COLDREFINERY

COLDREFINERY aims to devise innovative nature-inspired strategies to increase the efficiency of bio-based production under low temperatures from waste from food systems. In this project, wastes from the food system (e.g. food waste, agricultural waste) will be used to produce biogas and volatile fatty acids under cold temperatures as well as recover phosphorus and nitrogen. COLDREFINERY will develop a decision support system by integrating process models, data, and artificial intelligence techniques to create a digital twin as well as a user-friendly software prototype for stakeholders to monitor and control process while exploring potential business models to facilitate the full-scale implementation of this innovative cold-adapted biorefinery concept in the food systems. The project is coordinated by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology with partners from IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Aalto University, Finland, Denmark Technical University and the Estonian University of Life Sciences.