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Description
This research line focuses on the oxidation of organic mass waste using supercritical water. This fluid, over its critical point, exhibits excellent properties as solvent for organic products and, because of them, oxidation occurs in a single homogeneous phase. Consequently, the process takes place at high speed, the oxidation is complete and lacks limitations derived from mass transfer between phases. The use of hydrothermal flames allows total waste (or biomass) oxidation and opens the possibility of making small combustion chambers to generate steam and gas flows at high pressure.Other information
Number of researchers:
2
Development status:
In research and development phase
Intellectual Property Rights:
Patent
Differentiation in the market:
Quality
Applicability of technology:
Yes
Companies and markets:
Energy and chemical industry: Repsol, Cepsa Química S.A. Research and development: RMS Foundation. Environment and waste management: Befesa Water, Cetransa.
Advantages:
Finding uses for waste and by-products from other industrial activities.
Additional Information:
Available equipment: 8 hydrolysis, particles, formulation, reaction and extraction pilot plants. 4-6 hydrolysis, particles, formulation, reaction and extraction laboratory plants. 3 vision devices to thermodynamic measurement of phases and reaction. Other equipment: mills, emulsifying apparatus, ovens, microwaves, rotary evaporator. Detection equipment: i-Raman spectrometer, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of infrared (IR) and ultraviolet (UV) for sugars, polimers, etc. (Further information available at: http://hpp.uva.es/equipment/) Other data (last five years: 3 European projects (SHYMAN, DoHIP and WINESENSE), 10 national projects in Spain, 4 competitive reseach projects at regional level and 18 research agreements with private entities. More than 100 papers have been published in renowned scientific journals and more than 120 have been presented in congresses and symposia at national and international levels. Two patents have been granted, 19 PhD theses have been defended, 17 of which obtained an European mention, and more than 13 Master's theses. Prospects for the future: focus areas of the Horizon 2020 programme - JTI Biobased Industries Consortium: Using alternative natural resources to produce energy and chemical products. Producing healthy and high-added-value products from renewable raw materials. More intensive processes by implementing new technologies to find other uses for raw materials and waste.
UNESCO Code:
3303 - Chemical technology and engineering
Other members:
Fidel Antonio Mato Chaín
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