The Biorefinery and Sustainability Area combines experience in the development of processes based on pressurized water (subcritical and supercritical) in the treatment of biomass with sustainable engineering applied to projects and processes in Chemical Engineering.
The fundamental objective is to provide an alternative to processes and products based on raw materials of fossil origin. In the biorefinery concept we are investigating, water plays a central role, being the fundamental solvent for both hydrolysis and subsequent separation processes.
It is a versatile and very transversal area that seeks an application of knowledge to the creation of specific products, without forgetting basic research to find the fundamental principles.
