Prof. Rafael Luque q62alsor@uco.es DEPARTAMENTO DE QUMICA ORGNICA, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Waste to wealth: benign by design strategies for the valorization of industrial waste Prof. Rafael Luque q62alsor@uco.es DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA

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ITS ALWAYS THE SAME THING……… Produce Use Dispose

Mindset change: The circular economy… Re-use Produce Use Dispose Reduce Recycle

… and way beyond! VALORISATION! Recycle / Re-use Reduce: Chemical usage Energy usage Replace: Hazardous materials, processes Inefficient processes Non-sustainable components

D EPARTAMENTO DE Q UÍMICA O RGÁNICA GRUPO PAIDI U NIVERSIDAD DE C ÓRDOBA FQM-383 (NANOQBIORES) RESEARCH TOPICS Nanoscale Heterogeneous Catalysis Biomass and (Photocatalysis) & Flow Chemistry Chemistry Waste Valorization Project leader: Project leader: Project leader: Ana Franco & Daily Weiyi Ouyang & Alfonso Yépez & Rodríguez Padrón Mª Dolores Márquez Antonio Garcia-Olmo These include novel protocols for materials engineering , flow chemical processes , and biomass & waste valorization .

Knowing chemical composition is the key to success!!! HEMICELLULOSE Lignocellulosics LIGNIN CELLULOSE MINOR CONSTITUENTS

http://www.uco.es/~q62alsor WASTE TO WEALTH: FROM RESIDUES TO MARKETABLE PRODUCTS Green technologies (e.g. microwaves, extraction, fractionation) Personal care products Biodegradable plastics Other derivatives (chemicals, fuels, etc.) Coatings and unguents Paint additives

http://www.uco.es/~q62alsor/ INDUSTRIAL WASTE VALORISATION FROM SLAUGHTER WASTE TO BIO-HEALING NATURAL POLYMERS (BIO-COLLAGEN) TREATMENT OF WOUND HEALING IN RATS Green Chem. 2012, 14, 308 Energy Environ. Sci. 2012 Materials 2013, 6, 1599 Materials 2013, 6, 4641

http://www.uco.es/~q62alsor/ FOOD WASTE VALORISATION (I) ChemSusChem , 2012 ; Energy Env. Sci. 2013 Microwave-assisted extraction: -simple -rapid (5-10 min) -efficient Unique form of mesoporous cellulose Porous materials

http://www.uco.es/~q62alsor/ FOOD WASTE VALORISATION (II) Coffee waste Metal precursors grounds Magnetic nanomaterials

APPLICATIONS • CO 2 adsorbents Coffee waste grounds • Magnetic materials: next generation of thermal-foams for medical devices

Conclusions WASTE VALORISATION Platform molecules Commodity chemicals Biomaterials Speciality chemicals Biopolymers CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS MATERIALS, CHEMICALS & FUELS

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