Microbial oil and biodiesel production in an integrated sugarcane biorefinery: Techno-economic and life cycle assessment

AA Longati, G Campani, FF Furlan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biodiesel and bioethanol play an important role as renewable liquid fuels. Bagasse, a by-
product from the bioethanol industry, can generate a “sugarcane bagasse hemicellulose …

Replacing hexane by ethanol for soybean oil extraction: Modeling, simulation, and techno-economic-environmental analysis

E Potrich, SC Miyoshi, PFS Machado, FF Furlan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
During the transition to a low carbon economy, techno-economic-environmental analyses of
industrial processes will have increasing relevance. Within this context, the replacement of …

Biogas production from anaerobic digestion of vinasse in sugarcane biorefinery: a techno-economic and environmental analysis

AA Longati, ARA Lino, RC Giordano, FF Furlan… - Waste and Biomass …, 2020 - Springer
Anaerobic digestion (AD) of effluents in sugarcane biorefineries may improve the energy
balance in the bioethanol production process and the environmental suitability of wastes …

Retro-techno-economic-environmental analysis improves the operation efficiency of 1G-2G bioethanol and bioelectricity facilities

AM Elias, AA Longati, R de Campos Giordano… - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to assess the feasibility of new, environmentally friendly technologies for energy
generation in a neutral carbon economy, economic and environmental metrics must be …

Strategies to reduce the negative impact of inhibitors in biorefineries: A combined techno-economic and life cycle assessment

ASS Pinto, AM Elias, FF Furlan, MPA Ribeiro… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Production of 2G ethanol in biorefineries can contribute to a low-carbon bioeconomy, but
bioreactor low yields remain a limitation. In this work, technical-economic-environmental …

Modeling and simulation of anion exchange chromatography for purification of proteins in complex mixtures

LJ Benedini, D Figueiredo, J Cabrera-Crespo… - … of Chromatography A, 2020 - Elsevier
Ion exchange chromatography is extensively used in the purification of biological
compounds. Reliable mathematical models describing this chromatographic technique are …

Optimization of chemical engineering problems with EMSO software

JP Henrique, R de Sousa Jr, AR Secchi… - Computer …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
EMSO software, a free tool for teaching and academic research, presents a favorable
environment for simulation and optimization of chemical engineering problems. Although its …

A Kriging-based approach for conjugating specific dynamic models into whole plant stationary simulations

RR Carpio, FF Furlan, RC Giordano… - Computers & Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Steady-state simulators are usually applied for design, techno-economic analysis and
optimization of industrial processes. However, sometimes dynamic systems are important …

Addressing the lack of measurements in the subsea environment by using a model scheduling Kalman filter coupled with a robust adaptive MPC

PA Delou, MB de Souza, AR Secchi - Brazilian Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - Springer
Electric submersible pumps (ESPs) are one of the most widespread oil artificial lifting
technologies. In the operation of an ESP there are a large number of parameters that must …

Virtual biorefineries: computational tools for bridging the gap toward a low carbon economy

RC Giordano, AM Elias, FF Furlan - … of Lignocellulose to Biofuels and Value …, 2020 - Elsevier
A consensus in the scientific community is being consolidated, concerning the likeliness of a
global temperature increase above 2° C at 2100. This should imply a swift change in ways of …