A biorefinery is a facility that uses biomass conversion methods and technologies to create fuels, electricity, and chemicals, similar to a petroleum refinery. Biorefineries are industrial units that convert biomass into energy, chemicals, and materials in a sustainable manner. The call for sustainable development to assure energy security, combat climate change, and meet demand for chemicals and minerals is the main driving force for the establishment of biorefineries. The future biorefinery will incorporate a number of low-environmental-impact (bio)chemical processes and technologies. The catalytic conversion of bio-based feedstocks to fuel and chemicals has seen an explosion of research over the last decade.
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Marta I Litter, University of General San Martin, Argentina
Title : Application of metal single-site zeolite catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis
Stanislaw Dzwigaj, Sorbonne University, France
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Victor Cerda, University of the Balearic Island, Spain
Title : Towards the carbon cyclic economy: Catalysis for CO2 conversion into fuels
Michele Aresta, Innovative Catalysis for Carbon Recycling-IC2R, Italy
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Dai Yeun Jeong, Jeju National University, Korea, Republic of
Title : Phase diagrams 3D computer models as a novel tool to design the catalytic materials
Vasily Lutsyk, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation