Simulation of 1st generation sugarcane biorefinery in EMSO platform

• Grant number: 11/51902-9
• Support Opportunities: Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Thematic Grants
• Start date: July 01, 2012
• End date: June 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Maria Francisco Luiz Jose Bonomi
• Grantee: Antonio Maria Francisco Luiz Jose Bonomi
• Host Institution: Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM). Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Jose Antonio Silveira Goncalves ; Marco Giulietti ; Maria Regina Wolf Maciel ; Roberto de Campos Giordano ; Rubens Maciel Filho ; Silvia Azucena Nebra de Pérez
• Associated research grant(s): 16/03586-4 - 2nd International Conference on BIOMASS - IConBM2016, AR.EXT; 16/01105-9 - 38th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, AR.EXT; 14/00636-5 - 12th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, AR.EXT; 13/15231-8 - Wastes 2013, AR.EXT
• Associated scholarship(s): 15/11468-9 - Implementation of a process unit for energy generation from vinasse and integration in a ethanol production biorefinary, BP.DD; 14/11003-3 - Industrial units costs modeling for sugarcane processing , BP.PD; 14/05077-4 - Construction of a computational module in EMSO suit to simulate and assess a BIGCC cycle (Biomass Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle), BP.MS; 12/22869-6 - CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SIMULATION OF CANE SUGAR BIOREFINERIES OF FIRST AND SECOND GENERATION, BP.DR; 12/00414-7 - Anaerobic digestion of vinasse and pentoses liquor in integrated biorefineries of 1st and 2nd generation, BP.PD

Abstract

In the last few years, several R&D institutes, as well as private sector initiatives, have focused on the development of technological solutions aiming to increase the efficiency and sustainability (economic, environmental and social) of the production process of sugar, ethanol and bioelectricity from sugarcane. Moreover, it is clear that understanding and optimizing the 1st Generation plants are essential to enable the production of 2nd Generation ethanol. In this context, this project aims, through a coordinated effort of the research groups involved, the development of a "Virtual 1st Generation Sugarcane Plant" that allow to compare and optimize different technological routes in the production of sugar, ethanol and bioelectricity. In order to achieve the objectives of this proposal it will be used a simulation platform called EMSO (Environment for Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization) for the development of the Virtual Sugarcane Plant. This software, designed and developed in Brazil, is an equation-oriented dynamic simulator and process optimizer. The main feature of this software is the full access to the developed mathematical models and the ease of insertion of new models or improvement of the existing ones, enabling the development of a library of models specially focused on sugarcane plants. The development of the "Virtual 1st Generation Sugarcane Plant" represents a great challenge in terms of gathering and managing all information from all research groups: this proposal includes the collection of technical data on sugarcane plants, modeling and energy integration of several stages of production, acquisition of equipment costs as well as a collaborative and synergistic action of various groups through the management and sharing of large amounts of information and models generated along the project. (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)

CAVALETT, OTAVIO; CHAGAS, MATEUS F.; JUNQUEIRA, TASSIA L.; WATANABE, MARCOS D. B.; BONOMI, ANTONIO. Environmental impacts of technology learning curve for cellulosic ethanol in Brazil. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 106, n. SI, p. 31-39, NOV 1 2017. (11/51902-9, 10/17139-3)

FONSECA, G. C.; COSTA, C. B. B.; CRUZ, A. J. G.. COMPARING A DYNAMIC FED-BATCH AND A CONTINUOUS STEADY-STATE SIMULATION OF ETHANOL FERMENTATION IN A DISTILLERY TO A STOICHIOMETRIC CONVERSION SIMULATION. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, v. 34, n. 4, p. 1121-1131, OCT-DEC 2017. (11/51902-9)

YAMAKAWA, CELINA K.; RIVERAB, ELMER CCOPA; KWON, HYUN; HERRERA AGUDELO, WILLIAM E.; SAAD, MARCELO B. W.; LEAL, JAIRO; ROSSELL, V, CARLOS E.; BONOMI, ANTONIO; MACIEL FILHO, RUBENS. Study of influence of yeast cells treatment on sugarcane ethanol fermentation: Operating conditions and kinetics. Biochemical Engineering Journal, v. 147, p. 1-10, JUL 15 2019. (17/23335-9, 11/51902-9, 15/20630-4)

FUKUSHIMA, NILTON ASAO; PALACIOS-BERECHE, MILAGROS CECILIA; PALACIOS-BERECHE, REYNALDO; NEBRA, SILVIA AZUCENA. Energy analysis of the ethanol industry considering vinasse concentration and incineration. RENEWABLE ENERGY, v. 142, p. 96-109, NOV 2019. (11/51902-9)

PALACIOS-BERECHE, REYNALDO; ENSINAS, ADRIANO V.; MODESTO, MARCELO; NEBRA, SILVIA A.. Double-effect distillation and thermal integration applied to the ethanol production process. ENERGY, v. 82, p. 512-523, MAR 15 2015. (11/51902-9, 11/05718-1)

CORTES-RODRIGUEZ, EDGAR FERNANDO; FUKUSHIMA, NILTON ASAO; PALACIOS-BERECHE, REYNALDO; ENSINAS, ADRIANO V.; NEBRA, SILVIA A.. Vinasse concentration and juice evaporation system integrated to the conventional ethanol production process from sugarcane - Heat integration and impacts in cogeneration system. RENEWABLE ENERGY, v. 115, p. 474-488, JAN 2018. (11/51902-9)

CHAVEZ-RODRIGUEZ, MAURO F.; MOSQUEIRA-SALAZAR, KLEVER JOAO; ENSINAS, ADRIANO V.; NEBRA, SILVIA A.. Water reuse and recycling according to stream qualities in sugar-ethanol plants. ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, v. 17, n. 5, p. 546-554, OCT 2013. (11/51902-9, 11/05718-1)

PALACIOS-BERECHE, REYNALDO; ENSINAS, ADRIANO; MODESTO, MARCELO; NEBRA, SILVIA A.. New alternatives for the fermentation process in the ethanol production from sugarcane: Extractive and low temperature fermentation. ENERGY, v. 70, p. 595-604, JUN 1 2014. (11/51902-9, 11/05718-1)

LOPEZ-CASTRILLON, CAROLINA; LEON, JUAN ALVARO; PALACIOS-BERECHE, MILAGROS CECILIA; PALACIOS-BERECHE, REYNALDO; NEBRA, SILVIA AZUCENA. Improvements in fermentation and cogeneration system in the ethanol production process: Hybrid membrane fermentation and heat integration of the overall process through Pinch Analysis. ENERGY, v. 156, p. 468-480, AUG 1 2018. (11/51902-9)

SOTANA DE SOUZA, RAFAEL AUGUSTO; PRADO SALDANHA-CORREA, FLAVIA MARISA; GALLEGO, ANTONIO GARRIDO; PEREIRA NETO, ANA MARIA. Semi-quantitative determination of ash element content for freeze-dried, defatted, sulfated and pyrolysed biomass of Scenedesmus sp.. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS, v. 13, n. 1, APR 1 2020. (11/51902-9)

TIBURCIO, RODOLFO SBROLINI; MALPELI JUNIOR, MAURO; LEITE, JULIANA TOFANO DE CAMPOS; YAMAJI, FABIO MINORU; NETO, ANA MARIA PEREIRA. Physicochemical and thermophysical characterization of rejected waste and evaluation of their use as refuse-derived fuel. FUEL, v. 293, JUN 1 2021. (11/51902-9)

BRUNO J. C. DE CASTRO; MELÉCIO MARCINIUK JUNIOR; MARCO GIULIETTI; ANDRÉ BERNARDO. SUCROSE CRYSTALLIZATION: MODELING AND EVALUATION OF PRODUCTION RESPONSES TO TYPICAL PROCESS FLUCTUATIONS. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, v. 36, n. 3, p. 1237-1253, 2019-12-09. (11/51902-9)

PINA, EDUARDO A.; PALACIOS-BERECHE, REYNALDO; CHAVEZ-RODRIGUEZ, MAURO F.; ENSINAS, ADRIANO V.; MODESTO, MARCELO; NEBRA, SILVIA A.. Reduction of process steam demand and water-usage through heat integration in sugar and ethanol production from sugarcane - Evaluation of different plant configurations. ENERGY, v. 138, p. 1263-1280, NOV 1 2017. (11/51902-9, 11/05718-1)

LEON, JUAN A.; PALACIOS-BERECHE, REYNALDO; NEBRA, SILVIA A.. Batch pervaporative fermentation with coupled membrane and its influence on energy consumption in permeate recovery and distillation stage. ENERGY, v. 109, p. 77-91, AUG 15 2016. (11/51902-9)

CRESTANI, C. E.; BERNARDO, A.; COSTA, C. B. B.; GIULIETTI, M.. An artificial neural network model applied to convert sucrose chord length distributions into particle size distributions. Powder Technology, v. 384, p. 186-194, MAY 2021. (11/51902-9)

YAMAKAWA, CELINA K.; ROJAS, SEBASTIAN T.; HERRERA, WILLIAM E.; ROSSELL, CARLOS E. V.; MACIEL, MARIA REGINA WOLF; MACIEL FILHO, RUBENS. Recovery and characterization of cellulosic ethanol from fermentation of sugarcane bagasse. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN, v. 196, p. 9-pg., 2023-07-16. (11/51902-9, 15/20630-4, 17/23335-9)

OKIYAMA, D. C. G.; RABI, J. A.; RIBEIRO, R.; FERRAZ, A. D. N., JR.; ZAIAT, M.; MANNINA, G. CFD Simulations of Fluid Dynamics Inside a Fixed-Bed Bioreactor for Sugarcane Vinasse Treatment. FRONTIERS IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND MODELLING, FICWTM 2017, v. 4, p. 7-pg., 2017-01-01. (12/23459-6, 11/51902-9)

DE MELLO, FERNANDO M.; DA CRUZ, ANTONIO J. G.; DE SOUSA, RUY, JR.; KISS, AA; ZONDERVAN, E; LAKERVELD, R; OZKAN, L. Fuzzy Control Applied to Combustion in Sugarcane Bagasse Boilers. 29TH EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS ENGINEERING, PT B, v. 46, p. 6-pg., 2019-01-01. (11/51902-9)

PALACIOS-BERECHE, REYNALDO; ENSINAS, ADRIANO V.; MODESTO, MARCELO; NEBRA, SILVIA A.; VARBANOV, PS; KLEMES, JJ; LIEW, PY; YONG, JY; STEHLIK, P. Mechanical Vapour Recompression Incorporated to the Ethanol Production from Sugarcane and Thermal Integration to the Overall Process Applying Pinch Analysis. PRES 2011: 14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PROCESS INTEGRATION, MODELLING AND OPTIMISATION FOR ENERGY SAVING AND POLLUTION REDUCTION, PTS 1 AND 2, v. 39, p. 2-pg., 2014-01-01. (11/05718-1, 11/51902-9)

CAVALETT, OTAVIO; CHAGAS, MATEUS F.; JUNQUEIRA, TASSIA L.; WATANABE, MARCOS D. B.; BONOMI, ANTONIO. Environmental impacts of technology learning curve for cellulosic ethanol in Brazil. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 106, p. 9-pg., 2017-11-01. (11/51902-9, 10/17139-3)

LONGATI, ANDREZA A.; CAVALETT, OTAVIO; CRUZ, ANTONIO J. G.; ESPUNA, A; GRAELLS, M; PUIGJANER, L. Life Cycle Assessment of vinasse biogas production in sugarcane biorefineries. 27TH EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS ENGINEERING, PT B, v. 40B, p. 6-pg., 2017-01-01. (15/11468-9, 11/51902-9)

TIBURCIO, RODOLFO SBROLINI; MALPELI JUNIOR, MAURO; DE CAMPOS LEITE, JULIANA TOFANO; YAMAJI, FABIO MINORU; PEREIRA NETO, ANA MARIA. hysicochemical and thermophysical characterization of rejected waste and evaluation of their use as refuse-derive. FUEL, v. 293, JUN 1 2021. (11/51902-9)

JENNY S. KOMATSU; BEATRIZ M. MOTTA; RODOLFO S. TIBURCIO; ANA M. PEREIRA NETO; POL W. G. DE PAPE; DALMO MANDELLI; WAGNER A. CARVALHO. Iron Nitrate Modified Cotton and Polyester Textile Fabric Applied for Reactive Dye Removal from Water Solution. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, v. 32, n. 5, p. 964-977, 2021-04-30. (12/50718-2, 17/24931-4, 11/51902-9)

G.C. FONSECA; C.B.B. COSTA; A.J.G. CRUZ. Comparing a Dynamic Fed-Batch and a Continuous Steady-State Simulation of Ethanol Fermentation in a Distillery to a Stoichiometric Conversion Simulation. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, v. 34, n. 4, p. 1121-1131, 2017-10-00. (11/51902-9)

HENRIQUE, JOAO PAULO; DE SOUSA, JR., RUY; SECCHI, ARGIMIRO R.; RAVAGNANI, MAURO A. S. S.; COSTA, CALIANE B. B.. Optimization of chemical engineering problems with EMSO software. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION, v. 26, n. 1, p. 141-161, JAN 2018. (11/51902-9)

CARDOSO, T. F.; CHAGAS, M. F.; RIVERA, E. C.; CAVALETT, O.; MORAIS, E. R.; GERALDO, V. C.; BRAUNBECK, O.; DA CUNHA, M. P.; CORTEZ, L. A. B.; BONOMI, A.. A vertical integration simplified model for straw recovery as feedstock in sugarcane biorefineries. BIOMASS & BIOENERGY, v. 81, p. 216-223, OCT 2015. (11/51902-9, 10/17139-3)

DE SOUZA DIAS, MARINA OLIVEIRA; MACIEL FILHO, RUBENS; MANTELATTO, PAULO EDUARDO; CAVALETT, OTAVIO; VAZ ROSSELL, CARLOS EDUARDO; BONOMI, ANTONIO; LIMA VERDE LEAL, MANOEL REGIS. Sugarcane processing for ethanol and sugar in Brazil. ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT, v. 15, p. 35-51, JUL 2015. (11/51902-9, 10/17139-3, 08/57873-8)

MOSQUEIRA-SALAZAR, K. J.; PALACIOS-BERECHE, R.; CHAVEZ-RODRIGUEZ, M.; SEABRA, J.; NEBRA, S. A.. Reduction of water consumption in an integrated first- and second-generation ethanol plant. ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, v. 17, n. 5, p. 531-535, OCT 2013. (11/51902-9, 11/05718-1)

CORTES-RODRIGUEZ, EDGAR FERNANDO; NEBRA, SILVIA A.; SOSA-ARNAO, JUAN HAROLD. Experimental efficiency analysis of sugarcane bagasse boilers based on the first law of thermodynamics. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, v. 39, n. 3, p. 1033-1044, MAR 2017. (11/51902-9)

CRESTANI, CARLOS E.; BERNARDO, ANDRE; COSTA, CALIANE B. B.; GIULIETTI, MARCO. Experimental data and estimation of sucrose solubility in impure solutions. Journal of Food Engineering, v. 218, p. 14-23, FEB 2018. (11/51902-9)

DIAS, RAFAEL M.; CHIAVONE-FILHO, OSVALDO; BERNARDO, ANDRE; GIULIETTI, MARCO. Vapour-liquid equilibria for (water plus ethanol plus fructose): Experimental data and thermodynamic modelling. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS, v. 115, p. 27-33, DEC 2017. (11/51902-9)

TIBURCIO, RODOLFO SBROLINI; MALPELI JUNIOR, MAURO; DE CAMPOS LEITE, JULIANA TOFANO; YAMAJI, FABIO MINORU; PEREIRA NETO, ANA MARIA. Physicochemical and thermophysical characterization of rejected waste and evaluation of their use as refuse-derived. FUEL, v. 293, p. 8-pg., 2021-02-20. (11/51902-9)

GERALDO, VICTOR C.; DE MORAIS, EDVALDO R.; DE TOLEDO, EDUARDO C. V.; JESUS, CHARLES D.; BONOMI, ANTONIO; FILHO, RUBENS M.; KRAVANJA, Z; BOGATAJ, M. Sugar extraction by moving-bed diffusers in ethanol production: development of a simulation tool. 26TH EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS ENGINEERING (ESCAPE), PT B, v. 38B, p. 6-pg., 2016-01-01. (11/51902-9)

FONSECA, G. C.; COSTA, C. B. B.; CRUZ, A. J. G.. COMPARING A DYNAMIC FED-BATCH AND A CONTINUOUS STEADY-STATE SIMULATION OF ETHANOL FERMENTATION IN A DISTILLERY TO A STOICHIOMETRIC CONVERSION SIMULATION. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, v. 34, n. 4, p. 11-pg., 2017-10-01. (11/51902-9)

PINA, EDUARDO A.; PALACIOS-BERECHE, REYNALDO; CHAVEZ-RODRIGUES, MAURO F.; ENSINAS, ADRIANO V.; MODESTO, MARCELO; NEBRA, SILVIA A.; VARBANOV, PS; KLEMES, JJ; LIEW, PY; YONG, JY; et al. Thermal Integration of Different Plant Configurations of Sugar and Ethanol Production from Sugarcane. PRES 2011: 14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PROCESS INTEGRATION, MODELLING AND OPTIMISATION FOR ENERGY SAVING AND POLLUTION REDUCTION, PTS 1 AND 2, v. 39, p. 3-pg., 2014-01-01. (11/05718-1, 11/51902-9)

CAMARGO, JULIA M. O.; GALLEGO-RIOS, JHULIANA M.; NETO, ANA MARIA P.; ANTONIO, GRAZIELLA C.; MODESTO, MARCELO; LEITE, JULIANA T. C.. Characterization of sugarcane straw and bagasse from dry cleaning system of sugarcane for cogeneration system. RENEWABLE ENERGY, v. 158, p. 500-508, OCT 2020. (11/51902-9, 12/50718-2)

KOMATSU, JENNY S.; MOTTA, BEATRIZ M.; TIBURCIO, RODOLFO S.; NETO, ANA M. PEREIRA; DE PAPE, POL W. G.; MANDELLI, DALMO; CARVALHO, WAGNER A.. Iron Nitrate Modifiied Cotton and Polyester Textile Fabric Applied for Reactive Dye Removal from Water Solution. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, v. 32, n. 5, p. 964-977, MAY 2021. (12/50718-2, 17/24931-4, 11/51902-9)

GUTIERREZ-GOMEZ, ANDREA CAROLINA; GALLEGO, ANTONIO GARRIDO; PALACIOS-BERECHE, REYNALDO; DE CAMPOS LEITE, JULIANA TOFANO; PEREIRA NETO, ANA MARIA. Energy recovery potential from Brazilian municipal solid waste via combustion process based on its thermochemical characterization. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 293, APR 15 2021. (11/51902-9, 12/50718-2)