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CYTUVA

Sugar Technology Center (CTA-UVa)

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  • María Teresa García Cubero
  • Edificio Alfonso VIII, C/ Real de Burgos, s/n
    Valladolid, Valladolid (47011 )
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  • 983423237

Basic Information

  • UniversityUniversidad de Valladolid
  • Center
  • Department-
  • Investigation GroupSugar Technology Center (CTA-UVa)


Description

LINES OF INVESTIGATION:
  • Simulation and Optimization of processes.
The first of the objectives that make up this line of research is the development of process simulators; of models that allow to reproduce what happens at an industrial level in the real process. In this sense, the development of a training simulator aimed at training control room operators so that they know how they should act in the event of possible process failures stands out.

The second objective pursued in this field is economic optimization; based on the identification of the areas of the process in which there is a greater expenditure of energy for its subsequent modification, so that the energy consumption of the companies is minimized.
Main researcher: César de Prada and Luis Felipe Acebes

  • Environmental Technology.
Within this line of research, the CTA offers a support service and technical assistance to factories in environmental matters. Currently, this study path is aimed at improving the water purification process of plants through microbiological studies.
Main researcher: Pedro García Encina

  • Process Technology.
The objective of this line of research is to improve the sugar process by directly acting on the equipment and operating conditions of the factories. In this sense, the CTA has developed a pilot plant-laboratory for adsorption and ion exchange that allows analyzing the purification process of specific compounds from factories, and a pilot-demonstration plant that allows addressing the change of scale: plant scale from laboratory to plant demonstration.

Likewise, within this line of research, work is being done on the search for alternatives for the use of by-products of the sugar industry, specifically, in the alternatives presented by molasses, a co-product derived from sugar cane and previously used in the ethanol production. The CTA works with the companies Acor and Azucarera in reorienting the use of said co-product, specifically, in the possibility of obtaining butanol (biofuels of higher quality than ethanol) through its fermentation.
Main researcher: Gerardo González Benito and María Teresa García Cubero


Other information

Number of researchers:

5

Technological Line(s):

- Laboratories and research centers

Development status:

In research and development phase

Differentiation in the market:

Quality

Applicability of technology:

Yes

UNESCO Code:

3309 - Food technology

Other members:

Gerardo González Benito
Pedro García Encina
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César de Prada
Luis Felipe Acebes

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