Development of chemical processes and products with low environmental impact
Scientic Supervisor / Contact Person
Name and Surname
Mercedes Oliet Palá
ORCID (link)
Localization & Research Area
Faculty / Institute
Faculty of Chemical Science
Department
Chemical Engineering and Materials
Research Area
Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV)
MSCA & ERC experience
Research group / research team hosted any MSCA fellow?
No
Research group / research team have any ERC beneficiaries?
No
Research Team & Research Topic
Research Team / Research Group Name (if any)
Development of chemical processes and products with low environmental impact
Website of the Research team / Research Group / Department
Brief description of the Research Team / Research Group / Department
The Group created in 2005 deals with the development of processes and products in three different areas of expertise:<br />- Development and characterization of biomaterials<br />- Integral use of lignocellulosic biomass: biorefinery<br />- Use of ionic liquids as an alternative to organic solvents in process development<br />During these years, the Group has published more than 60 scientific research papers (from 2014 to now), has been participating in National and Regional R&D projects, and take part of the Network of Excellence of Sustainable Biorefineries. <br />Group members:<br />Principal investigator (1):Francisco Rodríguez Somolinos(Professor)<br />Professors (2):Mª Mercedes OlietPalá and Mª Virginia Alonso Rubio <br />Associate Professors (3): Fernando Mirada Coronel, Julián García González and Juan Carlos Domínguez Toribio <br />Assistant Professors (1): Victoria Rigual Hernández <br />PhD Students (4): Miguel Ayuso Sebastián, Antonio Ovejero Pérez, Noelia García Somoza and Cynthia Hopson Safatli<br />
Research lines / projects proposed
The Research Group has been working with lignocellulosic biomass (mainly woody biomass) in order to achieve a complete fractionation into their three main components: cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. Some of the employed treatments are: autohydrolysis, organosolv, ionosolv and ionic liquid pretreatments. Pretreatments are run at lab scale for their optimization, being scaled up (x10) for techno economic analysis. After pretreatments a complete characterization of the fractionated materials is developed, showing special interest into lignin. Some of the most employed techniques are: HPLC, GPC, NMR, TGA, SEM, etc.<br />Research area<br /><br />We are looking for researchers with experience in any of the following topics: Green chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Technoeconomical and Life cycle Assessment.<br />
Application requirements
Professional Experience & Documents
1-. Curriculum vitae (please, check before the eligibility of your profile for applying to the Marie Sk"odowska-Curie Individual Fellowships https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/actions/individual-fellowships_en ).<br />2-. Abstract of the proposal (Max. 1 page)<br /><br />
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