Valorizing the decentralized biomass production chain for advanced biofuel production: development and evaluation of thermochemical routes integrated with biomass production and biochemical routes

• Grant number: 16/50403-2
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research Partnership for Technological Innovation - PITE
• Start date: May 01, 2019
• End date: June 30, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Industries
• Agreement: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Maria Francisco Luiz Jose Bonomi
• Grantee: Antonio Maria Francisco Luiz Jose Bonomi
• Principal researcher abroad: Juan E. Carrasco
• Institution abroad: Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Spain
• Principal researcher abroad: Andrea Monti
• Institution abroad: Università di Bologna, Italy
• Principal researcher abroad: B.J. Vreugdenhil
• Institution abroad: Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), Netherlands
• Host Institution: Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM). Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Company: Empresa Brasileira Aeronáutica S/A (EMBRAER)
• City: Campinas
• Pesquisadores principais:( Últimos ): Ivo Milton Raimundo Junior ; João Guilherme Rocha Poço ; João Luís Nunes Carvalho ; Otavio Cavalett ; Ronaldo Gonçalves dos Santos ; Rubens Maciel Filho
• Pesquisadores principais:( Antigos ): Celio Pasquini
• Associated scholarship(s): 23/12964-6 - Technical-economic and environmental assessment of integrated biochemical-thermochemical routes for advanced aviation biofuels (SAF) production, BP.TT; 23/12957-0 - Comparison of the economic and environmental impacts of pyrolysis products destined for advanced biofuel production and carbon sequestration in agricultural soils, BP.TT; 23/08012-0 - Effects of biochar aging on N2O emission mitigation and soil carbon sequestration, BP.TT; + associated scholarships 21/02691-7 - Implications of sugarcane-based biochar application on soil N2O emissions and crop yield, BP.TT; 20/08227-8 - Development of automation interfaces to integrate computational tools for advanced biofuels technological assessment and implementation of CAPE-OPEN standards to incorporate in-house built rigorous models into a process simulation platform, BP.TT; 20/01736-4 - Study of the conversion of waste into bio-oil by rapid pyrolysis and conditioning of the gas produced by the biomass gasification process, BP.TT - associated scholarships

Abstract

This project aims to explore the synergies between biomasses production, diversification and logistics of defined value chains for the production of advanced biofuels (with a special focus on aviation biofuels) via thermochemical and biochemical conversion routes. Gasification of sugarcane bagasse, other biomasses and intermediate energy carriers is an important technological route to advanced biofuels production via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. The biomass availability on sparse areas and the large dependence on scale for industrial investments on thermochemical plants might make economically impracticable the production of advanced biofuels through this route. To overcome the scale issues associated with agricultural production, biomass transportation and industrial conversion plants, decentralized units based on technologies such as pyrolysis, can be used to process raw biomasses in order to produce intermediate energy carriers. These pyrolysis plants, acting as energy densification units, would make possible the existence of large-scale gasification and upgrading plants to produced advanced biofuels. Another route, based on the biochemical processes, dedicated to the valorization of second generation residues (lignin rich streams) through integration with thermochemical plants, including advanced biofuel production is also considered in this project. BioValue is a Brazilian consortium proposal completely aligned with the twinning European consortium (BECOOL) and takes advantage from the synergies and complementarities of know-how and experiences of Brazil and EU on biomass and advanced lignocellulosic biofuels production. The aims of the BioValue proposal are: (i) development of new agricultural systems, considering crop diversification and lignocellulosic residues for advanced biofuels production; (ii) biomasses logistics and efficient conversion processes, including biochemical and thermochemical routes; (iii) integrated technical, economic, environmental and social sustainability assessments of the whole value chains. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

TENELLI, SARAH; BORDONAL, RICARDO OLIVEIRA; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO; CERRI, CARLOS EDUARDO PELLEGRINO; CARVALHO, JOAO LUIS NUNES. Multilocation changes in soil carbon stocks from sugarcane straw removal for bioenergy production in Brazil. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, v. 13, n. 7, p. 1099-1111, JUL 2021. (18/09845-7, 16/50403-2, 17/23978-7)

BOSCHIERO, BEATRIZ NASTARO; QUASSI DE CASTRO, SERGIO GUSTAVO; QUINTELA DA ROCHA, ADOLPHO EMANUEL; JUNQUEIRA FRANCO, HENRIQUE COUTINHO; NUNES CARVALHO, JOAO LUIS; SORIANO, HUGO LYRA; DOS SANTOS, JORGE ALVES; BRESSIANI, JOSE ANTONIO; KOLLN, ORIEL TIAGO. Biomass Production and Nutrient Removal of Energy Cane Genotypes in Northeastern Brazil. CROP SCIENCE, v. 59, n. 1, p. 379-391, JAN-FEB 2019. (16/18853-8, 16/50403-2)

GUIMARAES, HENRIQUE REAL; BRESSANIN, JESSICA MARCON; MOTTA, INGRID LOPES; CHAGAS, MATEUS FERREIRA; KLEIN, BRUNO COLLING; BONOMI, ANTONIO; MACIEL FILHO, RUBENS; WATANABE, MARCOS DJUN BARBOSA. Decentralization of sustainable aviation fuel production in Brazil through Biomass-to-Liquids routes: A techno-economic and environmental evaluation. ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT, v. 276, p. 14-pg., 2022-12-10. (16/50403-2)

GOMES, GUSTAVO R.; DE JESUS, ESTER G.; JACINTHO, JAQUELINE C. C.; GARCIA, DIANA L. G.; ALENCAR, BARBARA R. A.; GABETTO, FERNANDA P.; GOMES, JOICE J.; CARVALHO, JOAO L. N.; STRAUSS, MATHIAS; DRIEMEIER, CARLOS. Peculiarities of bio-oil and biochar obtained from the lignin-rich residue of the enzymatic hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse. RENEWABLE ENERGY, v. 241, p. 10-pg., 2025-01-09. (14/50884-5, 16/50403-2, 21/13455-2, 23/01468-8)

GUIMARAES, HENRIQUE REAL; BRESSANIN, JESSICA MARCON; MOTTA, INGRID LOPES; CHAGAS, MATEUS FERREIRA; KLEIN, BRUNO COLLING; BONOMI, ANTONIO; MACIEL FILHO, RUBENS; WATANABE, MARCOS DJUN BARBOSA. Bottlenecks and potentials for the gasification of lignocellulosic biomasses and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: A case study on the production of advanced liquid biofuels in Brazil. ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT, v. 245, OCT 1 2021. (16/50403-2)

NOGUEIRA, GUILHERME PESSOA; PETRIELLI, GABRIEL PALMA; CHAGAS, MATEUS FERREIRA; HENZLER, DANIELE DE SOUZA; SAMPAIO, ISABELLE LOBO DE MESQUITA; BONOMI, ANTONIO MARIA; JUNQUEIRA, TASSIA LOPES; DE MORAIS, EDVALDO RODRIGO; HERNANDES, THAYSE APARECIDA DOURADO. Supplying the ethanol demand for 2030 in Brazil as a land-based climate change mitigation alternative: Implications on greenhouse gases emissions. Science of The Total Environment, v. 951, p. 10-pg., 2024-08-29. (16/50403-2)

SANTOS, LAYLA P.; PEREIRA, JOSE F. Q.; RAIMUNDO JR, IVO M.. A solid substrate based on clay minerals for sampling organic liquids in molecular LIBS analysis. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, v. 39, n. 4, p. 7-pg., 2024-02-15. (16/50403-2, 14/50951-4)

DIAS DE SOUZA, NARIE RINKE; DUFT, DANIEL GARBELLINI; BERBERT BRUNO, KARINA MARIA; HENZLER, DANIELE DE SOUZA; JUNQUEIRA, TASSIA LOPES; CAVALETT, OTAVIO; DOURADO HERNANDES, THAYSE APARECIDA. Unraveling the potential of sugarcane electricity for climate change mitigation in Brazil. RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING, v. 175, DEC 2021. (16/50403-2)

MOITINHO, MARA REGINA; PHILIPPOT, LAURENT; GONZAGA, LEANDRO CAROLINO; BRU, DAVID; CARVALHO, JOAO LUIS NUNES. Biochar addition reduces N2O emissions in fertilized soils under energy cane cultivation. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT, v. 359, p. 11-pg., 2024-01-01. (19/21817-1, 16/50403-2, 18/04992-1, 17/11523-5)

DEUBER, RAQUEL DE SOUZA; BRESSANIN, JESSICA MARCON; FERNANDES, DANIEL SANTOS; GUIMARAES, HENRIQUE REAL; CHAGAS, MATEUS FERREIRA; BONOMI, ANTONIO; FREGOLENTE, LEONARDO VASCONCELOS; WATANABE, MARCOS DJUN BARBOSA. Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Lignocellulosic Residues in Brazil through Hydrothermal Liquefaction: Techno-Economic and Environmental Assessments. ENERGIES, v. 16, n. 6, p. 21-pg., 2023-03-01. (16/50403-2)

BOSCHIERO, BEATRIZ NASTARO; DE CASTRO, SERGIO GUSTAVO QUASSI; DA CRUZ, LARISSA PRADO; CARVALHO, JOAO LUIS NUNES; SILVA, SERGIO RICARDO; BRESSIANI, JOSE ANTONIO; KOLLN, ORIEL TIAGO. Biomass yield, nutrient removal, and chemical composition of energy cane genotypes in Southeast Brazil. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 191, p. 13-pg., 2023-01-01. (16/18853-8, 16/50403-2)

RADE, LETICIA L.; DA SILVA, MELQUE N. P.; VIEIRA, PLINIO S.; MILAN, NATALIA; DE SOUZA, CLAUDIA M.; DE MELO, RICARDO R.; KLEIN, BRUNO C.; BONOMI, ANTONIO; DE CASTRO, HEIZIR F.; MURAKAMI, MARIO T.; et al. A Novel Fungal Lipase With Methanol Tolerance and Preference for Macaw Palm Oil. FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, v. 8, MAY 6 2020. (19/08855-1, 16/50403-2, 15/26982-0, 18/04897-9, 18/10517-4)

BRESSANIN, JESSICA MARCON; GERALDO, VICTOR COELHO; MAGALHAES GOMES, FRANCISCO DE ASSIS; KLEIN, BRUNO COLLING; CHAGAS, MATEUS FERREIRA; BARBOSA WATANABE, MARCOS DJUN; BONOMI, ANTONIO; DE MORAIS, EDVALDO RODRIGO; CAVALETT, OTAVIO. Multiobjective optimization of economic and environmental performance of Fischer-Tropsch biofuels production integrated to sugarcane biorefineries. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 170, OCT 15 2021. (16/50403-2)

ZEGADA-LIZARAZU, WALTER; CARVALHO, JOAO L. N.; PARENTI, ANDREA; TENELLI, SARAH; SASTRE, CARLOS MARTIN; CIRIA, PILAR; CHRISTOU, MYRSINI; EFTHYMIA, ALEXOPOULOU; BONOMI, ANTONIO; MONTI, ANDREA. The effects of integrated food and bioenergy cropping systems on crop yields, soil health, and biomass quality: The EU and Brazilian experience. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, v. 14, n. 5, p. 17-pg., 2022-03-09. (16/50403-2)

PETRIELLI, GABRIEL PALMA; NOGUEIRA, GUILHERME PESSOA; HENZLER, DANIELE DE SOUZA; DE SOUZA, NARIE RINKE DIAS; BRUNO, KARINA MARIA BERBERT; LUCIANO, ANA CLAUDIA DOS SANTOS; MAIRE, GUERRIC LE; HERNANDES, THAYSE APARECIDA DOURADO. Integrating carbon footprint to spatialized modeling: The mitigation potential of sugarcane ethanol production in the Brazilian Center-South. RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING, v. 189, p. 12-pg., 2023-02-01. (16/50403-2)

GABETTO, FERNANDA PALMEIRA; TENELLI, SARAH; NETTO-FERREIRA, JULIA BARRA; GONZAGA, LEANDRO CAROLINO; ISIDORIO, MARIA ANDRESA SANTOS; CARVALHO, JOAP LUIS NUNES. Exploring the potential of sugarcane straw biochar: Insights into N2O emissions and microbial functional genes. BIOMASS & BIOENERGY, v. 182, p. 11-pg., 2024-01-24. (16/50403-2, 22/07665-7, 21/02691-7, 21/11995-0)

GABETTO, FERNANDA PALMEIRA; TENELLI, SARAH; NETTO-FERREIRA, JULIA BARRA; MARTINS JUNIOR, JOAQUIM; ALMEIDA, OCTAVIO AUGUSTO COSTA; COSENZA, MARCELA LAMAS; STRAUSS, MATHIAS; CARVALHO, JOAO LUIS NUNES. Biochar from crop residues mitigates N₂O emissions and increases carbon content in tropical soils. BIOFUELS BIOPRODUCTS & BIOREFINING-BIOFPR, v. N/A, p. 17-pg., 2025-02-02. (21/11995-0, 16/50403-2, 22/07665-7, 21/10573-4, 21/02691-7)

MOTTA, INGRID LOPES; MARCHESAN, ANDRESSA NEVES; GUIMARAES, HENRIQUE REAL; CHAGAS, MATEUS FERREIRA; BONOMI, ANTONIO; MACIEL, MARIA REGINA WOLF; FILHO, RUBENS MACIEL. Fast pyrolysis simulation via kinetic approach and multivariate analysis to assess the effect of biomass properties on product yields, properties, and pyrolyzer performance. ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT, v. 296, p. 16-pg., 2023-09-22. (16/50403-2, 15/20630-4)