Processes for Market Assessment -
LCA & Regulatory Assessment  

Initiating Partner: UPC BarcelonaTech
Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering (CCEM Barcelona)

Initiating Partner Contact: Professor Jose Luis Cortina

Work Package alignment

NUTRITION

Leading Institution & Contact

+ with some alignment to Energy & Mobility

​​Expertise and available technologies at UPC BarcelonaTech within SMAR3TS project and examples of strategically relevant I3X Initiatives.

What are the desired outcomes of I3X-2?

• SMAR3TS project partner - UPC BarcelonaTech and its R2EM are working on the development of processes for market assessment - LCA and regulatory assessment in the sectors of nutrition and energy. Technologies are currently on TRL 3-4 levels and can be further developed to TRL 5-6.
   

• This I3X challenge invites research and innovation talent within the SMAR3TS project to validate bioactive polyphenols for smart filmed food packaging, purification processes, life-cycle assessment (LCA), techno-economic assessment (TEA), as well as seawater desalination, carbon and utilization, and on-site chemical production.

What skills and capabilities (across disciplines) would be beneficial for I3X-2?

• Business model evaluation analysis

• Research on food supplementary materials, animal feed application, sustainable food packaging, food materials

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Examples of Challenges that need to be addressed for I3X-2?

• Recovery of polyphenols, fivers, sugars' valorization​

• Assessment of biomedical applications in pharma industry

• Development of digital tools (e.g. digital passport for electric vehicles' (EV) batteries in the EU) - how can it be applied for the waste that is vaporized?

• Regulatory assessment for waste material treatment

• Water treatment

• Business case analysis and scalability assessment; techno-economic analysis

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I3X-2 Alignment to R3 - Resilience, Restoration, Regeneration​​

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