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Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Química (FEQ) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and Chemical Technology. Master's and PhD in Chemical Engineering at the State University of Campinas in the area of biofuels, specifically in second generation ethanol production. His expertise entails technologies for the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass, specifically in the use of ionic liquids. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Although the pretreatment process of sugarcane bagasse for 2G ethanol production is thoroughly studied, there is no consensus on what would be the best for this type of biomass as there is usually a delicate balance of advantages ( Effective fractionation, low cost, environmentally friendly, etc.) and drawbacks (use of corrosive reagents, high cost, production of fermentation inhibitors, …
Although the hydrothermal pretreatment is considered very promising as it uses an environmentally friendly solvent (water), leads to high recovery of pentoses and reduces inhibitors formation, the hydrolysis process of the hemicelluloses is not complete, resulting in high xylooligosaccharides formation. As these compounds cannot be directly fermented, a post-hydrolysis step is indispensab…
Although not much explored, using protic ionic liquids (PIL's) might be an alternative to fractionate lignin from sugarcane bagasse and potentially change its ultrastructure. The vast majority of works in the literature use aprotic IL's, whose production is far more expensive than the protic ones. In this work, the pretreatment process with PIL will be evaluated. The Ph.D. project - on it…
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