Newton Fund: From orange waste to chemicals: contributions of an integrated biorefinery approach towards sustainable development in Brazil

牛顿基金：从橙色废物到化学品：综合生物精炼方法对巴西可持续发展的贡献

• 批准号: EP/M028763/1
• 负责人: James Clark
• 金额: $ 5.17万
• 依托单位: University of York
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2015 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FM028763%2F1
• 关键词: Newton; Fund; orange; waste; chemicals

There is a pressing need for the use of renewable resources within cascading circular economies to create sustainable production and processing systems. Within this context, biorefineries are vital, as facilities for the conversion of biomass into multiple value-added products, creating flexible, zero waste networks using a variety of 'low' value local feedstocks and contributing significantly to a bio-economy. The main objective of this collaborative project is to strengthen the research network between the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE, the University of York, UK) and the Natural Products Research Group (NPRG, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil) around valorization of the Brazilian citrus chain waste, based on biorefinery and green chemistry concepts. A techno-economic and environmental assessment of a proposed whole Brazilian citrus chain biorefinery will be performed using methods developed by the SEI green-economy group, including Life Cycle Assessment, encompassing food, energy, water, environmental and social impacts. Initial studies within both groups indicate that there is a wide spectrum of valuable compounds within orange waste that can be economically recovered and modified using green extraction and formulation techniques at both a lab- and larger-scale (including flavonoids, pectin, cellulose, d-Limonene, terpineol, waxes, alkanes, sugars, among others that can be used as additives for personal care products, flavour and fragrances, cosmetics, nutraceuticals, bio-solvents, biopolymers and active ingredients for insect repellents). However, an integrated biorefinary approach to citrus chain waste needs to be further explored and advanced, particularly considering specific Brazilian economic, social and environmental characteristics and to further develop potential uses of higher value compounds. Within this project, events (workshops, conferences, courses, lectures and scientific meetings) and short-research stays will aim to transfer knowledge and technological expertise and will be of utmost importance in building long-term partnerships between the GCCE and NPRG groups, who are considered references within their areas of expertise across the world (e.g., green technologies and waste valorization at GCCE, sustainable agriculture and natural insect control at NPRG). The creation of links between these groups will aim to generate immediate results as well as future research proposals on orange waste exploitation, contributing to sustainable development in Brazil. This innovative initiative will also support the development of a new Centre of Excellence in Green Chemistry and Sustainability based in São Carlos (SP), as a full member of the Global Network of Green Chemistry Centres (G2C2). The Centre will promote and deepen dialogue between the academia, government and industry sectors, helping to constitute a better equipped community to develop excellent research outcomes and related activities around sustainability and green chemistry within Brazil.

迫切需要在级联循环经济中使用可再生资源，以创建可持续的生产和加工系统。在这种情况下，生物精炼厂是至关重要的，因为它是将生物质转化为多种增值产品的设施，使用各种“低”价值的当地原料建立灵活的零废物网络，并为生物经济做出重大贡献。该合作项目的主要目标是加强绿色化学卓越中心（GCCE，约克大学，英国）和天然产品研究小组（NPRG，卡洛斯联邦大学，巴西）之间的研究网络，围绕巴西柑橘链废物的价值，基于生物精炼和绿色化学概念。将使用SEI绿色经济小组开发的方法，包括生命周期评估，对拟议的整个巴西柑橘链生物精炼厂进行技术经济和环境评估，包括食品，能源，水，环境和社会影响。这两个小组的初步研究表明，在橙子废物中有广泛的有价值的化合物，可以在实验室和更大规模上使用绿色提取和配制技术经济地回收和改性（包括类黄酮、果胶、纤维素、d-柠檬烯、萜品醇、蜡、烷烃、糖等，其可用作个人护理产品、调味剂和香料、化妆品，营养品、生物溶剂、生物聚合物和驱虫剂的活性成分）。然而，需要进一步探索和推进柑橘链废物的综合生物精炼方法，特别是考虑到巴西的具体经济、社会和环境特点，并进一步开发更高价值化合物的潜在用途。在该项目中，活动（研讨会、会议、课程、讲座和科学会议）和短期研究停留将旨在转让知识和技术专长，并将对建立GCCE和NPRG团体之间的长期伙伴关系至关重要，这些团体被认为是世界各地专业领域的参考（例如，GCCE的绿色技术和废物增值，NPRG的可持续农业和自然昆虫控制）。在这些团体之间建立联系的目的是立即产生成果，并就橙子废物利用提出未来的研究建议，为巴西的可持续发展作出贡献。这一创新举措还将支持在卡洛斯（SP）建立一个新的绿色化学和可持续发展英才中心，作为全球绿色化学中心网络（G2 C2）的正式成员。该中心将促进和深化学术界、政府和工业部门之间的对话，帮助建立一个装备更好的社区，在巴西境内围绕可持续性和绿色化学开发优秀的研究成果和相关活动。

项目成果

Polysaccharide-derived mesoporous materials (Starbon®) for sustainable separation of complex mixtures.

• DOI: 10.1039/c7fd00056a
• 发表时间: 2017-09
• 期刊: Faraday discussions
• 影响因子: 3.4
• 作者: V. Zuin;V. Budarin;M. De bruyn;P. Shuttleworth;A. J. Hunt;Camille Pluciennik;A. Borisova;J. Dodson;H. Parker;J. Clark

Valorization of Waste Orange Peel to Produce Shear-Thinning Gels

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b01009
• 发表时间: 2019-12-01
• 期刊: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION
• 影响因子: 3
• 作者: Mackenzie, Lucy S.;Tyrrell, Helen;Hurst, Glenn A.
• 通讯作者: Hurst, Glenn A.

Plants as resources for organic molecules: Facing the green and sustainable future today

植物作为有机分子的资源：面向当今的绿色和可持续未来

• DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsc.2017.10.001
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
• 影响因子: 9.3
• 作者: Zuin V

Microwave assisted hydro-distillation of essential oils from wet citrus peel waste

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.07.108
• 发表时间: 2016-11-20
• 期刊: JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
• 影响因子: 11.1
• 作者: Bustamante, Julen;van Stempvoort, Sytze;Clark, James H.
• 通讯作者: Clark, James H.

Green and Sustainable Separation of Natural Products from Agro-Industrial Waste: Challenges, Potentialities, and Perspectives on Emerging Approaches.

天然产物与农业工业废物的绿色和可持续分离：对新兴方法的挑战，潜力和观点。

• DOI: 10.1007/s41061-017-0182-z
• 发表时间: 2018-01-17
• 期刊: Topics in current chemistry (Cham)
• 作者: Zuin VG;Ramin LZ
• 通讯作者: Ramin LZ