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PAVE THE WAY: FROM ORGANIC WASTE TO RENEWABLE ROADS WITH ADVANCEDRESOURCE RECOVERY DELINEATION (FORWARD)

Objective

This project aims at producing biobinders from food waste and swine manure using a hydrothermal liquefaction pilot reactor system. The biobinders will be used solely or mixed with commercial binders to pave a section of road on the UIUC campus. Two byproducts of the biobinder, biobased fuel additive and fertilizer (nitrogen, phosphorous), will be integrative parts of the whole value-added waste-to-bioproducts process. This holistic process will not only produce cost-competitive bioproducts, but at the same time also achieve zero-emission of greenhouse gasses, and zero-waste disposal by eliminating landfill of food waste.

Investigators
Zhang, Y.; Davidson, PA, .; Allen, CO, .; Li, YA, .; Hajj, RA, .
Institution
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Start date
2023
End date
2026
Funding Source
Nat'l. Inst. of Food and Agriculture
Project number
ILLU-741-647
Accession number
1029715
https://portal.nifa.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/1029715.html