Bio2Match: a Tool for Optimising the Match between Lignocellulosic Biomass and Conversion Technologies

• DOI: 10.5071/24theubce2016-4co.14.4
• Publication Date: 2016-01-01
• Authors: Tijs M. Lammens; Martijn Vis; Hugo de Groot; B. Vanmeulebrouk; I.G. Staritsky; B.S. Elbersen; E. Annevelink; H.W. Elbersen; Eija Alakangas; D. van den Berg
• Keywords: Lignocellulosic Biomass

Proceedings of the 24th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, 6-9 June 2016, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 1381-1386<br/>This paper describes ‘Bio2Match’, a biomass and technology matching tool that was developed in the S2Biom EU project. Bio2Match brings together a large collection of data on both biomass properties and technology characteristics, in an interactive way. The tool is built on a database of conversion technologies and a database of biomass properties, and can be used to optimally match biomass feedstocks to conversion technologies, in order to support stakeholders in the bio-based economy with an optimised exploitation of existing biomass resources across borders. In this paper both databases will be described, as well as the methodology used by the tool to match biomass to technologies, and the way that Bio2Match works in practice.<br/>