Beyond the wetlands: the biomass valorisation through chemical compounds production
- Beschreibung
Aiming for the transition to a greener world, with increased carbon capture and emission reduction, the use of wet meadows plays a key role. The use of these areas without complete drainage, through a process known as Paludiculture, generates biomass, which can be used as an alternative towards this goal.
Using hydrothermal processes, this biomass can be converted into platform chemicals that support the clean transition from fossil fuels to bio-based materials. Therefore, it's possible to establish a chain where the positive environmental impact and the socioeconomic benefits can be easily seen.
Hence, this project aims to investigate the use of process water, which is produced from the biomass digestion through a dehydration process, under different pressure and temperature conditions.
- Projektzeitraum
- Wintersemester 2025/2026
- Bewerbungszeitraum
- 13. bis 27.10.2025
- Durchführung
- semesterbegleitend
- Details zu Projektzeitraum und Durchführung
Estimated working plan:
The working plan is divided into four main tasks:
1) How to pre-treat the biomass and perform the hydrothermal process? You will perform the physical process, pre-treating the biomass, followed by the utilisation of this biomass in a hydrothermal process. In the hydrothermal process step, you will first prepare the process water in a batch process; later, a continuous process under different temperatures and pressures will be performed.
2) How to analyse the products obtained during the project? You will prepare solid and liquid samples from the laboratory work, experiencing the analytical part of the process using techniques such as high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and others.
3) What is the outcome of each process? Based on the obtained data, you will analyse the results, identify trends, and formulate hypotheses regarding the preparation of activated carbon from Paludiculture biomass and its utilisation in hydrothermal reactions.
- Studienfach
- offen für alle Studienfächer
- Betreuende
- Jeferson Felipe Rio Vicente, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kruse
- Institut
- Institut für Agrartechnik (440) (Conversion Technologies of Biobased Resources (440f))
- Sprache
- deutsch/englisch
- Teilnehmendenanzahl
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min. 1, max. 3
(1 Kleingruppen mit max. 3 Teilnehmenden ) - Arbeitsaufwand
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ca. 180 Stunden pro Teilnehmende:r
| 6
ECTS-Punkte
Arbeitsaufwand (Stunden und ggf. ECTS) sind ungefähre Angaben. Die tatsächlich vergebenen ECTS-Punkte ergeben sich aus der tatsächlich geleisteten Arbeit.
- Für dieses Projekt ist kein Motivationsschreiben des Studierenden erforderlich
- Projektart
- experimentell
- Lernziele
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Die Teilnehmende lernen in diesem Projekt:
In this project, the participants will learn to:
- Perform literature research and obtain knowledge of a scientific area
- Perform biomass pretreatment and hydrothermal processes
- Basics of working in a laboratory
- Quantitative and qualitative organic chemistry analysis
- Obtaining and analysing self-obtained data
Presentation of the obtained results using graphs and tables
- Anmerkungen für Studierende
For further questions regarding the project, contact me via email: jeferson.riovicente@uni-hohenheim.de
- Schlagworte
- platform chemicals, Biomass conversion, Bioeconomy