Integral utilization of biomasses using sub/supercritical fluids: environmental, energetic and economic assessment of technological scenarios

• Grant number: 13/18114-2
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): May 01, 2014
• Effective date (End): August 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Industries
• Principal researcher: Maria Angela de Almeida Meireles Petenate
• Grantee: Juliana Queiroz Albarelli
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos (FEA). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 15/06954-1 - Development of an energetic self-sufficient and economically viable integrated sub/supercritical fluid-based biorefinery by the aid of computational modeling and simulation, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Experts agree that future biorefineries should focus on the production of high value products prior to biofuels and/or energy production. In view of this setting and considering the remaining obstacles for the establishment of a sugarcane biorefinery, the sub/supercritical technology stands out. As such technology demands high energy consumption, strategies for its reduction has to be developed in addition to the experimental optimization. This project proposes to contribute to this scientific and technologic demand, comparing the sub/supercritical technology with other potential technologies at the sugarcane biorefinery. This project will also evaluate different technology scenarios developed mainly in LASEFI/DEA/FEA/UNICAMP aiming at the integral use of different biomasses using sub/supercritical fluids at all stages. In this regard, future biorefineries based on the sequential obtaining of secondary metabolites, using supercritical ethanol and CO2, with subsequent fractionation of the biomass using subcritical water and production of monosaccharides from cellulose-rich solid waste using supercritical water, will be evaluated. The processes will be simulated using the software ASPEN PLUS and/or VALI and laboratory experiments will be developed when needed. Finally, it will be evaluated the integration of the sugarcane and/or microalgae biorefinery to the studied biorefineries, aiming at energy efficiency by Pinch analysis. The processes will be analyzed regarding the economic and environmental impact, and multi-objective optimization can performed using the software OSMOSE.

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)

ROSA, MARIA THEREZA M. G.; ALVAREZ, VICTOR H.; ALBARELLI, JULIANA Q.; SANTOS, DIEGO T.; MEIRELES, M. ANGELA A.; SALDANA, MARLENY D. A. Supercritical anti-solvent process as an alternative technology for vitamin complex encapsulation using zein as wall material: Technical-economic evaluation. JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, v. 159, MAY 1 2020. Web of Science Citations: 1.

TORRES, R. ABEL C.; SANTANA, ADINA L.; SANTOS, DIEGO T.; ALBARELLI, JULIANA Q.; MEIRELES, M. ANGELA A. A novel process for CO2 purification and recycling based on subcritical adsorption in oat bran. JOURNAL OF CO2 UTILIZATION, v. 34, p. 362-374, DEC 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

CHANDEL, ANUJ K.; ALBARELLI, JULIANA Q.; SANTOS, DIEGO T.; CHUNDAWAT, SHISHIR P. S.; PURI, MUNISH; MEIRELES, MARIA ANGELA A. Comparative analysis of key technologies for cellulosic ethanol production from Brazilian sugarcane bagasse at a commercial scale. BIOFUELS BIOPRODUCTS & BIOREFINING-BIOFPR, v. 13, n. 4, p. 994-1014, JUL 2019. Web of Science Citations: 2.

ALBARELLI, JULIANA Q.; SANTOS, DIEGO T.; ENSINAS, ADRIANO V.; MARECHAL, FRANCOIS; COCERO, MARIA J.; MEIRELES, M. ANGELA A. Product diversification in the sugarcane biorefinery through algae growth and supercritical CO2 extraction: Thermal and economic analysis. RENEWABLE ENERGY, v. 129, n. B, SI, p. 776-785, DEC 2018. Web of Science Citations: 4.

ALBARELLI, JULIANA Q.; SANTOS, DIEGO T.; MEIRELES, M. ANGELA A. Thermo-economic evaluation of a new approach to extract sugarcane wax integrated to a first and second generation biorefinery. BIOMASS & BIOENERGY, v. 119, p. 69-74, DEC 2018. Web of Science Citations: 0.

ALBARELLI, JULIANA Q.; SANTOS, DIEGO T.; ENSINAS, V, ADRIANO; MARECHAL, FRANCOIS; COCERO, MARIA J.; MEIRELES, M. ANGELA A. Comparison of extraction techniques for product diversification in a supercritical water gasification-based sugarcane-wet microalgae biorefinery: Thermoeconomic and environmental analysis. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 201, p. 697-705, NOV 10 2018. Web of Science Citations: 3.

ALBARELLI, JULIANA Q.; SANTOS, DIEGO T.; MEIRELES, M. ANGELA A.; SALGADO, MARTA; RUEDA, MIRIAM. Techno-economic analysis of production of ammonia-borane confined in silica aerogel microparticles by subcritical CO2 drying. JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, v. 138, p. 147-153, AUG 2018. Web of Science Citations: 0.

JULIANA Q. ALBARELLI; DIEGO T. SANTOS; MARÍA JOSÉ COCERO; MARIA ANGELA. A. MEIRELES. Perspectives on the integration of a supercritical fluid extraction plant to a sugarcane biorefinery: thermo-economical evaluation of CO2 recycle systems. FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, v. 38, n. 1, p. -, Mar. 2018.

ALBARELLI, JULIANA Q.; SANTOS, DIEGO T.; COCERO, MARIA JOSE; MEIRELES, MARIA ANGELA A. Perspectives on the integration of a supercritical fluid extraction plant to a sugarcane biorefinery: thermo-economical evaluation of CO2 recycle systems. FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, v. 38, n. 1, p. 13-18, JAN-MAR 2018. Web of Science Citations: 1.

SANTANA, ADINA L.; ALBARELLI, JULIANA Q.; SANTOS, DIEGO T.; SOUZA, RENATO; MACHADO, NELIO T.; ARAUJO, MARILENA E.; MEIRELES, M. ANGELA A. Kinetic behavior, mathematical modeling, and economic evaluation of extracts obtained by supercritical fluid extraction from defatted assai waste. FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESSING, v. 107, p. 25-35, JAN 2018. Web of Science Citations: 4.

ALBARELLI, JULIANA Q.; SANTOS, DIEGO T.; ENSINAS, ADRIANO V.; MARECHAL, FRANCOIS; MATO, FIDEL A.; COCERO, MARIA J.; MEIRELES, M. ANGELA A. Thermo-economic and environmental comparison of supercritical water and enzymatic hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse in a biorefinery concept. ENERGY, v. 141, p. 139-148, DEC 15 2017. Web of Science Citations: 3.

ALBARELLI, JULIANA Q.; ONORATI, SANDRO; CALIANDRO, PRISCILLA; PEDUZZI, EMANUELA; MEIRELES, M. ANGELA A.; MARECHAL, FRANCOIS; ENSINAS, ADRIANO V. Multi-objective optimization of a sugarcane biorefinery for integrated ethanol and methanol production. ENERGY, v. 138, p. 1281-1290, NOV 1 2017. Web of Science Citations: 11.

J. Q. ALBARELLI; A. MIAN; D. T. SANTOS; A. V. ENSINAS; F. MARÉCHAL; M. A. A. MEIRELES. Multi-objective Optimization of Supercritical Water Gasification of Leftover Brazilian Ginseng Roots After Phytochemical Recovery Steps. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, v. 34, n. 3, p. -, Jul. 2017.

ALBARELLI, J. Q.; MIAN, A.; SANTOS, D. T.; ENSINAS, A. V.; MARECHAL, F.; MEIRELES, M. A. A. MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF SUPERCRITICAL WATER GASIFICATION OF LEFTOVER BRAZILIAN GINSENG ROOTS AFTER PHYTOCHEMICAL RECOVERY STEPS. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, v. 34, n. 3, p. 841-850, JUL-SEP 2017. Web of Science Citations: 0.

LEVAI, GYORGY; ALBARELLI, JULIANA Q.; SANTOS, DIEGO T.; MEIRELES, M. ANGELA A.; MARTIN, ANGEL; RODRIGUEZ-ROJO, SORAYA; JOSE COCERO, MARIA. Quercetin loaded particles production by means of supercritical fluid extraction of emulsions: Process scale-upstudy and thermo-economic evaluation. FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESSING, v. 103, p. 27-38, MAY 2017. Web of Science Citations: 7.

VARDANEGA, RENATA; CARVALHO, PEDRO I. N.; ALBARELLI, JULIANA Q.; SANTOS, DIEGO T.; MEIRELES, ANGELA A. Techno-economic evaluation of obtaining Brazilian ginseng extracts in potential production scenarios. FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESSING, v. 101, p. 45-55, JAN 2017. Web of Science Citations: 11.

Perspectives on the integration of a supercritical fluid extraction plant to a sugarcane biorefinery: thermo-economical evaluation of CO2 recycle systems. FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, n. ahead, p. -, 2017.

ALBARELLI, JULIANA Q.; SANTOS, DIEGO T.; JOSE COCERO, MARIA; MEIRELES, M. ANGELA A. Economic Analysis of an Integrated Annatto Seeds-Sugarcane Biorefinery Using Supercritical CO2 Extraction as a First Step. MATERIALS, v. 9, n. 6 JUN 2016. Web of Science Citations: 9.

ALBARELLI, JULIANA Q.; MIAN, ALBERTO; SANTOS, DIEGO T.; ENSINAS, ADRIANO V.; MARECHAL, FRANCOIS; MEIRELES, M. ANGELA A. Valorization of sugarcane biorefinery residues using supercritical water gasification: A case study and perspectives. JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, v. 96, n. SI, p. 133-143, JAN 2015. Web of Science Citations: 8.