Advanced Carbon Materials from Biowaste: Sustainable Pathways to Drive Innovative Green Technologies

Project Information

GreenCarbon

Grant agreement ID: 721991

DOI 10.3030/721991

Project closed

EC signature date 16 August 2016

Start date 1 October 2016

End date 31 March 2021

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 3 623 224,47

EU contribution € 3 623 224,47

Coordinated by

UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA
Spain

Deliverables

Other (19)

Recruitment of the ESRs (stage II)

Recruitment of the second (and last) cohort of ESRs.

Open Lab Session 2

Delivery of the second open lab session.

Recruitment of the ESRs (stage I)

The first cohort of ESRs will be recruited.

Newsletter 1

Publication of the first annual newsletter.

Newsletter 3

Publication of the third annual newsletter.

Workshop 3

Delivery of the workshop in transferable skills at UHOH.

Research School 1

Delivery of the Research School 1 (Thermochemical Biomass Conversion) in UGent.

Research School 2

Delivery of the Reseacrh School 2 (Refining of biomass-derived carbons) at SU.

GreenCarbon Book

Publication of the GreenCarbon book, which will be written by the ESRs.

Workshop 1

Delivery of the workshop in personal skills at SU.

Newsletter 2

Publication of the second annual newsletter.

Open Lab Session 1

Delivery of the first open lab session.

Supervisory Board and Project Manager

Constitution of the Supervisory Board (the ESR representatives will join the SB in month 9). A Project Manager will be recruited for the duration of the project and will be based at UNIZAR.

Newsletter 4

Publication of the final annual newsletter (year 4).

Graduation

Graduation of the ESRs with PhDs.

Workshop 2

Delivery of the workshop in outreach skills at QMUL.

Research School 3

Delivery of Research School 3 (Applications of BC-derived materials) at QMUL.

GreenCarbon Conference

In parallel to the Final Meeting, the consortium will organise the GreenCarbon Conference (duration of both events: 4 days) to broaden the dissemination of results from the network and highlight its achievements.

Open Lab Session 3

Delivery of the third open lab session.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Website

Launch of the project website and Linkedin group.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (33)

Wheat-Straw-Derived Activated Biochar as a Renewable Support of Ni-CeO2 Catalysts for CO2 Methanation

Author(s): Christian Di Stasi, Simona Renda, Gianluca Greco, Belén González, Vincenzo Palma, Joan J. Manyà
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 13/16, 2021, Page(s) 8939, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su13168939

Optimization of the operating conditions for steam reforming of slow pyrolysis oil over an activated biochar-supported Ni–Co catalyst

Author(s): Christian Di Stasi, Marta Cortese, Gianluca Greco, Simona Renda, Belén González, Vincenzo Palma, Joan J. Manyà
Published in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Issue 46/53, 2021, Page(s) 26915-26929, ISSN 0360-3199
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.05.193

Prehydrolysis and organosolv delignification process for the recovery of hemicellulose and lignin from beech wood

Author(s): Qusay Ibrahim, Andrea Kruse
Published in: Bioresource Technology Reports, Issue 11, 2020, Page(s) 100506, ISSN 2589-014X
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.biteb.2020.100506

Influence of activation conditions on textural properties and performance of activated biochars for pyrolysis vapors upgrading

Author(s): Christian Di Stasi, Gianluca Greco, Rafael L.S. Canevesi, M. Teresa Izquierdo, Vanessa Fierro, Alain Celzard, Belén González, Joan J. Manyà
Published in: Fuel, Issue 289, 2021, Page(s) 119759, ISSN 0016-2361
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119759

Effects of slow-pyrolysis conditions on the products yields and properties and on exergy efficiency: A comprehensive assessment for wheat straw

Author(s): Gianluca Greco, Christian Di Stasi, Filipe Rego, Belén González, Joan J. Manyà
Published in: Applied Energy, Issue 279, 2020, Page(s) 115842, ISSN 0306-2619
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115842

How to trace back an unknown production temperature of biochar from chemical characterization methods in a feedstock independent way

Author(s): Dilani Rathnayake, Przemyslaw Maziarka, Stef Ghysels, Ondřej Mašek, Saran Sohi, Frederik Ronsse
Published in: Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, Issue 151, 2020, Page(s) 104926, ISSN 0165-2370
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2020.104926

Feedstock doping using iron rich waste increases the pyrolysis gas yield and adsorption performance of magnetic biochar for emerging contaminants

Author(s): Christian Wurzer, Ondřej Mašek
Published in: Bioresource Technology, Issue 321, 2021, Page(s) 124473, ISSN 0960-8524
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124473

Importance of pyrolysis temperature and pressure in the concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in wood waste-derived biochars

Author(s): Gianluca Greco, María Videgain, Christian Di Stasi, Elisabet Pires, Joan J. Manyà
Published in: Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, Issue 159, 2021, Page(s) 105337, ISSN 0165-2370
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2021.105337

Hydrothermal Conversion of Spent Sugar Beets into High-Value Platform Molecules

Author(s): Jens Pfersich, Pablo J. Arauzo, Michela Lucian, Pierpaolo Modugno, Maria-Magdalena Titirici, Luca Fiori, Andrea Kruse
Published in: Molecules, Issue 25/17, 2020, Page(s) 3914, ISSN 1420-3049
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/molecules25173914

Biomass-derived carbons physically activated in one or two steps for CH4/CO2 separation

Author(s): Gianluca Greco; Rafael L.S. Canevesi; Christian Di Stasi; Alain Celzard; Vanessa Fierro; Joan J. Manyà
Published in: Renewable Energy, Issue 191, 2022, Page(s) 122-133, ISSN 0960-1481
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.04.035

Chemisorption of CO 2 on diaminated silica as bicarbonates and different types of carbamate ammonium ion pairs

Author(s): Anthony E. Szego, Aleksander Jaworski, Niklas Hedin
Published in: Materials Advances, Issue 2/1, 2021, Page(s) 448-454, ISSN 2633-5409
Publisher: RSC
DOI: 10.1039/d0ma00658k

Tailoring of the pore structures of wood pyrolysis chars for potential use in energy storage applications

Author(s): P. Maziarka, P. Sommersacher, X. Wang, N. Kienzl, S. Retschitzegger, W. Prins, N. Hedin, F. Ronsse
Published in: Applied Energy, Issue 286,116431, 2021, ISSN 0306-2619
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.116431

Evolution of the mass-loss rate during atmospheric and pressurized slow pyrolysis of wheat straw in a bench-scale reactor

Author(s): Gianluca Greco, María Videgain, Christian Di Stasi, Belén González, Joan J. Manyà
Published in: Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, Issue 136, 2018, Page(s) 18-26, ISSN 0165-2370
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2018.11.007

Py-GC-MS of hydrochars produced from brewer’s spent grains

Author(s): M.P. Olszewski, P.J. Arauzo, M. Wądrzyk, A. Kruse
Published in: Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, Issue 140, 2019, Page(s) 255-263, ISSN 0165-2370
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2019.04.002

Hydrothermal Carbonization Brewer’s Spent Grains with the Focus on Improving the Degradation of the Feedstock

Author(s): Pablo Arauzo, Maciej Olszewski, Andrea Kruse
Published in: Energies, Issue 11/11, 2018, Page(s) 3226, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en11113226

Silicoaluminophosphate (SAPO)-Templated Activated Carbons

Author(s): Yunxiang Li, Xia Wang, Thomas Thersleff, Gunnar Svensson, and Niklas Hedin
Published in: ACS Omega, Issue 4, 2019, Page(s) 9889-9895, ISSN 2470-1343
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b00135

Physically activated wheat straw-derived biochar for biomass pyrolysis vapors upgrading with high resistance against coke deactivation

Author(s): Christian Di Stasi, Darío Alvira, Gianluca Greco, Belén González, Joan J. Manyà
Published in: Fuel, Issue 255, 2019, Page(s) 115807, ISSN 0016-2361
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2019.115807

Pyrolysis Kinetics of Hydrochars Produced from Brewer’s Spent Grains

Author(s): Maciej P. Olszewski, Pablo J. Arauzo, Przemyslaw A. Maziarka, Frederik Ronsse, Andrea Kruse
Published in: Catalysts, Issue 9/7, 2019, Page(s) 625, ISSN 2073-4344
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/catal9070625

Effect of protein during hydrothermal carbonization of brewer’s spent grain

Author(s): P.J. Arauzo, L. Du, M.P. Olszewski, M.F. Meza Zavala, M.J. Alhnidi, A. Kruse
Published in: Bioresource Technology, Issue 293, 2019, Page(s) 122117, ISSN 0960-8524
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122117

Towards the Properties of Different Biomass-Derived Proteins via Various Extraction Methods

Author(s): L. Du, P.J. Arauzo, M.F. Meza Zavala, Z. Cao, M.P. Olszewski, A. Kruse
Published in: Molecules, 2020, ISSN 1420-3049
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/molecules25030488

Effects of Metal Ions, Metal, and Metal Oxide Particles on the Synthesis of Hydrochars

Author(s): Vahid Saadattalab, Xia Wang, Anthony E. Szego, Niklas Hedin
Published in: ACS Omega, 2020, ISSN 2470-1343
Publisher: ACS Publications
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03926

Structural Effects of Cellulose on Hydrolysis and Carbonization Behavior during Hydrothermal Treatment

Author(s): Nattacha Paksung, Jens Pfersich, Pablo J. Arauzo, Dennis Jung, Andrea Kruse
Published in: ACS Omega, 2020, ISSN 2470-1343
Publisher: ACS Publications
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00737

Valorization of the poultry litter through wet torrefaction and different activation treatments

Author(s): P.J. Arauzo, P.A. Maziarka, M.P. Olszewski, R.L. Isemin, N.S. Muratova, F. Ronsse, A. Kruse
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 732, 2020, Page(s) 139288, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139288

Assessment of the effects of process water recirculation on the surface chemistry and morphology of hydrochar

Author(s): P.J. Arauzo, M.P. Olszewski, X. Wang, J. Pfersich, V. Sebastian, J. Manyà, N. Hedin, A. Kruse
Published in: Renewable Energy, Issue 155, 2020, Page(s) 1173-1180, ISSN 0960-1481
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2020.04.050

Wet and dry? Influence of hydrothermal carbonization on the pyrolysis of spent grains

Author(s): Maciej P. Olszewski, Sabina A. Nicolae, Pablo J. Arauzo, Maria-Magdalena Titirici, Andrea Kruse
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue 260, 2020, Page(s) 121101, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121101

The effect of using different acids to catalyze the prehydrolysis stage on the organosolv delignification of beech wood in two-stage process

Author(s): Qusay Ibrahim, Pablo J. Arauzo, Andrea Kruse
Published in: Renewable Energy, Issue 153, 2020, Page(s) 1479-1487, ISSN 0960-1481
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2020.02.111

Improving the recovery of phenolic compounds from spent coffee grounds by using hydrothermal delignification coupled with ultrasound assisted extraction

Author(s): P.J. Arauzo, M. Lucian, L. Du, M.P. Olszewski, L. Fiori, A. Kruse
Published in: Biomass and Bioenergy, Issue 139, 2020, Page(s) 105616, ISSN 0961-9534
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2020.105616

Soft templating production of porous carbon adsorbents for CO2 and H2S capture

Author(s): Sabina A. Nicolae, Petra Ágota Szilágyi, Maria Magdalena Titirici
Published in: Carbon, 2020, ISSN 0008-6223
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2020.07.064

Recent advances in hydrothermal carbonisation: from tailored carbon materials and biochemicals to applications and bioenergy

Author(s): Sabina A. Nicolae, Heather Au, Pierpaolo Modugno, Hui Luo, Anthony E. Szego, Mo Qiao, Liang Li, Wang Yin, Hero J. Heeres, Nicole Berge, Maria-Magdalena Titirici
Published in: Green Chemistry, Issue 22/15, 2020, Page(s) 4747-4800, ISSN 1463-9262
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00998A

Combustion Characteristics of Hydrochar and Pyrochar Derived from Digested Sewage Sludge

Author(s): P.J. Arauzo, M. Atienza-Martínez, J. Ábrego, M.P. Olszewski, Z. Cao, A. Kruse
Published in: Energies, 2020, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en13164164

Chemical stabilization of Cd-contaminated soil using fresh and aged wheat straw biochar

Author(s): Dilani Rathnayake, Filipe Rego, Reinhart Van Poucke, Anthony V. Bridgwater, Ondřej Mašek, Erik Meers, Jiawei Wang, Yang Yang, Frederik Ronsse
Published in: Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020, ISSN 0944-1344
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11574-6

Do you BET on routine? The reliability of N2 physisorption for the quantitative assessment of biochar’s surface area

Author(s): P. Maziarka, C. Wurzer, P. J. Arauzo, A. Dieguez-Alonso, O. Masek, F. Ronsse
Published in: Chemical Engineering Journal, Issue 418, 129234, 2021, ISSN 1385-8947
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.129234

Macroscopic rods from assembled colloidal particles of hydrothermally carbonized glucose and their use as templates for silicon carbide and tricopper silicide

Author(s): X. Wang, W. Hao, P. Zhang, A. E. Szego, G. Svensson, N. Hedin
Published in: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Issue 602, 2021, Page(s) 480–489, ISSN 0021-9797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.06.016

Monographic books (2)

Advanced Carbon Materials from Biomass: an Overview

Author(s): Manyà, Joan J.
Published in: Issue 1, 2019
Publisher: GernCarbon Consortium
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3233733

Book of Abstracts (GreenCarbon2020)

Author(s): Joan J. Manyà Ed.
Published in: Issue 1, 2021
Publisher: GreenCarbon Consortium
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4555167