Summer School

 

Utilization of Biomass for the Production of Chemicals or Fuels

 

“The concept of Biorefinery comes into operation”

 

September 18th-24th, 2011

 

 

 

Hotel Orsa Maggiore,

Castro Marina, Lecce, Italy

 

Programme of the School

 

 

 

Sunday September 18, 2011

 

15.00-18.30    Registration   

 

18.30-19.15    Welcome by the organizers:

Prof. Michele Aresta, Co-ordinator of the Training and Dissemination SP, Eurobioref; Slides

Prof. Angeliki Lemonidou, WP Leader and Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee Slides

Prof. Angela Dibenedetto, Co-Chair of the Org.Comm.

 

Chair: M. Aresta                                                                                                 

19.15-20.00    Opening Lecture - Slides                                           

Concept of Biorefinery comes into operation: The Eurobioref project

                                   Franck Dumeignil Project Co-ordinator

 

20.15-20.45    Welcome cocktail     

 

20.45               Dinner



Monday September 19, 2011

Chair: F. Dumeignil

9.00-10.10       Refinery of the future: feedstock, processes, products - Slides

Jean-Luc Dubois, ARKEMA

 

10.10-11.20    The terrestrial biomass: formation and properties (crops and residual biomass) - Slides

Myrsini Christou, CRES

 

11.20-11.50    Coffee break

 

11.50-13.00    Biomass pretreatment: separation of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. Existing technologies and perspectives - Slides

Anna Raspolli Galletti, CIRCC

 

13.00 -13.20   Questions to the speakers

 

13.30               Lunch and break

 

Chair: A. Lemonidou

18.00-20.00    Oral flash presentation of posters Group A

                                                                                             

P01   Catalytic hydrothermal conversion and upgrading of wet biomass feedstocks –process design and optimization - Poster

            J. Hoffman, S. Sohail Toor, L. A. Rosendahl

 

P02   Studies on structural, textural and acid-base properties of Ca and Sr hydroxyapatites modified with alkali metal/CO32- species - Poster

            L. Silvester, J.-F. Lamonier, C. Lamonier, R.-N. Vannier, C. Pirovano, M. Frère, F. Dumeignil

 

P03   Effective FeMo catalyst for the direct synthesis of dimethyl- and diethyl acetals - Poster

         K. Thavornprasert, G. Tesquet, L. Jalowiecki-Duhamel, F. Dumeignil, J.-L. Dubois, M. Capron

 

P04   Supported Mo-based catalysts for the upgrading of biosyngas to MeSH - Poster

            A.Cordova, P. Blanchard, G. Frémy, C. Lamonier

 

P05   PermSMBR - A new hybrid technology: application on a green fuel production - Poster

         C. S.M. Pereira, V. M.T.M. Silva, A.E Rodrigues

 

P06   Design of modified CuZnAl catalysts for higher alcohols synthesis

J. M. Beiramar, A. Sharma, P. Fongarland, A. Griboval-Constant,       A. Khodakov

 

P07   Conversion of cellulosic biomass into high-value chemicals & fuels: a perspective of heterogeneous and electrochemical catalysis - Poster

K. R. Vuyyuru, P. Strasser

 

P08   Thermochemical conversion of syngas to higher alcohols over CuZnAl catalysts - Poster

E. Th. Liakakou, E. Heracleous, A. Lemonidou

 

P09   Cellulose conversion into hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF): catalysis under sustainable conditions in aqueous media in absence of polluting chemicals - Poster

A. Dibenedetto, C. Pastore, P. Stufano and M. Aresta

 

P10   Converting wastes into added value products: from glycerol to glycerol carbonate, glycidol and epichlorohydrin using environmentally friendly synthetic routes. - Poster

M. Aresta, A. Dibenedetto, F. Nocito, L. di Bitonto

 

P11   Tunable and efficient catalysts for the simultaneous trans-esterification of lipids and esterification of free fatty acids from bio-oil for an effective production of FAMEs - Poster

A. Dibenedetto, C. Pastore, L. di Bitonto, A. Colucci, M. Aresta

 

P12   Sustainable biodiesel production from alternative oils - Poster

D. C. Boffito, C. Pirola, S. Vitali, C. L. Bianchi

 

P13   Direct hydrolysis of lignocellulosic on solid acid catalysts: an esplorative screening - Poster

G. Gliozzi, F. Cavani, R. Bortolo

 

P14   Influence of glycero purity on its liquid phase oxidation over Au/TiO2 - Poster

E. Skrzyńska, M. Capron, F. Dumeignil

 

P15   Conversion of selected lignocellulosic feedstocks to bio-products: an environmental LCA Study

T.O. Falano, A. Azapagic

 

20.30               Dinner

 

22.00-23.00     Poster session informal meetings

 

 

Tuesday September 20, 2011

Chair: J.L. Dubois

MATGAS LECTURE

9.00-10.10       Conversion of cellulose and hemicellulose into platform molecules: chemical routes - Slides

David Serrano, IMDEA

 

10.10-11.20    Conversion of cellulose,  hemicellulose and lignin into platform molecules: biotechnological approach - Slides

Anders Frolander, BORREGAARD

 

11.20-11.50    Coffee break

 

11.50-13.00    Catalytic conversion of biosourced raw-materials: heterogeneous catalysis - Slides

Wolfgang Hoelderich, AACHEN

13.00-13.20    Questions to the Speakers

 

13.30               Lunch and break

 

Chair: A. Dibenedetto

18.00-20.00    Oral flash presentation of posters Group B

 

P16   Synthesis of 2,5 furandicarboxylic acid by selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural over Au-Cu/TiO2 catalysts - Slides

T. Pasini, F. Cavani, R. Bonelli, M. Piccinini, N. Dimitratos, J. A. Lopez-Sanchez, C. J. Kiely, G. Hutchings, S. Albonetti

 

P17   Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol continuous process: a comparison between two-stage reactor and one stage coupled with repeated batch reactor - Slides

M. Setlhaku, E. d. A. Villa, R. Wichmann

 

P18   Selective hydrogenation of biomass-derived compounds by metallic colloidal suspensions stabilized by water-soluble protective agents - Slides

R. Herbois, S. Noel, B. Leger, A. Ponchel, E. Monlier

 

P19   Steam reforming of methanol to hydrogen-catalysts preparing and testing - Slides

J. Niziol, J. Rakoczy, K. Wieczorek-Ciurowa, E. Filipek, A. Blonska-Tabero

 

P20   Thermodynamic analysis of glycerol conversion to synthesis gas - Slides

K. Zenczak, P. Kozlowska

 

P21   Aerobic oxidation of alcohols catalyzed by gold nanoparticles incarcerated in nanoporous syndiotactic polystyrene: an insight into the reaction mechanism - Slides

S. Ortega Sanchez, A. Buonerba, A. Grassi

 

P22   Communities and common knowledge goods in emergence of doubly green chemistry - Slides

E. Garnier, M. Nieddu, B. Krek, C. Bliard, F.D. Vivien

 

P23   Production of fatty acids and fatty acid-esters for usage as biodiesel by yeasts from sugars, glycerol and lignocellulose - Slides

A. Govind Phadnavis and P. R. Jensen

 

P24   Rhodotorula graminis Lipids biosynthesis from renewable carbon sources for the production of biodiesel -Slides

D. Cucchetti, D. Bianchi, R. Bartolo, G. Franzosi, F. Pizza, C. Compagno, S. Galafassi

 

P25   Willow cultivation technology and biomass utilisation in Poland - Slides

M. Stolarski, M. Krzyzaniak

 

P26   Understanding of the methanol partial oxidation to dimethoxymethane: study of the Re/Al2O3 system - Slides

X. Sécordel, M. Capron, E. Berrier, S. Cristol, F. Dumeignil

        

P27   Characterization of the black liquors pyrolysis by Computational Fluids Dynamics

P. Martín, J. Torres, L. F. Vega and W. Chang

 

P28   Characterization and development of catalysts for the catalytic synthesis of fatty nitriles at low temperature - Slides

A. Mekki-Berrada, D. Grondin, S. Bennici,  A. Auroux

 

P29   VFA as a route to renewable transport fuel - Slides

R. Hu and Son Le

 

20.30               Dinner

 

22.00-23.00    Poster session and informal meetings

 

 

Wednesday September 21, 2011

Chair: D. Serrano

9.00-10.10      Conversion of lignin: chemical technologies and biotechnologies. Oxidative strategies in lignin upgrade - Slides

Claudia Crestini, CIRCC

 

10.10-11.20    Techno-economic analysis of new fermentation processes for sustainable production of commodity chemicals and biofuels - Slides

Thomas Grotkjaer, NOVOZYMES

 

11.20-11.50    Coffee break

 

11.50-13.00    Anaerobic fermentation: biogas from waste. - Slides

The basic Science

Michele Aresta, CIRCC

 

13.00-13.20    Questions to the Speakers

 

13.30               Lunch and break

 

15.30               Departure for the visit to Lecce and Otranto

Dinner will be served nearby Otranto

 

 

Thursday September 22, 2011          

Chair: C. Crestini

9.00-10.10      Catalytic conversion of bio-sourced raw materials: Homogeneous catalysis - Slides

François Jerome, UNIPOITIERS

10.10-11.20    Aquatic biomass: downstream technologies to FAMEs - Slides

Angela Dibenedetto, CIRCC

 

11.20-11.50    Coffee break

 

11.50-13.00    Catalytic conversion of oils extracted from seeds: from polyunsaturated long chains to functional molecules - Slides

Eva Garrier, NOVANCE

 

13.00-13.20    Questions to the Speakers

 

13.30               Lunch and break

 

Chair: F. Jerome

18.00-19.10    From labscale to full scale biogas plants - Slides

Alessandro Spagni, ENEA

 

19.10-20.00    Questions to the Speakers

 

20.30               Dinner

 

22.00-23.00    Meet the teachers: informal discussion

 

 

Friday September 23, 2011

Chair: M. Ricci

NOVAMONT LECTURE

9.00-10.10      Novamont, the bio-based materials, and its experiment of system-based economy - Slides

Catia Bastioli, NOVAMONT

 

Chair: A. Lappas

10.10-11.20    Biomass gasification: production & gas cleaning for diverse applications: chp & chemical syntheses - Slides

Kyriakos Panopoulos, CERTH 

 

11.20-11.50         Coffee break

 

ENI LECTURE

11.50-13.00     From Syngas to fuels and chemicals: chemical and biotechnological routes - Slides

Marco Ricci, ENI

 

13.00-13.20    Questions to the Speakers

 

13.30               Lunch and break

 

Chair: K. Panopoulos

18.00-19.10    Conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals via thermochemical processes - Slides

Angelos Lappas, CERTH

19.10-19.50    Questions to the Speakers

 

20.30               Social Dinner and Show

 

 

Saturday September 24, 2011

Chair: F. Dumeignil

9.30-10.40      Cellulosic ethanol: economic and Greenhouse gas impacts – a case study - Slides

Raphael Slade, IMPERIAL COLLEGE-UK

 

10.40-11.50    Policy aspects of biomass utilization and bio-based product chains - Slides

Rainer Bush T+I Consulting

 

11.50-12.15    Questions to the Speakers

 

12.15-12.30    Closing remarks and future activities:

A. Lemonidou and M. Aresta

 

12.40               Lunch-Buffet

 

14.00               Departure by bus to Brindisi Airport or Lecce Train Station