dissolve polar active botanicals which can not be solved in water
• Source Yuanto Dai DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.12.019 ·
BIOCAS contribution
• Hydrochar Production with subcritical water
• Pilot extracting high value components
• Business case development
• #2 Biocascade Alliance
Extraction phytochemicals from specific plant species
1) Anthocyanins from tulips 2) Lutein from marigold 3) Other to be defined
Tulip Power!
Solar cells from natural dyes
