Turn your lignocellulosic waste into new high-value materials

Biorefinery solutions to fractionate, transform and validate biomass and by-products into cellulose, lignin, biomaterials and sustainable biochemicals.

Market need

Agri-food, agricultural, forestry, paper and other companies generate streams rich in cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin whose potential is often underutilised.

Their valorisation requires selecting efficient pretreatments, separating the different fractions, adapting their properties to the end use and demonstrating their technical, environmental, regulatory and scale-up feasibility.

Our solution

AINIA develops comprehensive biorefinery solutions tailored to each biomass and industrial objective. We address raw material conditioning and characterisation, fractionation using hydrothermal, thermochemical, enzymatic and mechanical technologies, among others, as well as the production and modification of cellulose, micro/nanocellulose and (nano)lignin, and their transformation into biomaterials and biochemicals. We integrate mass balances, process optimisation, functional characterisation, application validation, recyclability and scale-up assessment.

Applications

Valorisation of agricultural, agri-food, forestry, paper and textile waste and by-products, as well as other industrial streams containing a lignocellulosic fraction.

Production of cellulosic pulps, cellulose micro/nanofibres and nanocrystals, lignin and lignin micro/nanoparticles, as well as sugars, biochemicals and platform products.

Development of materials for paper and cardboard packaging, coatings, biopolymer reinforcement, bio-based adhesives and recyclability assessment.

Design of hydrogels, aerogels, foams and porous materials, coating agents for encapsulation or controlled-release systems for agricultural, food, cosmetic and environmental applications.

Impact and benefits

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Fátima Vargas
Biorefineries

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