LNEG-BBRI4

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LNEG-BBRI4

TA71 – LNEG-BBRI 

Location

Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22

1649-038 Lisboa,  Portugal 

Description

TA71 is the Research Infrastructure (RI) offered at LNEG (called BBRI-Biomass and Bioenergy Research Infrastructure) belonging to the Portuguese Roadmap of Research Infrastructures[1]. The main aim of TA71 LNEG-BBRI is the development of biomass processing technologies for different end-uses (energy-based and bio-based products), the promotion of research excellence, external services provider, and training of new professionals on sustainable bioenergy and bioeconomy.

TA71-BBRI4 is offering R&D and advanced training activities on microalgal biomass technologies to the scientific community, professionals, universities, R&D institutes and industry. The activities will be directed towards professionals working in the Biomass and Bioenergy markets and MSc, PhD and Post-Doc students aiming at increasing the number of Microalgae-based Bioenergy expert professionals.

[1] https://arquivo.pt/wayback/20240119151303mp_/https://former.fct.pt/media/docs/Portuguese_Roadmap_Infrastructures2020.pdf

Testing Capabilities

Microalgae cultivation at lab scale (heterotrophic, mixotrophic and autotrophic cultivation modes) and pilot scale (autotrophy); microalgal harvesting and dewatering; microalgae cell disruption, metabolite extraction and fractionation in the frame of biorefineries; biological, chemical and thermochemical conversion of microalgal biomass into biofuels and bioenergy; life cycle inventory (LCI) and life cycle assessment (LCA) of microalgal based biorefineries; technical economic assessment (TEA) of microalgal based biorefineries.

Technical Equipment

Lab and pilot scale equipment for heterotrophic, mixotrophic and autotrophic microalgal cultivation modes, namely outdoor raceway bioreactors with paddle wheels from 2 to 48 m2, flat panel alveolar closed photobioreactors (up to 50L), column closed photobioreactors (up to 60L), tubular photobioreactors, 5m2 GreenWalls and fermenters from 0.6 to 5L, electroflocculator, homogenizer Heidolph Diax 600, High Pressure homogeneizer GEA Niro Soavi Panda Plus (9L/h), high energy sonicator (Bandelin UW 3400 Sonopuls), vibrating ball mill (Retsch Vibrating Mill MM400) and Accelerator Solvent Extractor (Thermo ASE 150 DIONEX). Analytical support equipment includes: HPLC-DAD, HPLC-RI, GC-FID, GC-TCD, multiparametric flow cytometer; microscopes; CO2 and O2 analysers; LI-COR photometer. SIMA-PRO and ECOINVENT software and database, respectively for LCI and LCA.

Additional information

Technology Readiness Level: 4-6

Special considerations: N/A 

Technology clusters: Biofuels, Hydrogen, Materials for Energy

Website: https://www.lneg.pt/en/infrastructure/bbri-biomass-and-bioenergy-research-infrastructure-2/

Availability: All the year

Provision of tools to prepare data sets in a FAIR way:  Yes 

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