BIOmass Valorisation via Superheated Steam Torrefaction, Pyrolisis, Gasification Amplified by Multidisciplinary Researchers TRAINining for Multiple Energy and Products’ Added VALUEs

Project Information

BioTrainValue

Grant agreement ID: 101086411

DOI

10.3030/101086411

EC signature date 21 October 2022

Start date 1 January 2023

End date 31 December 2026

Funded under

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Total cost

No data

EU contribution

€ 993 600,00

Coordinated by

POLITECHNIKA LODZKA
Poland

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Deliverables

Other (3)

Project Handbook
Two international conferences for researchers and industrial stakeholders in the area of “Technologies for Bio-based products development”
Communication Toolkit

Documents, reports (3)

Experimental project innovative products
Data management plan (DMP)
Plan for the dissemination and exploitation of results, including communication activities

Project Dissemination, Communication and Exploitation Strategy

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (15)

Dry vs wet torrefaction of oxytree biomass: A comparative study on fuel properties and energy yield

Author(s): Hilal Unyay, Andrii Kostyniuk, Szymon Szufa, Artur Lewandowski, Blaž Likozar, Grzegorz Wielgosinski
Published in: Energy Conversion and Management, Issue Volume 350, 2026, ISSN 0196-8904
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENCONMAN.2025.120974

Hybrid Technology of Beet Pulp Dewatering with Process Intensification in a Convection Dryer as an Element of Sustainable Processing of Agro-Industrial Waste into Bioenergy

Author(s): Igor Palamarchuk, Olesia Priss, Oksana Zozulyak, Liudmyla Kiurcheva, Konstiantyn Dyadyura, Zdzislawa Romanowska-Duda, Oksana Vasylenko, Andrzej Obraniak, Szymon Szufa, Taras Hutsol
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 17, 2025
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/SU172210327

Regression Analysis of the Impact of Foreign Direct Investments, Adjusted Net Savings, and Environmental Tax Revenues on the Consumption of Renewable Energy Sources in EU Countries

Author(s): Kukharets, Valentyna, Rasa Čingiene, Dalia Juočiūnienė, Savelii Kukharets, Egidijus Blažauskas, Szymon Szufa, Andrii Muzychenko, Svitlana Beleі, Nazar Lahodyn, and Taras Hutsol
Published in: Energies, Issue 17, no. 17: 4465, 2024, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/EN17174465

Catalytic wet torrefaction of biomass waste into bio-ethanol, levulinic acid, and high quality solid fuel

Author(s): Kostyniuk, Andrii; Likozar, Blaž
Published in: Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.CEJ.2024.149779

Renewable Energy

Author(s): Andrii Kostyniuk, Blaz Likozar
Published in: Renewable Energy, Issue 252, 2025, ISSN 0960-1481
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.RENENE.2025.123547

Reduction of spruce phytotoxicity by superheated steam torrefaction and its use in stimulating the growth of ecological bio-products: Lemna minor L

Author(s): Szymon Szufa, Hilal Unyay, Piotr Piersa, Aleksandra Kędzierska-Sar, Zdzislawa Romanowska-Duda & Blaz Likozar
Published in: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2025
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/S13399-025-06508-6

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Author(s): Hilal Unyay, Hatice Ozmen Altay, N. Altınay Perendeci, Szymon Szufa, Feramuz Ozdemir, İrini Angelidaki
Published in: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2213-3437
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.JECE.2025.117124

Assessments of sustainable chemicals and bioenergy potentials of selected lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks in Poland via physicochemical characterisation and pyrolysis

Author(s): Omar Mohammad, Muhammad Khan, Hilal Unyay, Radosław Ślężak, Szymon Szufa, Jude A. Onwudili
Published in: Biomass and Bioenergy, Issue Volume 203, 2025, ISSN 0961-9534
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.BIOMBIOE.2025.108302

Pyrolysis of industrial hemp biomass from contaminated soil phytoremediation: Kinetics, modelling transport phenomena and biochar-based metal reduction

Author(s): Jure Voglar, Anže Prašnikar, Konstantin Moser, Elisa Carlon, Manuel Schwab, Blaž Likozar
Published in: Thermochimica Acta, Issue 742, 2024
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.TCA.2024.179899

Emission of Total Volatile Organic Compounds from the Torrefaction Process: Meadow Hay, Rye, and Oat Straw as Renewable Fuels

Author(s): Czerwinska, Justyna, Szymon Szufa, Hilal Unyay, Grzegorz Wielgosinski
Published in: Energies, Issue 18(15), 2025
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/EN18154154

Wet torrefaction of biomass waste into levulinic acid and high-quality hydrochar using H-beta zeolite catalyst

Author(s): Andrii Kostyniuk, Blaž Likozar
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.JCLEPRO.2024.141735

Batch rolling-bed dryer applicability for drying biomass prior to torrefaction

Author(s): Szymon Szufa, Hilal Unyay, Zdzislaw Pakowski, Piotr Piersa, Krzysztof Siczek, Mirosław Kabaciński, Szymon Sobek, Kevin Moj, Blaž Likozar, Andrii Kostyniuk, Robert Junga
Published in: Renewable Energy, Issue Volume 239, 2024
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.RENENE.2024.122106

Harnessing Switchgrass for Sustainable Energy: Bioethanol Production Processes and Pretreatment Technologies

Author(s): Hilal Unyay, Nuriye Altınay Perendeci, Piotr Piersa, Szymon Szufa, Agata Skwarczynska-Wojsa
Published in: Energies, Issue 17(19), 4812
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/EN17194812

Wet torrefaction of biomass waste into high quality hydrochar and value-added liquid products using different zeolite catalysts

Author(s): Andrii Kostyniuk, Blaž Likozar
Published in: Renewable Energy, 2024
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.RENENE.2024.120509

Wet torrefaction of biomass waste into value-added liquid product (5-HMF) and high quality solid fuel (hydrochar) in a nitrogen atmosphere

Author(s): Andrii Kostyniuk, Blaž Likozar
Published in: Renewable Energy, 2024
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.RENENE.2024.120450