Study on strategies to allow the integral use of lignocellulosic biomass

• Grant number: 16/13602-7
• Support Opportunities: Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Regular Program Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2016
• End date: August 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Physical-Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Camila Alves de Rezende
• Grantee: Camila Alves de Rezende
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Lignocellulosic biomass represents an abundant and renewable source of carbon for the production of biofuels and diverse bioproducts, which can supply many of the modern society demands in a more sustainable and environmental-friendly way when compared to the procedures currently used. To assure the sustainability of the biomass conversion processes, it is important to optimize and to combine methodologies of extraction, synthesis and fractionation to allow a more integral use of the various components present on the lignocellulosic residues, including carbohydrates, lignin, proteins and extractives. The aim of this project is to study plant cell wall fractionation in some biomass types, optimizing the main processes for the production of bioethanol and cellulose nanowhiskers and focusing not only on the final products, but also evaluating the potential applications of the co-products obtained in the diverse steps of the conversion process. The main biomasses to be investigated will be eucalyptus pulp and sugarcane bagasse for the production of cellulose whiskers, and also elephant grass, both for bioethanol and whiskers production. The results obtained in the project will allow the development and the optimization of the methodologies for bioethanol and cellulose nanoparticle preparation in these biomasses, minimizing process time and energy consumption, but also searching to decrease the volume of useless co-products and to maximize the products that may follow in future synthesis routes, leading to an integral use of biomass, within the biorefinery concept. (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)

PASQUEL REATEGUI, JOSE LUIS; FERNANDES, FLAVIA P.; DOS SANTOS, PHILIPE; REZENDE, CAMILA A.; SARTORATTO, ADILSON; QUEIROGA, CARMEN LUCIA; MARTINEZ, JULIAN. Production of copaiba (Copaifera officinalis) oleoresin particles by supercritical fluid extraction of emulsions. JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, v. 140, p. 364-371, OCT 2018. (16/13602-7, 09/54137-1, 12/22119-7, 15/11932-7)

PASQUEL REATEGUI, JOSE LUIS; BARRALES, FRANCISCO MANUEL; REZENDE, CAMILA A.; QUEIROGA, CARMEN L.; MARTINEZ, JULIAN. Production of Copaiba oleoresin particles from emulsions stabilized with modified starches. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 108, p. 128-139, DEC 1 2017. (16/13602-7, 15/11932-7)

REZENDE, CAMILA A.; ATTA, BEATRIZ W.; BREITKREITZ, MARCIA C.; SIMISTER, RACHAEL; GOMEZ, LEONARDO D.; MCQUEEN-MASON, SIMON J.. Optimization of biomass pretreatments using fractional factorial experimental design. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS, v. 11, JUL 24 2018. (16/10955-6, 16/05636-9, 16/13602-7)

TREVISAN, HENRIQUE; REZENDE, CAMILA A.. Pure, stable and highly antioxidant lignin nanoparticles from elephant grass. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 145, MAR 2020. (16/13602-7)

SCOPEL, EUPIDIO; DOS SANTOS, LUANA CRISTINA; BOFINGER, MATHEUS RODRIGUES; MARTINEZ, JULIAN; REZENDE, CAMILA ALVES. Green extractions to obtain value-added elephant grass co-products in an ethanol biorefinery. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 274, NOV 20 2020. (16/13602-7, 17/23670-2, 17/11245-5, 18/23769-1)

FERREIRA, ELISA S.; CRANSTON, EMILY D.; REZENDE, CAMILA A.. Naturally Hydrophobic Foams from Lignocellulosic Fibers Prepared by Oven-Drying. ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, v. 8, n. 22, p. 8267-8278, JUN 8 2020. (16/13602-7, 18/23769-1)

CAMARGOS, CAMILLA H. M.; SILVA, RODRIGO A. P.; CSORDAS, YARA; SILVA, LUCIMARA L.; REZENDE, CAMILA A.. Experimentally designed corn biomass fractionation to obtain lignin nanoparticles and fermentable sugars. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 140, NOV 15 2019. (16/13602-7, 18/23769-1, 14/06011-7)

CIPRIANO, DANIEL F.; CHINELATTO, JR., LUIZ S.; NASCIMENTO, SANDRA A.; REZENDE, CAMILA A.; DE MENEZES, SONIA M. C.; FREITAS, JAIR C. C.. Potential and limitations of C-13 CP/MAS NMR spectroscopy to determine the lignin content of lignocellulosic feedstock. BIOMASS & BIOENERGY, v. 142, NOV 2020. (16/13602-7)

NASCIMENTO, SANDRA A.; REZENDE, CAMILA A.. Combined approaches to obtain cellulose nanocrystals, nanofibrils and fermentable sugars from elephant grass. Carbohydrate Polymers, v. 180, p. 38-45, JAN 15 2018. (16/13602-7)

PINTO, LIDIANE O.; BERNARDES, JULIANA S.; REZENDE, CAMILA A.. Low-energy preparation of cellulose nanofibers from sugarcane bagasse by modulating the surface charge density. Carbohydrate Polymers, v. 218, p. 145-153, AUG 15 2019. (16/13602-7, 16/04514-7)

PELLEGRINI, VANESSA O. A.; BERNARDES, AMANDA; REZENDE, CAMILA A.; POLIKARPOV, IGOR. Cellulose fiber size defines efficiency of enzymatic hydrolysis and impacts degree of synergy between endo- and exoglucanases. Cellulose, v. 25, n. 3, p. 1865-1881, MAR 2018. (12/22802-9, 10/18773-8, 15/13684-0, 16/13602-7)

DA FONSECA MACHADO, ANA PAULA; REZENDE, CAMILA ALVES; RODRIGUES, RODNEY ALEXANDRE; FERNANDEZ BARBERO, GERARDO; VIEIRA E ROSA, PAULO DE TARSO; MARTINEZ, JULIAN. Encapsulation of anthocyanin-rich extract from blackberry residues by spray-drying, freeze-drying and supercritical antisolvent. Powder Technology, v. 340, p. 553-562, DEC 2018. (16/13602-7, 15/11932-7, 13/02203-6)

FERREIRA, ELISA S.; REZENDE, CAMILA A.. Simple Preparation of Cellulosic Lightweight Materials from Eucalyptus Pulp. ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, v. 6, n. 11, p. 14365-14373, NOV 5 2018. (16/13602-7)

MOREIRA, BRUNA R.; BREITKREITZ, MARCIA C.; SIMISTER, RACHAEL; MCQUEEN-MASON, SIMON J.; GOMEZ, LEONARDO D.; REZENDE, CAMILA A.. Improved hydrolysis yields and silica recovery by design of experiments applied to acid-alkali pretreatment in rice husks. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 170, OCT 15 2021. (18/23769-1, 16/13602-7)

LUIS PASQUEL-REATEGUI, JOSE; DOS SANTOS, LUANA CRISTINA; BARRALES, FRANCISCO MANUEL; GROBER, VANESSA LAIS; SOARES FORTE, MARCUS BRUNO; SARTORATTO, ADILSON; QUEIROGA, CARMEN LUCIA; MARTINEZ, JULIAN. Fractionation of sesquiterpenes and diterpenic acids from copaiba (Copaifera officinalis) oleoresin using supercritical adsorption. JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, v. 184, p. 10-pg., 2022-05-01. (17/23670-2, 15/11932-7, 16/13602-7, 17/11245-5)

SCOPEL, EUPIDIO; REZENDE, CAMILA A.. Biorefinery on-demand: Modulating pretreatments to recover lignin, hemicellulose, and extractives as co-products during ethanol production. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 163, MAY 2021. (16/13602-7, 18/23769-1)

Filed patent(s) as a result of this research project