The main results of the Soro & Alfaetanol project will be presented on the 18th, at 16 pm, in amphitheater 00 of the Faculty of Science and Technology (Building 1.8), on the Gambelas Campus of the University of Algarve, as part of a cycle of seminars organized by Marine and Environmental Research Center (CIMA) at UAlg.
Coordinated by Maria Emília Costa, CIMA researcher and professor at UAlg, Soro & Alfaetanol is a research project that has developed a technological process that allows the transformation of carob pulp, a by-product of industry, into 2nd generation biofuel, using effluent from cheese factories (the whey) to efficiently extract the sugars from the carob, thus saving water and energy.
Through an innovative sequential fermentation method, which uses different yeast strains, it was possible to completely transform carob and whey sugars into alcohol with high productivity and alcoholic yield.
This R&D process shows that, simultaneously, it is possible to treat effluents and agro-industrial residues in a more sustainable way, compared to conventional processes, and can also become an economic asset, both in the design of industrial projects and from a bioeconomy perspective.
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