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Bio-based composites
Birgitha Nyström
Technology Platform leader Material Science
birgitha.nystrom@swerea.se
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Why bio-based?
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Emissions
Resource scarcity
Climate change
Economic crises
Peak everything
Conflicts
Drought
Migration
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Lightweight
Energy efficient
Automated
Competitive
Re-industrialize
the EU
New Strategies
Consumption
Circular economy
Renewable
energy
Population growth
Possible solutions
Planetary boundaries
Research for (near) future needs
Low carbon
economy
Bioeconomy
Smart growth
Green
growth
Sustainable
Sustainability
“Our common future”, Brundtland comission 1987:
“Sustainable development meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.
One of many conclusions:
“As for non-renewable resources, like fossil fuels and minerals, their use
reduces the stock available for future generations”... “With minerals and
fossil fuels, the rate of depletion and the emphasis on recycling and
economy of use should be calibrated to ensure that the resource does not
run out before acceptable substitutes are available.”
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Why biobased?
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What can we make from biobased rawmaterials?
• Biobased thermosets and thermoplastics
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We use biobased matrices in many projects
Not much development in Sweden
We have the resources!
We need some market pull!
What we are doing from biobased
2012-2016
EkoMini, 2015
Biobaserade kompositer för båtbyggare
JuteLight, 2015-part II autumn
Kompositer från jute för fordon
KoTräKo, 2015-part II autumn
Konkurrenskraftig produktion av träfiber-baserade kompositer
Rörflen i kompositer, 2015-2017
What we are doing from biobased
Testbädd Svensk ligninbaserad kolfiber, 2014-2015
Ligninbaserade komponenter i Li-jonbatterier vägen mot gröna
batterier?
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Ligninbaserad kolfiber-komposit, 2015
2015-2019
Smart, Resource Efficient, Circular, Low
Carbon, Bio Economy
It is not all about money:
humans can neither drink nor eat
money”
But it is about money:
If the future is a circular bio economy,
We must develop the bio economy
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Join us in development for the future!
• Bioinnovation – Biocomposites, proposal under development
You can influence the scope!
• Horizon 2020 – development for the bioeconomy
• There are more opportunities
Are you interested? Have ideas?
TALK TO US!
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Scientific Work for Industrial Use
www.swerea.se
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