Research topic
The Research Group has been working with lignocellulosic biomass (mainly woody biomass) in order to achieve a complete fractionation into their three main components: cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. Some of the employed treatments are: autohydrolysis, organosolv, ionosolv and ionic liquid pretreatments. Pretreatments are run at lab scale for their optimization, being scaled up (x10) for techno economic analysis. After pretreatments a complete characterization of the fractionated materials is developed, showing special interest into lignin. Some of the most employed techniques are: HPLC, GPC, NMR, TGA, SEM, etc.
Research area
We are looking for researchers with experience in any of the following topics: Green chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Technoeconomical and Life cycle Assessment.