LTB International
About
In order to allow the best possible R&D support for our partners and collaborators, the BTL has decided in 2022 to put in place international branches allowing and optimisation of the available expertise as well as offering the on site R&D support in many zone of the globe.
You want to know more? You like the BTL interaction and want to have same kind of support in South America or in Europe?
BTL - South America
(Brazil)
BTL - Europe
(Spain)
BTL Brazil
Can provide assistance with:
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Sustainable production
Solid waste recycling
Processes optimization
Reactors
Thermal processes
Composites
Carbon fibers materials.
PhD in Process and Environmental Engineering at the Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse – France (2015). Post-doctorat at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) – Brazil. She is currently professor (Professeure Adjointe) in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) – Brazil. She has experience in the area of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Can provide assistance with:
Fermentation processes
Fermented product
Yeast
Food Technology
Bioencapsulation
She holds a degree in Food Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina/UFSC (1991). After graduating, she worked as a research fellow in strategic areas of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development /CNPq (Fermentation Processes) at the Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering at UFSC under the supervision of Professor Dr. Jorge Ninow. She worked at SENAI (National Service for Industrial Learning) in Chapecó, SC, as an instructor of the Technical Course in Food Sciences from 1992 to 1995. Afterwards, she returned to UFSC to do her master’s degree in chemical engineering in the area of bioprocesses/biotechnology (1997). In 2003 she obtained her PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Quensland, Australia, also in the field of bioprocesses. She worked as posdoctoral researcher during the period from 2003 to 2005 at the Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), in the area of production of bioproducts using insect cells. From 2011 to 2012 Dr. Pedrini worked as invited lecture/researcher at “Procédés Alimentaires et Microbiologiques” laboratory (UMR PAM), Agrosup Dijon, France, working on the encapsulation of bioactive substances in yeast cells. She is currently head of the Bioprocess Laboratory (LABIO/DEQ/LEA/UFRN) and a full professor at the UFRN. She has experience in the field of Food Science and Technology and Biotechnology.
BTL Spain
Can provide assistance with:
Themochemical processes
Gasification
Pyrolysis
From the University, he has developed Gasification plant projects for private companies. Two of them are commercial, at the present time. Among the most significant companies could be mentioned CADAGUA, ABENGOA, TAIM-WESER, SIRASA, URBASER and AIR PRODUCTS.
Can provide assistance with:
Pyrolysis technologies
Biochar production and characterization
Process Scaleup
Gasification
Associate Professor. PhD in Chemical Engineering (University of Zaragoza). Postdocs at M. Antal’s group at University of Hawai’i (USA) and at CSIC (Spain). ~20 years background in the development of thermochemical process (pyrolysis, gasification) from lab to commercial scale, in collaboration with industry.
Can provide assistance with:
Paper production from residues
Production and improvement from biofuels
Process Scale-up
Gasification of biomass and waste
Associate Professor at the University of Zaragoza, Alberto has 9 years of experience as R+D and production technician in one the largest Spanish paper companies. He has participated in the desing, start-up and operation of pilot plants of different technologies.
Can provide assistance with:
Themochemical processes
Biodiesel production
Lignin valorisation
Scale up
Process integration
Residues characterization
PhD in Chemistry and professor at Chemical and Environmental Engineering Dept. of the University of Zaragoza, his background is in the research of processes to valorize biomass and residues.
Can provide assistance with:
Pyrolysis technologies
Desing of pyrolysis reactors
Bio-oil characterization
Isolation of value added compounds
Bio-oil upgrading
Biochar soil amendment
From March 2022, Isabel will be full time researcher at the University of Zaragoza, leading a newfangled research line on the production of renewable ammonia from N-rich residues. Her background is in Chemical Enginering and thermochemical processes.