Franco Berruti
Contact
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Pavilion Building,
Room CMLP 2331
Western University
London, Ontario N6A5B9
Institute for Chemicals and Fuels from Alternative Resources (ICFAR)
Western University
22312 Wonderland Road N., Ilderton, Ontario N0M2A0
Tel: 519-661-2111 ext. 88771
Fax: 519-661-4016
E-mail: fberruti@uwo.ca
Projects
- Unlocking the Circular Economy Value Chain: Conversion of Biomass, Co-products, Residues and Wastes into Value-Added Products
- Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass and Waste to Bioindustrial Resources
- Comparative Investigation on the Potential of Pyrolysis Technology for Resource Recovery from Municipal Wastes
- Pyrolysis of bark, lignin, greenhouse residues, grasses (Miscanthus and Phragmites), residues from ethanol and biogas industries
- Adhesive and antioxidant properties of pyrolysis bio-oil
- Biochar applications as soil amendment, fertilizer, adsorbent, filler for composites and advanced material for electronic applications
- Development of Mechanically Fluidized Reactor (MFR) pyrolysis technology
- Anaerobic digestion of aqueous pyrolysis liquids to produce methane
- Injection of liquids in fluidized bed thermal cracking reactors: liquid dispersion, agglomerates behavior, impact of reactor hydrodynamics and the use of internals
- Fluid Coking