Reverse technical-economical analysis of the production of carotenoids and microbial oil by the Rhodotorula toruloides oleaginous yeast from the hemicellulosic fraction of sugarcane bagasse integrated into the bioreminaria biodiesel-bioethanol (1G-2G)

• Grant number: 18/09692-6
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): June 01, 2018
• Effective date (End): May 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Everson Alves Miranda
• Grantee: Gilson Campani Junior
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Química (FEQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas, SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/10636-8 - From the cell factory to the Biodiesel-Bioethanol integrated biorefinery: a systems approach applied to complex problems in micro and macroscales, AP.BIOEN.TEM

Abstract

The postdoctoral researcher (PD) will work on the topic of synthesis, optimization and reverese technical-economic analysis integrated to the simulation of the biorefinery biodiesel-bioethanol 1G-2G. The PD will develop and update models using the EMSO platform. It should then simulate cases of biorefinery in relation to subprocesses of production of high value products. Emphasis will be on the process of production of oil and carotenoids by the unconventional yeast Rhodotorula toruloides grown in hemicellulosic sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate and related reverse technical- economical analysis. Communication between the PD and the various research subgroups working on different subprojects of the Thematic Project will be part of his/her activities, since information provided by the researchers in the laboratories of the subgroups and by the simulation group should be a continuous and bidirectional flow.