Bio-based industries make use of biomass sources and sustainable supply chains. As such, they lower dependency on crude oil imports and contribute to raw material security. With 90% of Europe’s chemical industry feedstocks for non-energy using coming from fossil fuel resources, access to alternatives is an important strategic issue. By replacing fossil-fuel based products with bio-based products which tend to have a smaller carbon footprint, bio-based industries can make a critical contribution to Europe’s climate goals.<br/>SElectiveLi will provide proof of concept on the laboratory scale to demonstrate the potential for converting low cost lignosulfonate feedstocks (by-product from paper and pulp industry) into high value biosustainable chemicals.<br/>SELECTIVELI will produce four main lignosulfonate-derived products; Aldehyde fraction -vanillin and syringaldehyde, special chemicals of value-added nature (benzoquinone derivatives, stilbenes and acetovanillone), a mixed phenolic fraction for further downstream processing of intermediate monomer building blocks to yield epoxies and formaldehyde resins as well as diphenolic species analogous to bisphenol A and a fraction of partially degraded lignosulfonates which can potentially serve as tailor-made surfactants or dispersants.

SElectiveLi: Novel electrochemical process using lignosulfonates to produce bio-based monomers & polymers

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