2012|13 Annual Report Fraunhofer IGB

Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes CBP Am Haupttor | Tor 12, Bau 1251 06237 Leuna | Germany Fax +49 3461 43-9199 | www.cbp.fraunhofer.de Dipl.-Chem. (FH) Gerd Unkelbach Head of CBP Project Group Phone +49 3461 43-9101 gerd.unkelbach@cbp.fraunhofer.de Dr.-Ing. Katja Patzsch Group Manager Biotechnological Processes Phone +49 3461 43-9104 katja.patzsch@cbp.fraunhofer.de Dr. Moritz Leschinsky Group Manager Pre-Treatment and Fractioning of Renewable Raw Materials Phone +49 3461 43-9102 moritz.leschinsky@cbp.fraunhofer.de Dr. Daniela Pufky-Heinrich Group Manager Chemical Processes Phone +49 3461 43-9103 daniela.pufky-heinrich@ cbp.fraunhofer.de Contacts Range of services The Fraunhofer CBP provides modular process capacities of up to 10 m3 fermentation volume and continuous plants capable of high-pressure processing up to 10 kg per hour, plus a wide range of processing, treatment and reconditioning techniques and methods. This versatile “ﬂexible bioreﬁnery” facilitates the conversion of raw materials such as vegetable oils, cellu- lose, lignocellulose, starch and sugar into chemical products. Infrastructure and technical equipment Fermentation capacities of 10 / 100 / 1000 and 10,000 L, including downstream processing for fermentation prod- ucts Continuous gas phase reactions of up to 10 L/h Chemical liquid phase reactions of up to 100 L at up to 70 bar Mechanical and thermal separation processes (including extraction with propane and sc-CO2) Pulping and component separation of lignocellulose using organic solvents, with a capacity of 1 metric ton of bio- mass per week Stirred tank reactors for the enzymatic hydrolysis of poly- saccharides 53

2012|13 Annual Report Fraunhofer IGB

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