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Towards a Versatile and Sustainable Platform for Tailor-Made Adhesives
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2022-06-17)
The main objective of the present thesis work was to explore the possibility to design and synthesize versatile environmental-friendly adhesives and to adjust their properties to be suitable for different purposes by ...
Development of structured catalyst and reactor technologies for biomass conversion - Continuous production of sugar alcohols
(Åbo Akademi University, 2021-05-19)
Energy-efficient technologies have been an aspiration for chemical industries, especially the design of chemical reactors. Structured catalysts play an important role to achieve this purpose. Several types of structured ...
Production of γ-valerolactone, a green platform molecule
(Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rouen & Åbo Akademi University, 2023-06-28)
Non-renewable feedstock should be replaced with renewable resources in the production of energy, chemical commodities, and materials to increase sustainability. Biomass, especially 2nd generation biomass sources such as ...
Development of advanced oxidation processes for the Finnish pulp and paper industry water treatment
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 2022-11-04)
Advanced oxidation processes (AOP) have been developed as a pinnacle of chemical water treatment to face the more tightening environmental limits during the last three decades. Whenever either pure coagulation & flocculation ...
Hydrogen Peroxide as Green Oxidant : Mechanistic Insight in the Direct Synthesis and Application
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2023-07-14)
In recent years the need to lower the environmental impact of chemical processes and the reduction of the reliance of non-renewable raw materials have been in the focus of academic and industrial research to battle and ...
Thermochemical Conversion Characteristics of Vinasse
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2020-08-28)
Vinasse, also known as stillage or spent wash, is an effluent from the distillery plant of the integrated sugar-ethanol process. It is characterized by an acidic pH, a black-reddish color, and being a dilute effluent with ...
Modeling and analysis of blast furnace drainage
(Åbo Akademi University, 2020-10-02)
The blast furnace is the prevailing unit process for iron-making in the steelmaking process and the present growing global demand for steel leads to higher requirements set on the efficiency and productivity of the process. ...
Development of microreactor technology for partial oxidation of ethanol on gold catalyst
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2020-03-06)
Oxidation of alcohols from biological origin is of significant industrial relevance for the production of fine and specialty chemicals. Aldehydes from polyols are important intermediates in pharmaceutical and alimentary ...
Multifaceted Applications of Nanocellulose-based Materials for Water Remediation
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2022-08-26)
During the last decades, water pollution has become a severe environmental and health crisis in many countries due to rapid industrialization and urbanization, attracting increasing attention worldwide. As one of the most ...
Epoxidation of vegetable oils : process intensification for biomass conversion
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2020-01-15)
Oils extracted from plants, algae, seeds and wood are one of the vast biomass resources which can be used to elaborate a wide range of products. Tall oil obtained from forest biomass is a good source of vegetable oils, ...