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Projects for Advanced Drop-in Biofuels production shall make available cleaner alternatives for the country energetic frame at competitive costs to fossil fuels, fostering further commitments from private sector regarding GHG emissions reduction.

Renewable Fuels/ Chemicals/ Energy processes development and optimization. Technical-economical comparison studies concerning the main early-commercial stage technologies for advanced biofuels production

Studies carried out for VALE from 2011 to 2014. Main worldwide licensors consulted:

  • UOP - USA

  • Neste Oil – Finland

  • Haldor Topsoe - Denmark

  • Air Liquide/Lurgi – Germany

  • Linde – Germany

  • W.R. Grace – USA

  • i/Criterion – iH² USA

  • Kior – USA

  • Envergent – USA

  • GTL F1 – Germany

  • BP – England

  • DPT - England

  • Axens – France

  • Sasol – South África

  • Udhe – Germany

  • Siemens – Germany

  • Beta Renewables/Chemtex – Italy

  • Virent - USA

Ethanol Drying Units

  • ADM – USA

  • W.R. GRACE - USA

  • Adsorption Research Inc – USA

  • Braskem - Brazil

  • Cargill – USA

  • Center Ethanol – USA

  • CETEC/MG – Brazil

  • Dedini – Brazil

  • Fibertel – Argentina

  • Hawkeye Shell Rock, LLC – USA

  • High Plains – USA

  • India Glycols – India

  • Ineos – USA

  • Iogen – Canada

  • Jilin Bioethanol Company – China

  • JW – Brazil

  • NG – Brazil

  • Petrobras – Brazil

  • Poet – USA

  • Porta HNOS SA – Argentina

  • SIENG – Brazil

  • TISCCA – Paraguay

  • Weatherly Inc – USA

Vegetable Oils Refining for Biodiesel production or HVO production (Green Diesel)

From 2007 to 2011

  • Austenbio – Brazil

  • Aceites Manuelita – Colombia

  • Bertin – Brazil

  • Big Frango – Brazil

  • Biominas Biodiesel – Brazil

  • Biopar – Brazil

  • Bio Clean Energy – Brazil

  • Biocapital – Brazil

  • Bio D – Colombia

  • Brasil Ecodiesel – Brazil

  • Bsbios – Brazil

  • Bunge – Brazil

  • Cargill – Brazil

  • Crown Iron – USA

  • Cooperbio – Brazil

  • Dedini – Brazil

  • DeSmet – USA

  • Dynamic Fuels – USA

  • Ecofuel – Argentina

  • Intecnial – Brazil

  • Lurgi – Brazil

  • Neste Oil – Finland

  • Patagonia – Argentina

  • Petrobras – Brazil

  • REG – USA

  • Renova – Argentina

  • Viluco – Argentina

Catalytic reactors design, operation and optimization

Oxiteno – Brazil from 2004 to 2007

  • Development of heterogeneous catalysts for FFA esterification in Biodiesel Production Processes (Biodiesel production from high FFA feedstocks)

  • Development of heterogeneous catalysts for transesterification of Oils and Fats

  • Development of Catalysts for Vegetable Oils and Fats Hydrogenation

  • Development of Catalysts for hydrogenation of fat esters to fat alcohols

  • Development of Catalysts for Fischer - Tropsch Synthesis

  • Selection of Commercial Catalysts (Shell, Nippon Shokubai e Scientific Design) for Ethylene Oxide production

  • Development of catalysts for partial oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde

  • Gasoline production from Glycerin at low temperature by means an energetically integrated process, through Glycerin reforming to syngas followed by Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis