Chemical Engineer. PhD in Chemical Engineering by the University of Minnesota, USA, 1977. Coordinator of Division of Integrated Assessment of Biorefineries at LNBR - Brazilian Biorenewables National Laboratory of CNPEM - Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials - BRAZIL, since November 2008. Senior researcher at IPT - Research Institute of the State of São Paulo, from 1983 to 2008, developing activities in different areas: biotechnology processes, mathematical modeling and simulation, metrology in chemistry, among others. Worked for more than 20 years in the development of bioethanol technology, having several published papers in the area. Director of Biofuels of AEA - Brazilian Automotive Association. From 2000 to 2003 was the manager for Fuel Quality at ANP - National Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency. Adviser in academic graduate programs in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology areas, as well as in the IPT's professional master program in Industrial Processes in the Chemical Engineering area. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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This project aims to explore the synergies between biomasses production, diversification and logistics of defined value chains for the production of advanced biofuels (with a special focus on aviation biofuels) via thermochemical and biochemical conversion routes. Gasification of sugarcane bagasse, other biomasses and intermediate energy carriers is an important technological route to adv…
Bioenergy production, particularly liquid biofuels, has been promoted as a mean to enhance energy security and reduce climate change impacts. However, the expansion of biofuels production based on food crops and its impact on land use have given rise to the so-called "food vs. bioenergy" debate. At the same time, livestock production is the largest anthropic use of land resources worldwid…
In the last few years, several R&D institutes, as well as private sector initiatives, have focused on the development of technological solutions aiming to increase the efficiency and sustainability (economic, environmental and social) of the production process of sugar, ethanol and bioelectricity from sugarcane. Moreover, it is clear that understanding and optimizing the 1st Generatio…
The biofuel production, especially ethanol, has been stimulated in Brazil for a long time. Nowadays, RenovaBio's policy has main goal to increase the production of biofuels seeking environmental, economic, and social sustainability. As a result of the ethanol production expansion, conflicting issues regarding land use arise, such as competition with food crops and impacts on deforestation…
Production of liquid biofuels has been promoted to enhance energy security and mitigate climate change, but potential competition with food production has given rise to the so-called "food versus fuel" debate. In this context, the thematic project "Sugarcane - livestock integration: modeling and optimization" focuses on the optimization of the integrated system aiming at the sustainable p…
Brazil has the second-largest cattle herd in the world with an area of approximately 167 million hectares and approximately 213 million heads. Cattle management in extensive pasture predominates in 90% of the country. This management takes from 2 to 5 years to slaughter an animal and uses a large area when compared to countries with intensive production or feedlots. Besides being a large …
It is known that the wide consumption of fossil fuels implies in many problems, such as the significant environmental impact, associated to the fact that the known reserves of these fuels are limited. In this context, the development of alternative energy sources has been stimulated worldwide. Among them, we highlight biodiesel and drop-in biofuels (such as biokerosene and green diesel), …
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The deacetylation and mechanical refining (DMR) pathway for the biochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels and bioproducts has several advantages compared to the commercially established diluted acid (DA) and steam explosion (StEx) pathways. DMR generates a sugar stream free from fermentation inhibitors, thus enabling fermentation to higher yields and titers. Moreover…
After the discovery of the P450 decarboxylase enzyme CYP152 OleTJE in 2011, with the unique property of decarboxylating fatty acids using hydrogen peroxide as a cofactor and producing 1-alkenes as the main product, the scientific and technological interest in this family of enzymes has vastly increased. It is well known that alkenes have an economic appeal, especially in the biofuels fiel…
The Virtual Sugarcane Biorefinery (VSB) is a novel tool under construction by the Technological Assessment Program (PAT) of the Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE), which integrates all the sugarcane production chain and allows the identification of technical and sustainability impacts related to the introduction of new technologies on the current Brazilian sugar…
The Virtual Sugarcane Biorefinery (VSB) is a novel framework under construction at the Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE) which integrates computer simulation platforms with economic, social and environmental evaluation tools to assess technical and sustainability indicators of different sugarcane biorefinery alternatives. Currently, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) …
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