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BRAF - Bioraffinerie alimentate con biomasse residuali

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The research activity concerns the study of residual biomass as a renewable source for high added-value chemicals. In particular, biomass derived products for industry are investigated in place of compounds from fossil sources. The aim is the development of a biorefinery for waste valorization.  Residual biomass include municipal waste, agricultural residues and food wastes. The two main research topics are:

1)       Isolation and characterization of humic-like substances from residual biomass and their application in place of commercial compounds. These substances are characterized by NMR, FT-IR, ICP AES. They can be employed as fertilizers, emulsifiers, for soil remediation, and for the synthesis of new biopolymers, as described in the following figure: 

 

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2) Enabling technologies for biomass valorization: biomass is converted into high added-value products through microwave-assisted processes or with ultrasound. These new technologies allow milder reaction conditions and decrease the reaction time, with respect to the conventional ones. Biomass derived products such as green solvents, platform chemicals and biopolymers can be obtained with more sustainable processes. In addition, biobased products can be further  into other chemicals or used as solvents for microwave-assisted reactions. Batch conditions are then transferred to flow experiments, paving the way for industrial scale-up.

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Prodotti della ricerca

Tabasso, Silvia, Gaudino, Emanuela Calcio, Acciardo, Elisa, Manzoli, Maela, Giacomino, Agnese, Cravotto, Giancarlo (2019)
Microwave-Assisted Dehydrogenative Cross Coupling Reactions in γ-valerolactone with a Reusable Pd/β-cyclodextrin Crosslinked Catalyst.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1686911

Manzoli, Maela, Calcio Gaudino, Emanuela, Cravotto, Giancarlo, Tabasso, Silvia, Nasir Baig, R B , Colacino, Evelina, Varma, Rajender S (2019)
Microwave-assisted Reductive Amination with Aqueous Ammonia: Sustainable Pathway using Recyclable Magnetic Nickel-based Nano-catalyst.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1694949

Calcio Gaudino, Emanuela, Cravotto, Giancarlo, Manzoli, Maela, Tabasso, Silvia (2019)
From waste biomass to chemicals and energy via microwave-assisted processes.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1695022

Montoneri, Enzo, Fabbri, Gloria, Grillo, Giorgio, Tabasso, Silvia, Cravotto, Giancarlo, Quagliotto, Pierluigi, Baglieri, Andrea, Boero, Valter, Negre, Michèle (2019)
Mild Hydrogenation of Urban Biowaste Hydrolysates to Biopolymers with Improved Properties.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1698620

Tabasso, Silvia, Mariatti, Francesco, Grillo, Giorgio, Boffa, Luisa, Tibaldi, Pier Silvio, Cravotto, Giancarlo (2019)
Sustainable Microwave-Assisted Aerobic Oxidation of Tomato Plant Waste into Bioaromatics and Organic Acids.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1703872

Negre, Michèle, Montoneri, Enzo, Antonini, Massimiliano, Grillo, Giorgio, Tabasso, Silvia, Quagliotto, Pierluigi, Berto, Silvia, Mendichi, Raniero, Cravotto, Giancarlo, Baglieri, Andrea (2018)
Product yield, quality and energy in the hydrolysis of urban bio-waste compost from laboratory-scale runs.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1648772

Emanuela Calcio Gaudino, Silvia Tabasso, Giorgio Grillo, Giancarlo Cravotto, Thomas Dreyer, Gerhard Schories, Sven Altenberg, Lilija Jashina, Galina Telysheva (2018)
Wheat straw lignin extraction with bio-based solvents using enabling technologies.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1663979

Nisticò, Roberto, Tabasso, Silvia, Magnacca, Giuliana, Jordan, Thomas, Shalom, Menny, Fechler, Nina (2017)
Reactive Hypersaline Route: One-Pot Synthesis of Porous Photoactive Nanocomposites.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1639213

Tommasi, Elena, Cravotto, Giancarlo, Galletti, Paola, Grillo, Giorgio, Mazzotti, Matilde, Sacchetti, Gianni, Samorã¬, Chiara, Tabasso, Silvia, Tacchini, Massimo, Tagliavini, Emilio (2017)
Enhanced and Selective Lipid Extraction from the Microalga P. tricornutum by Dimethyl Carbonate and Supercritical CO2Using Deep Eutectic Solvents and Microwaves as Pretreatment.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1657801

Tabasso, Silvia, Calcio Gaudino, Emanuela, Rinaldi, Laura, Ledoux, Audrey, Larini, Paolo, Cravotto, Giancarlo (2017)
Microwave-assisted, ligand-free, direct C–H arylation of thiophenes in biomass-derived γ-valerolactone.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1647040

Molinaro, Francesco, Mozzetti Monterumici, Chiara, Ferrero, Aldo, Tabasso, Silvia, Negre, Michèle (2016)
Bioherbicidal activity of a germacranolide sesquiterpene dilactone from Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1621613

Silvia, Tabasso, Giorgio, Grillo, Diego, Carnaroglio, Emanuela, Calcio Gaudino, Giancarlo, Cravotto (2016)
Microwave-Assisted -Valerolactone Production for Biomass Lignin Extraction: A Cascade Protocol.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1559722

Calcio Gaudino, E , Carnaroglio, D , Mantegna, S , Tabasso, S , Moreira, E M , Cravotto, G (2016)
Fuel desulfurization/denitrification via adsorption or extraction: a complementary approach to oxidative treatments.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1594123

Rovero, Alessandro, Vitali, Marco, Rosso, Daniele, Montoneri, Enzo, Chitarra, Walter, Silvia, Tabasso,, Ginepro, Marco, Lovisolo, Claudio (2015)
international Journal of agronomy and agricultural research.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1521015

Cintas, Pedro, Tagliapietra, Silvia, Caporaso, Marina, Tabasso, Silvia, Cravotto, Giancarlo (2015)
Enabling technologies built on a sonochemical platform: Challenges and opportunities.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1522509

S Tabasso, S Berto, R Rosato, J A Tafur Marinos, M Ginepro, V Zelano, P G Daniele, E Montoneri (2015)
Chemical modeling of acid-base properties of soluble biopolymers derived from municipal waste treatment materials.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/154075

Franzoso Flavia, Tabasso Silvia, Antonioli Diego, Montoneri Enzo, Persico Paola, Laus Michele, Mendichi Raniero, Negre Michele (2015)
Films made from poly(vinyl alcohol-co-ethylene) and soluble biopolymers isolated from municipal biowaste.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/153005

Ingrid Corazzari, Roberto Nisticò, Francesco Turci, Maria Giulia Faga, Flavia Franzoso, Silvia Tabasso, Giuliana Magnacca (2015)
Advanced physico-chemical characterization of chitosan by means of TGA coupled on-line with FTIR and GCMS: Thermal degradation and water adsorption capacity.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/153359

Flavia Franzoso, Diego Antonioli, Enzo Montoneri, Paola Persico, Silvia Tabasso, Michele Laus, Raniero Mendichi, Michele Negre, Carlos Vaca-Garcia (2015)
Films made from poly(vinyl alcohol-co-ethylene) and soluble biopolymers isolated from postharvest tomato plant.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/153115

Flavia Franzoso, Damiano Causone, Silvia Tabasso, Diego Antonioli, Enzo Montoneri, Paola Persico, Michele Laus, Raniero Mendichi, Michele Negre (2015)
Films Made from Poly Ethylene-Co-Acrylic Acid and Soluble Biopolymers Sourced from Agricultural and Municipal Biowaste.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/153008

S Tabasso, D Carnaroglio, E Calcio Gaudino, G Cravotto (2015)
Microwave, ultrasound and ball mill procedures for bio-waste valorisation.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/152492

Diego Carnaroglio, Silvia Tabasso, Beata Kwasek, Dariusz Bogdal, Emanuela Calcio Gaudino, Giancarlo Cravotto (2015)
From Lignocellulosic Biomass to Bio-based Lactic - Glycolic Acid oligomers: a gram-scale microwave-assisted protocol.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1508039

Adriana K N Vargas, Alessandra Bianco Prevot, Enzo Montoneri, Galo Carrillo Le Roux, Piero Savarino, Roberta Cavalli, Roberto Guardani, Silvia Tabasso (2014)
Use of Biowaste-Derived Biosurfactants in Production of Emulsions for Industrial Use.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/145310

Baglieri A, Cadili V, Mozzetti Monterumici C, Gennari M, Tabasso S, Montoneri E, Nardi S, Negre M (2014)
Fertilization of bean plants with tomato plants hydrolysates. Effect on biomass production, chlorophyll content and N assimilation.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/152688

Silvia Tabasso, Enzo Montoneri, Diego Carnaroglio, Marina Caporaso, Giancarlo Cravotto (2014)
Microwave-assisted flash conversion of non-edible polysaccharides and post-harvest tomato plant waste to levulinic acid.
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/140989

 

 

 

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