BIOFUELS AND SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES

ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT: General issues: energy consuptions, fossil fuels, CO2 emissions. The transport sector: general issues, possibile technological directions towards a sustainable mobility.
BIOFUEL PRODUCTION: Technologies for biofuel production from sugar/starch materials (I generation) or lignocellulose (II generation). Technologies for biodiesel production from vegetable oils (fundamental concepts concerning the usage of microalgae for oil production). Technologies for biogas and biomethane production. Some comparisons: biofuels, hydrogen, electric mobility.
SUSTAINABILITY IN PRODUCTION PROCESSES: General criteria for sustainable production. Few concepts concerning life cycle analysis (LCA) techniques for sustainability process assessment. A case study: is it possible to generate value on CO2? Technologies for carbon capture, sequestrations and utilisation (CCUS). Potential for CO2 utilisation. The water-energy nexus and the water-energy-food nexus, particularly for biofuels. Design of water networks in industrial processes: pinch analysis techniques for maximum water reuse and minimum wastewater treatment.