Location: Healthy Processed Foods Research
Project Number: 2030-41000-069-010-S
Project Type: Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Sep 1, 2024
End Date: Aug 31, 2025
Objective:
Conduct techno-economic analysis to evaluate the economic feasibility of upcycling industrial processing byproducts to plant-based proteins.
Approach:
Task 1 Develop process models to quantify the chemical and energy utilizations of plant-based protein production.
Under this task, we will design the process flow diagram, conduct the process simulation, and determine the economics of protein production from different food processing byproducts. Material, energy balance, and flow rate information will be quantified based on the simulation of heat and mass balances using SuperPro Designer®. The data will be translated into the production cost of the plant-based protein.
