Fruit-refinery: obtention processes and chracterization methods

• Grant number: 20/14965-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: March 01, 2021
• End date: April 24, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Forestry Resources and Forestry Engineering - Technology and Use of Forest Products
• Principal Investigator: Nelson Ramos Stradiotto
• Grantee: Rogerio Martins Vieira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Pesquisa em Bioenergia (IPBEN). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 17/22401-8 - Fruit-refinery: obtention processes, characterization methods and generation of products derived from residues of the fruitculture, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 22/15584-7 - Evaluation of lignin addition on optical and mechanical properties of xylan-starch-PLA-based bioplastics, BE.EP.DD

Abstract

National Fruitculture is one of the most important sectors of the Brazilian economy, contributing significantly to fruit production, the industrialization of juices and sweets, the export of food products and the generation of jobs. Despite its importance in the national economy, this agro-industrial sector generates an enormous amount of waste that contributes to a problematic worsening of the environment. Such waste has the potential to generate products with high added value, in the field of biorefinery and bioenergy, due to the considerable content of cellulose and hemicellulose present in its composition. However, it is necessary to evaluate the existing methodologies of chemical characterization, in order to adapt them to the chemical compositions of the material of interest, which also have low lignin content and the presence of essential oils and pectin, which can alter the methodologies effectiveness. Thus, the main goal of the project is to evaluate the use of defined characterization methods for sugarcane wood/bagasse, and possible development of methods for agro-industrial residues of orange, banana and guava. The definition/improvement/development of methods for these residues will be references for subsequent work using fruit/food residues. (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)

PEREIRA, BEATRIZ SALUSTIANO; DE FREITAS, CAROLINE; VIEIRA, ROGERIO MARTINS; BRIENZO, MICHEL. Brazilian banana, guava, and orange fruit and waste production as a potential biorefinery feedstock. JOURNAL OF MATERIAL CYCLES AND WASTE MANAGEMENT, v. 24, n. 6, p. 15-pg., 2022-09-06. (20/14965-1, 17/22401-8)

VIEIRA, ROGERIO MARTINS; GAUTHIER, EMILIE; WIDANAGAMAGE, GEVINDU; MCKENZIE, NEIL; DUNN, KAMERON; MOGHADDAM, LALEHVASH; HALLEY, PETER; BRIENZO, MICHEL. Uv-blocking and hydrophobicity improvement of chitosan-based film with lignin addition from a pilot scale-up Organosolv process of Banana Pseudostem. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, v. 313, p. 12-pg., 2025-06-01. (20/14965-1, 21/10839-4, 17/22401-8)

VIEIRA, ROGERIO MARTINS; SANVEZZO, PAULA BERTOLINO; BRANCIFORTI, MARCIA CRISTINA; BRIENZO, MICHEL. Effects of Particle Size on the Preparation of Biomass Samples for Structural Characterization. BioEnergy Research, v. N/A, p. 12-pg., 2023-03-24. (20/14965-1, 17/22401-8)