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The CO2-assisted autohydrolysis of wheat straw 

The CO2-assisted autohydrolysis was used for wheat straw treatments at temperatures ranging from 180 to 210 °C and an initial CO2 pressure of 60 bar. The study was performed using three different mixture loadings, such as 250 g of H2O/25 g of wheat straw, 150 g of H2O/15 g of wheat straw and 75 g of H2O/7.5 g of wheat straw. The in situ formed carbonic acid was found to result in a higher dissolution of xylose...

Chemical and biological-based isoprene production: Green metrics

Green metrics is a methodology which allows the greenness of either new or already existing processesto be assessed. This paper is a part of a special issue devoted to green metrics in which this methodologyis applied to different processes to assess bio and petrochemical routes. In this work, green metrics wereused as a tool to validate and compare the petrochemical and biological processes of isoprene product...

Estudo exploratório do impacto de um programa de reabilitação neuropsicológica ...

São vários os domínios cognitivos (e.g. atenção, memória, funções executivas) que se encontram muitas vezes comprometidos em sujeitos com lesão cerebral, repercutindo-se no funcionamento diário destes pacientes. Como tal, a reabilitação neuropsicológica a estes níveis revela-se fundamental. O presente trabalho aborda um estudo retrospetivo exploratório do impacto do programa holístico de reabilitação neuropsico...

Green metrics evaluation of isoprene production by microalgae and bacteria

Isoprene is a key intermediate compound for the production of synthetic rubber and adhesives and is also used as a building block in the chemical industry. Traditionally, isoprene is obtained from crude oil during the refinery process. Nevertheless, plants and animals are also able to synthesize this important compound. This work compares two renewable approaches for isoprene production: by photosynthetic organ...

Ionic liquids as a tool for lignocellulosic biomass fractionation

Lignocellulosic biomass composes a diversity of feedstock raw materials representing an abundant and renewable carbon source. In majority lignocellulose is constituted by carbohydrate macromolecules, namely cellulose and hemicellulose, and by lignin, a polyphenilpropanoid macromolecule. Between these biomacromolecules, there are several covalent and non-covalent interactions defining an intricate, complex and r...

Solubility of pharmaceutical compounds in ionic liquids

The solubility of N-acetyl-l-cysteine, coumarin and 4-hydroxycoumarin in alternative solvents was studied in this work. The solid–liquid equilibrium (SLE) measurements have been performed using a dynamic(synthetic) method. Melting points and enthalpies of fusion of the pharmaceutical compounds were acquired using a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The solubility of N-acetyl-l-cysteine and 4-hydroxycoum...

Green chemistry and the biorefinery concept

Green Chemistry and Biorefinery concepts are two approaches helping to develop new and more sustainable processes. The implementation of both methodologies impels to fossil-independent future with bioeconomy based on natural feedstock like biowaste and industrial by-products. The development of technologies for valorisation of these resources is a key role of society in the creation of sustainable and more envi...

Ionic liquids’ cation and anion influence on aromatic amine solubility

he mutual solubility of aniline and a series of imidazolium based ionic liquids with bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide, chloride, dicyanamide, tetrafluoroborate, and hexafluorophospate anions were studied. The produced results show the potential in the new solvent systems which can be used in amine chemistry. The liquid–liquid equilibrium (LLE) and solid–liquid equilibrium (SLE) measurements were performed usin...

Produção de xilitol: uma via alternativa de valorização do bagaço de azeitona e...

Otimização de meios de cultura para a produção de xilitol com base em hidrolisa...

Mestrado em Engenharia Alimentar - Instituto Superior de Agronomia ; The extracted olive pomace (EOP) is the by-product of the olive pomace oil extraction industry, currently used in low value energy applications. In this work, it was studied the valorisation of hemicellulosic fraction of this material to development of the production of pentose-rich hydrolysates for subsequent bioconversion into xylitol. Give...