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Alin Cristian Nicolae Vintila

- Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti

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Desulfurarea prin piroliza catalitica a pudretei de cauciuc in vederea modificarii bitumului rutier Call name: P 2 - SP 2.1 - Proiect de transfer la operatorul economic
PN-III-P2-2.1-PTE-2021-0552 2022 - 2024

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: ATICA CHEMICALS S.R.L.

Project partners: ATICA CHEMICALS S.R.L. (RO); Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti (RO)

Affiliation:

Project website: https://www.aticachemicals.ro/index.php/proiecte/proiecte-cercetare

Abstract:

The diminution of the deterioration of the road infrastructure and the prevention of the appearance of phages is realized by modifying the road bitumen with polymers of elastomeric type that ensures the elastic return of the asphalt. The aim of the project is to develop an innovative technology on an industrial pilot scale for the manufacture of an elastomer for the modification of road bitumen by devulcanizing the used rubber powder. The innovative character of the project proposal is given by the proposed method for the devulcanization of spent rubber, respectively slow catalytic pyrolysis in the presence of an acid nanostructured catalyst, and the reactive adsorption of the sulfur resulting on nanostructured adsorbents. The improvement of the thermal and mass transfer in the extruder type pyrolysis reactor and implicitly the reduction of the temperature gradient, will be achieved by the use of an aromatic petroleum solvent, with low volatility, solvent that will solubilize the desulfurized elastomer. The metal sulfides resulting from the reactive adsorption will be removed by extraction in a polar solvent. By applying the procedure from this project proposal there is no toxic waste or gas, and the process of modifying the road bitumen will be simplified.

Value added products from microalgae biomass applying biorefinery concepts Call name: P 1 - SP 1.1 - Proiecte de cercetare pentru stimularea tinerelor echipe independente
PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-1842 2020 - 2022

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti

Project partners: Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti (RO)

Affiliation: Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti (RO)

Project website: https://icechim.ro/project/algaebioref-en/

Abstract:

The present research proposal aims to obtain high value products (antioxidants, lipids and carbohydrates) from microalgae biomass using the concept of biorefining. A first stage of this project consists in optimizing the growth conditions of two microalgal strains (Porphyridium purpureum and Dunaliella salina), in order to maximize the content of antioxidants, lipids, carbohydrates, using statistical methods of programming experiments. The second stage refers to comparing the efficiency of conventional and unconventional extraction methods (supercritical carbon dioxide extraction, ultrasound-assisted extraction and classical solvent extraction) in recovering from wet algal biomass antioxidants and lipid fraction with a high content of fatty acids polyunsaturated (compounds for use in the pharmaceutical industry). In a third stage, the fractions of lipids rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids and carbohydrates from algal biomass will be transformed into ethyl esters of unsaturated fatty acids and levulinic acid respectively. In order to achieve this transformation, the development of a heterogeneous ferromagnetic acid catalyst is envisaged to ensure the development of these high efficiency processes. By adopting the concept "zero waste, the project aims to convert the exhausted biomass from active principles into biocarbons with adsorbent properties, which will be tested for the retention of inorganic compounds. The content of the project includes innovative multidisciplinary activities for optimizing the growth conditions of microalgae, respectively for extracting the compounds of interest, and for their efficient transformation into high value added compounds using catalytic systems developed within the project.

Closing the bioeconomy value chains by manufacturing market demanded innovative bioproducts Call name: P 1 - SP 1.2 - Proiecte complexe realizate in consorții CDI
PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0569 2018 - 2021

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti

Project partners: Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti (RO); INSTITUTUL DE CHIMIE MACROMOLECULARA "PETRU PONI" (RO); UNIVERSITATEA "DUNAREA DE JOS" (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU STIINTE BIOLOGICE (RO); UNIVERSITATEA AUREL VLAICU ARAD (RO)

Affiliation: Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti (RO)

Project website: http://icechim-rezultate.ro/proiect.php?id=51&lang=ro

Abstract:

Agriculture and food industry in Romania generates large amounts of co/by-products, which are not used and turn into wastes, with negative impacts. The approach of the project PRO-SPER is to develop integrated processes, flexible and interconnected, to transform a number of agro-food by-products in bio-products, with market demand. This approach facilitates the achievement of project goals, complex-coordination and linking of the research organizations that are members of the Consortium, INCDCP-ICMPP, UDJ, ICECHIM, INCDSB and UAV, for improving their institutional performance in the field of nano-and bio-technologies of their application into bioeconomy.

The overall objective of the project PRO-SPER is to increase the impact of research and development activities and innovation of the RDI institutions, by developing and harnessing innovative technological solutions for bio-nano-processing of several by-products from the bioeconomy value chains, for recovering and/or formation of value-added components and their use in order to obtain products with high added value.

Expected results through the implementation of the project (21 new jobs, 23 national patent applications and international patent applications 6 EPO/WIPO; 10 technologies/new products resulting from the project, at a level of technological maturity to enable taking over by the operators, 5 services research and technological research services 10 cheques, 10 experiments cheques services

80 internship of young researchers from and within partner institutions, 50 visits for developing new techniques for working jointly in the Consortium, 30 training internships for new employees, 28scientific papers, 1 joint program CDI, in line with the development plan of institutional partners) have a significant impact on the capacity-building of the partners in the Consortium.

Energetic efficiency biogas plants improvement by integrated system: biogas-microalgae-biofuels in frame of biorefinery concept (AlgalBiogasConceptEnergy) Call name: P 1 - SP 1.2 - Proiecte complexe realizate in consorții CDI
PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0541 2018 - 2021

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti

Project partners: Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU INGINERIE ELECTRICA ICPE - CA BUCURESTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU CARTOF SI SFECLA DE ZAHAR-BRASOV (RO); UNIVERSITATEA PETROL GAZE PLOIESTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICĂ "GHEORGHE ASACHI" IAŞI (RO)

Affiliation: Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti (RO)

Project website: http://www.icechim-rezultate.ro/proiect.php?id=38&lang=ro; http://www.icechim-rezultate.ro/proiect.php?id=39&lang=en

Abstract:

The complex project propose the development and demonstration of innovative technologies to optimize the biogas plants by integrating the open ponds for microalgae cultivation using the digestate resulted from anaerobic digestion as a culture medium. The integral valorization of microalgae biomass consists in: obtaining of algal extracts (for co-digestion), lipid fraction (for biofuels) and spent biomass (co-digestion substrate); advanced separation and valorization of biogas by carbon dioxide conversion to biomethane; biorefining of the solid digestate and lipid fractions obtained from algal biomass into biochar, fuel components, bitumen fluxes, biohydrogen and liquefiable gaseous fractions. As results of this project will be: a demonstrated technology at TRL 6 level within the biogas-microalge integrated and an experimental stand for the evaluation of biomethane and liquefied gaseous hydrocarbons combustion efficiency and emission control.

Innovative technologies based on polymers for the obtaining of new advanced materials Call name: P 1 - SP 1.2 - Proiecte complexe realizate in consorții CDI
PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0428 2018 - 2021

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti

Project partners: Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE - DEZVOLTARE CHIMICO - FARMACEUTICA - I.C.C.F. BUCURESTI (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU ELECTROCHIMIE SI MATERIE CONDENSATA - INCEMC TIMISOARA (RO); UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI (RO); INSTITUTUL DE CHIMIE MACROMOLECULARA "PETRU PONI" (RO)

Affiliation: Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti (RO)

Project website: http://icechim-rezultate.ro/proiect.php?id=41&lang=ro

Abstract:

The project is aimed at using the expertise that involved in consortium entities acquired in materials science. The consortium consists of three representative national institutes: INCD for Chemistry and Petrochemistry – ICECHIM Bucharest, INCD for Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter - INCEMC Timisoara and INCD of Chemical Pharmaceutical - ICCF Bucharest, and of two prestigious universities: University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest and the University of Bucharest and a remarkable institute of Romanian Academy: Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry – Petru Poni Iasi. Although having great tradition and noteworthy results, the first five institutions face a series of problems, from the lack of financial funds, equipment and the aging employees for ICCF and partly for INCEMC and ICECHIM, to the lack of highly qualified staff required for recent investments in equipment for all 5 institutions. In this respect, the project attempts relaunching the activity in the first 5 institutions of the consortium, by putting together the existing competencies, so as to develop new technologies in order to obtain new materials with high performance properties. Given that, 3 of the research teams are specialized in polymers (ICECHIM, Petru Poni and UPB) the developed technologies will use the polymers as intermediates or as a component in the finished product. To this end it is envisaged getting the titanium nitride for prosthetic coatings via inorganic-organic polymer nanocomposites, obtaining photocatalytic materials and antibacterial coatings by sol- gel reactions, obtaining of short-life or one-time use biomaterials from aliphatic polyesters and micro or nanocellulose and the development of new polyphase materials with medium or long life, based on biopolymers, through 3D printing. The project intends the full use of A1, A2, B and C checks in order to increase the institutional performance of partners.

Conversion of Biomass Wastes into Furan Derivatives, for Applications in Biofuels Call name: Joint Applied Research Projects - PCCA 2013 - call
PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-0635 2014 - 2017

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: INSTITUTUL DE CERCETARI PRODUSE AUXILIARE ORGANICE S.A.

Project partners: INSTITUTUL DE CERCETARI PRODUSE AUXILIARE ORGANICE S.A. (RO); Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti (RO); UNIVERSITATEA PETROL GAZE PLOIESTI (RO)

Affiliation: Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti (RO)

Project website: http://www.icpaomedias.ro/index.php/proiecte-in-derulare/carfural

Abstract:

The Kyoto protocol, together with the desire to reduce society’s dependence on imported crude oil, has directed researchers’ attention to the use of biomass as a source of energy and, more specifically, for transportation fuels. The biomass-derived fuels can be CO2–neutral, since the CO2 produced in their combustion can be reabsorbed by green plants during photosynthesis.

The overall objective of CARFURAL is conversion of lignocellulosic wastes in two chemical building blocks: furfural (furan-2-carbaldehyde) and 5-(alkoxymethyl)furfurals

[5-(alkoxymethyl)furan-2-carbaldehyde], followed by processing them for the production of biofuels having applications as components or additives for gasoline or diesel, in order to improve their characteristics.

The end-of-project results will be original technologies for the production of following product groups with direct applications and market potential:

1- furfural and 5-(alkoxymethyl)furfurals (i.e. alkoxy = -OCH3, -OC2H5, -OC3H7, etc.) as process intermediates (for furan based biofuels), and end-products (in other potential uses, eg phenol-furfural resins, urea-furfural resins, solvents, etc.)

2- furyl-dioxacyclane derivatives

3- furyl-dioxacyclane esters

4- furan derivatives and/or tetrahydrofuran derivatives

5- tetrahydrofuryl-dioxacyclane derivatives

6- selective hydrogenation catalysts

7- hybrid biodiesel

- Furfural, will be produced by hydrolysis of hemicellulosic fractions from lignocellulosic wastes such as sunflower seed hulls (from oil factories), sunflower stalks and corn cobs. Remained cellulosic fraction will be processed to obtain 5-(alkoxymethyl)furfurals.

- Furfural and 5-(alkoxymethyl)furfurals will be condensed with crude glycerine, waste from biodiesel manufacture, resulting furyl-dioxacyclane derivatives.

- Furyl-dioxacyclane derivatives can be used as such, or will be transesterified, with monocarboxylic acid methyl esters, to obtain esters of furyl-dioxacyclane derivatives

- Furyl-dioxacyclane derivatives will be selective hydrogenated to result tetrahydrofuran derivatives

- 5-(Alkoxymethyl)furfurals will be selective hydrogenated to obtain furan derivatives [eg 2-methyl-5-(alkoxymethyl)furan] and/or tetrahydrofuran derivatives [eg 2-(hydroxymethyl)-5-(alkoxymethyl)tetrahydrofuran; 2-methyl-5-(alkoxymethyl)tetrahydrofuran]

- Selective hydrogenation catalysts will be produced and tested

- A complex process for obtaining an hybrid biodiesel by processing together vegetable oil wastes and lignocellulosic wastes, resulting a mixture of classical biodiesel, furfural and 5-(methoxymethyl)furfural glycerol acetals, will be developed.

The following success criteria will be used as basis for evaluating project performance:

- it will develop laboratory-scale technologies for the production of derivatives from above mentioned classes (1-7)

- it will determine the specific characteristics of the synthesized products in mixture with gasoline and/or diesel; it will select at least one product from each class 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, which improve at least two characteristics of baseline gasoline and / or diesel (eg octane number, cetane number, pour point, cold filter plugging point, flash point, viscosity, environmental performance of additived fuels, as evidenced by the reduction of exhaust pollutants, etc.).

- for at least one efficient product, selected from all of 1-7 classes, it will be upgraded technologies from laboratory to micropilot scale

- it will protect original technologies developed in the project, by at least two national patent applications and two european patent applications

- the project results will be disseminated through publication of at least two papers, in ISI quoted scientific journals, and at least two communications at conferences

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