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Fermentation-derived lipid production can be seen as comprising two processes: the fermentation itself and the downstream processing. Significant attention has been paid to the fermentation part of the process, while the downstream processing has often received less focus. Viscous broths, intracellular lipid accumulation, and energy-intensive downstream operations such as cell disruption, clarification, extraction, and concentration can pose additional complications. Our objective is to identify solutions and novel technologies that improve the competitiveness of these oil products by making the downstream processing increasingly scalable, cost-effective, and sustainable.
We invite proposals from innovators, technology providers, equipment manufacturers, and research organizations to identify scalable downstream processing options for fermentation-derived lipids. Our goal is to identify practical, industrially relevant solutions that can improve yield, reduce consumable usage, and enhance energy and resource efficiency across and the various downstream processing operations. Key unit operations of interest include cell disruption, recovery, clarification, separation, extraction and purification, and concentration and dehydration.
- Mechanical, enzymatic, or hybrid technologies for efficient lipid release from biomass
- Membrane or hybrid clarification systems
- Solid–liquid separation technologies optimized for lipid-rich biomass
- Energy-efficient solvent extraction, liquid–liquid separation, or novel lipid recovery systems
- Solvent-free lipid recovery systems
- Low-concentration recovery technologies for microbial oil purification
- Energy-efficient distillation, evaporation, or drying systems tailored for lipid downstream processing
- Improves operational efficiency or sustainability by enhancing lipid yield, reducing natural gas, steam, or power consumption, or lowering filter-aid and chemical use
- Scalable and compatible with industrial-scale lipid fermentation systems
- Industrial-scale deployment feasible within the next 12 to 48 months
- Demonstrated performance in comparable lipid production environments
- Fermentation solutions, technologies, media, and strains
- Non-scalable lab concepts without industrial feasibility
Our global team includes more than 1,500 research, development, applications, technical services and intellectual property specialists working in more than 200 locations. Together, they provide a spectrum of services encompassing technical service, applications, development, research, intellectual asset management, and scientific and regulatory affairs.
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