Bio-energy production using vinasse processing: reactor evaluation

• Grant number: 13/06807-3
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: July 10, 2013
• End date: September 03, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Sanitary Engineering - Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Cleto Pires
• Grantee: Eduardo Cleto Pires
• Visiting researcher: René Bañares-Alcántara
• Visiting researcher institution: University of Oxford, England
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 09/15984-0 - Bioenergy production from wastewaters and environmental fitting of liquid and solid wastes generated, AP.TEM

Abstract

This proposal relates to the Thematic Project "Bioenergy Production from Wastewaters and Environmental Fitting of Liquid and Solid Wastes Generated, Proc. n. 2009/15984-0". The research team has been successful in producing new fundamental and applied knowledge related to the production of methane and hydrogen mainly by anaerobic processing of vinasse. The economic and environmental viability of the processes under investigation can now be studied so that one can indicate which technologies are more suitable for implementation. Multicriteria methods for decision taking are used for this task; however, they require a careful evaluation of the reactors and unit operations needed for the treatment processes. Thus, the visit of Prof. René Bañares-Alcántara, from the Engineering Sciences Department of University of Oxford, who has expertise in both fields, reactor design and decision making procedures, may represent a strong impulse to the investigation team in this area of research. (AU)

Scientific publications

(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)

LUKE OGILVIE THOMPSON; ALEXANDRE BEVILACQUA LEONETI; RENÉ BAÑARES-ALCÁNTARA; EDUARDO CLETO PIRES. Usando a teoria dos jogos para avaliar estratégias entre empresas no gerenciamento de bacias hidrográficas. Rev. Ambient. Água, v. 11, n. 3, p. 535-547, 2016-09-00. (13/06807-3, 09/07598-3)

LEONETI, ALEXANDRE BEVILACQUA; BANARES-ALCANTARA, RENE; PIRES, EDUARDO CLETO; DE OLIVEIRA, SONIA VALLE WALTER BORGES. A Multi-Criteria and Multi-Agent Framework for supporting complex decision-making processes. GROUP DECISION AND NEGOTIATION, v. 31, n. 5, p. 26-pg., 2022-08-05. (09/07598-3, 16/03722-5, 13/06807-3)