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BIOENGINEERING GROUP
UCL – Earth & Life Ins8tute
Prof. Dr. Patrick Gerin
FIELDS OF EXPERTISE IN BIORESOURCES ENGINEERING & CHEMISTRY
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Bioconversion Biosynthesis
Bioremedia0on
Biotechnological processes
INTEGRATION
Biological processes
Physicochemical processes
Macroscopic processes
Microscopic mechanisms
Bioprocess engineering
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APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Lignocellulosic biomass pretreatments
frac0ona0on
high value molecules
solid residues
ethanol
acidogenic fermenta0on
vola0le faIy acids / water
vola0le faIy acids / glycerol
separa0on glycerol
esterifica0on
esters
‐thermal‐mechanical ‐chemical‐enzyma0c
UCL‐GEBI
UCL‐IMAP
UCL‐CATA
residues →CH4
ULg_GxABT‐CBI
hydrolysates sugars C6 ‐ C5
polysaccharides
Academic & industrial partners – SPW funding
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APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Schredding
Ethanol Fermenta0on
Biomass + yeast
EtOH 95%
Separa0on
Anaerobic diges0on
CHP
CH4
liquid
solid
s8llage
←Eth
←Eth
Heat
→Eth
←Eth ↑ Eth digestate
Eelec→
Eelec→
Eelec→
Electricity
Eelec ↓
Eelec ↓
←Eelec
Eelec ↓
Integrated process ethanol / biogas
Academic & industrial partners – SPW funding
Dis0lla‐0on
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SERVICES PROVIDED TO COMPANIES
Inves0ga0on bioconversion Development bioremedia0on
Influence of (pre)treatments on anaerobic biodegradability
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processes of
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPANIES
Developing integrated & sustainable biorefining processes: Recovering value from biowaste streams
Reducing the cost of biowastes disposal
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All companies/actors working with organic maTer
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LAB CONTACT INFORMATION
Prof. Dr. Patrick GERIN Group leader [email protected] ‐ Phone : +32 10 47 36 46
Prof. Dr. Spiros AGATHOS Group leader [email protected] ‐ Phone : +32 10 47 36 44
Bioengineering Group
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