Description of the laboratory skills (Lab'inSight Bioresources and chemistry 01/03/2012

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BIOENGINEERING GROUP
UCL – Earth & Life Ins8tute
Prof. Dr. Patrick Gerin
FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
IN BIORESOURCES ENGINEERING & CHEMISTRY
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Bioconversion
Biosynthesis
Bioremedia0on
Biotechnological
processes
INTEGRATION
Biological
processes
Physicochemical
processes
Macroscopic
processes
Microscopic
mechanisms
Bioprocess engineering
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APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Lignocellulosic biomass
pretreatments
frac0ona0on
high value
molecules
solid
residues
ethanol
acidogenic fermenta0on
vola0le faIy acids / water
vola0le faIy acids / glycerol
separa0on
glycerol
esterifica0on
esters
‐thermal‐mechanical
‐chemical‐enzyma0c
UCL‐GEBI
UCL‐IMAP
UCL‐CATA
residues
→CH4
ULg_GxABT‐CBI
hydrolysates
sugars
C6 ‐ C5
polysaccharides
Academic & industrial
partners – SPW funding
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APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Schredding
Ethanol
Fermenta0on
Biomass
+ yeast
EtOH 95%
Separa0on
Anaerobic
diges0on
CHP
CH4
liquid
solid
s8llage
←Eth
←Eth
Heat
→Eth
←Eth
↑
Eth digestate
Eelec→
Eelec→
Eelec→
Electricity
Eelec
↓
Eelec
↓
←Eelec
Eelec
↓
Integrated process ethanol / biogas
Academic & industrial
partners – SPW funding
Dis0lla
‐0on
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SERVICES PROVIDED TO COMPANIES
 Inves0ga0on bioconversion
 Development bioremedia0on
 Influence of (pre)treatments on anaerobic biodegradability
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processes of
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPANIES
Developing integrated & sustainable
biorefining processes:
 Recovering value from biowaste streams
 Reducing the cost of biowastes disposal
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All companies/actors
working with
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LAB CONTACT INFORMATION
Prof. Dr. Patrick GERIN
Group leader
patrick.gerin@ucloubain.be ‐ Phone : +32 10 47 36 46
Prof. Dr. Spiros AGATHOS
Group leader
spiros.agathos@uclouvain.be ‐ Phone : +32 10 47 36 44
Bioengineering Group