Unit BIO-ECHO-COMPATIBLE SYNTHETIC PROCESSES
- Course
- Molecular and industrial biotechnology
- Study-unit Code
- GP004115
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Luca Sancineto
- Teachers
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- Luca Sancineto
- Hours
- 42 ore - Luca Sancineto
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline chimiche
- Academic discipline
- CHIM/06
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Renewable resources for processes to access energy, fine chemicals and plastics: Biomass. Biomass types. Biorefineries. Green chemistry Components in a chemical transformation: reactives, reagents, solvents and catalysts. Alternative activation methods: Microwaves, sonochemistry, mechanochemistry. Principles of flow chemistry. Alternative solvents. Homogenous and heterogenous catalysis. Biocatalysis and bioinspired approaches. Renewables industries: some examples.
- Reference texts
- -Scientific articles and PPT slides will be provided
SUGGESTED TEXTBOOKS:
-J. Clark, F. Deswarte (Eds) “Introduction to Chemicals from Biomass”, 2015 John Wiley & Sons - Educational objectives
- The main objective of the course is to provide to students the basic knowledge to rationally elaborate criteria of choice to improve synthetic processes by using the so-called 12 Green Chemistry principles as guidelines , with particular reference to the current technologies for vegetal biomass transformations into bioenergy, bio-based bulk and fine chemicals, bioplastics.
The main knowledge acquired will be:
-knowledge of the biomass definition-knowledge of the main types of biomass, with particular reference to vegetal biomass.
-knowledge of the biorefinery and of the “platform molecule” concepts-knowledge of the main technologies of pre-treatment for the vegetal biomass, preliminary to the diverse conversion processes.
-knowledge of the main catalytic technologies for the upgrade of those platform molecules examined in-depth during lectures into biofuels, biochemicals, bioplastics.
- Acquisition of the Green Chemistry basic concepts and the main strategies to realize eco-compatible synthetic processes for vegetal biomass valorization
-The main abilities will be:
-ability in recognizing the proper type of vegetal biomass to dedicate to the production of bioenergy, biochemicals and bioplastics, respectively
-ability in developing the concept of biorefinery
-ability in identifying critical issues in the current processes for vegetal biomass transformation and elaborating criteria of choice for the use of Green Chemistry principles, to obtain improvements in terms of environmental impact and sustainability - Prerequisites
- none
- Teaching methods
- Face-to-face lectures on all the topics of the course
- Learning verification modality
- Oral exam. Time of duration: about 30 min. The exam will consist of open questions aiming at assessing the level of knowledge/expertise achieved by the student on the course topics. Further, through the exam will be evaluated the student's communication skills and ability of logically organize the discussion.
- Extended program
- Introduction. Renewable resources for processes to access energy, fine chemicals and plastics: Biomass. Biomass types. Major vegetal biomass components. Biorefineries. Green chemistry. The 12 Green Chemistry principles. Introduction to the chemical transformation in an industrial perspective: reagents, reactives, solvents and catalysts. Alternative activation methods, microwave assisted synthesis, mechanochemistry and sonochemistry. Flow chemistry principles. Chemical processes for the biomass valorization finalized to the preparation of biofuels, bio-chemicals, bioplastics via “platform molecules”. Metrics. Main strategies for the realization of eco-compatible chemical processes for biomass transformation. Alternative solvents: water, ionic liquids and eutectic mixtures, biomass-derived solvents, solvent-free conditions, supercritical fluids. Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts. Biocatalysts, enzymes for the preparation of drugs. Bioinspired approaches. Renewables industries: some examples.