Proof of concept. D2

In this document, the Proof of Concept of production of CAPCOM’s (Clean Agro Pellet COMmodities) will be investigated. The commodities will be produced from agro residues and ligno cellulosic crops using a combination of Counter Current Simulated Moving Bed (CC SMB) Extraction and pretreatment. Chapter 2 will focus on CC SMB extraction and chapter 3 will focus on steam explosion pretreatment. Chapter 4 discusses the properties of the resulting CAPCOM’s in relation to its intended applications