What we research
Our research is aimed at developing technology, design tools and methodologies, and human resources to create energy-efficient technologies and sustainable biorefinery designs.
We combine “Process Systems Engineering” tools with experiments to convert R&D technology efforts into process concepts and sustainable business opportunities for the sugarcane and forest industries.
Biorefinery
Techno-economic analysis
Life Cycle Analysis
Modeling and Simulation
Biochemical, thermochemical, and chemical platforms
Fermentation
Butanol fermentation
Butanol is a chemical and advanced biofuel whose fermentative production is challenged by low productivity, low titers, low yields, and costly feedstocks.
To face these challenges, we have been developing fermentation technology and strategies:
In-situ vacuum product recovery
Cell immobilization
Fed-batch strategies
