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Silva Ortiz, P. (author), de Oliveira Junior, Silvio (author), Mariano, Adriano Pinto (author), Jocher, Agnes (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)The aeronautical sector faces challenges in meeting its net-zero ambition by 2050. To achieve this target, much effort has been devoted to exploring sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). Accordingly, we evaluated the technical performance of potential SAF production in an integrated first- and second-generation sugarcane biorefinery focusing on...journal article 2024
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Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Kokubo Roche, A.M.B. (author), Randazzo, Serena (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)The production of capital goods is often ignored in the life cycle inventory phase of life cycle assessment studies. In this study, we investigated whether capital goods production, i.e., manufacturing of capital equipment and construction of infrastructure, and operation affect the results of the social life cycle assessment (S-LCA), using a...journal article 2024
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Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Xevgenos, Dimitris (author), Ktori, R. (author), Krishnan, Adithya (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)The sustainable supply of water is crucial, especially on islands where water is scarce. Our study applied the social life cycle assessment (S-LCA), under the organizational approach, to assess industrial water production on the island of Lampedusa, Italy. A novel plant for industrial water production considering a circular concept was...journal article 2023
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López Gómez, Mauricio (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author), Silva, Vladimir (author), Martinez Luna, L. (author), Mayorga, Alejandro (author), Álvarez, Oscar (author)This article reviews the current scenario and the main uncertainties and challenges associated with implementing Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in Colombia, from which it determines the possible certified technologies under the ASTM D 7566 standard as well as co-processing technologies contemplated within the ASTM D 1655 standard, more suitable...journal article 2023
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Roibas Rozas, A. (author), Saavedra del Oso, Mateo (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author), Mosquera-Corral, Anuska (author), Hospido, Almudena (author)Mussels cooking wastewater (MCW) and fish processing wastewater (FPW) were utilized as feedstocks for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) and triacylglycerides (TAG) at the laboratory scale. This study presents a comparison of the techno-economic and environmental performance of ten circular economy-based and innovative processes,...journal article 2023
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Duran Aranguren, D.D. (author), Muñoz-Daza, L. F. (author), Castillo-Hurtado, L. J. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author), Mussatto, S. I. (author), Sierra, R. (author), Hernández-Carrión, M. (author)In the last few years, healthy foods have increasingly attracted consumers' interest, leading to an increase in sales worldwide. Using by-products from the agroindustry to produce healthy/fortified foods is a promising approach since peels and seeds of fruits have significant amounts of bioactive compounds. In this sense, this work evaluated...journal article 2023
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Shijaz, H. (author), Gallucci, Fausto (author), Straathof, Adrie J.J. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)Syngas fermentation is a biochemical pathway to produce ethanol and has been commercialized successfully. The economic viability of this process could be further improved to become more competitive in the existing ethanol market. Improving gas utilization is the key, and can be done by recycling the unreacted syngas. This work is an early...book chapter 2023
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Chandrasekaran, S. (author), Salah, Nora B. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)To be the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050, the European Union (EU) should decarbonize the aviation sector. According to the ReFuel initiative, sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) are crucial in reducing carbon emissions from the sector. The Clean Sky 2 program by the EU commission, shortlisted four promising technologies - hydro...book chapter 2023
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Chandrasekaran, S. (author), Wammes, Puck (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)Advanced biofuels from thermochemical liquefaction, such as pyrolysis (PY) and Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL), of olive residues in the Andalusian region of Spain (specifically in the province of Jaen) can potentially play a crucial role in the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the maritime sector. In this study, an...book chapter 2023
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Silva Ortiz, P. (author), Van Der Bruggen, B. (author), Yang, X. (author), Jocher, A. (author), Pinto Mariano, A. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)Integrating low-carbon technologies within biorefineries, with applications targeting energyefficient separation systems, is essential to achieving net zero emissions in the coming years. To address this target, we investigated potential biorefinery pathways featuring process intensification in the bioethanol and biodiesel industries. The role...conference paper 2023
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Becerra-Pérez, Luis Armando (author), Rincón, Luis E. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)Most gasoline currently consumed in Mexico continues to be oxygenated with Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) despite its proven effects on the environment and human health. Hence, the existence of a regulatory framework on biofuels and various institutional efforts have not been sufficient to develop a national market for anhydrous ethanol use...journal article 2023
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Cano-Londoño, Natalia A. (author), Capaz, Rafael Silva (author), Hasenstab, Christian (author), Velásquez, Héctor I. (author), McIntyre, Neil (author), Corder, Glen D. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)Purpose: Gold mining has historically and significantly contributed to the Colombian economy. Gold extraction in Colombia is mainly done through two techniques: open-pit and alluvial mining. In this study, the environmental impacts of both these mining systems were analyzed using the life cycle assessment (LCA) framework, including...journal article 2023
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Becerra Perez, L.A. (author), Rincón, Luis E. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)There is global pressure to make advanced biofuels profitable. For cellulosic ethanol, three aspects remain as bottlenecks: collection of feedstocks, pretreatment methods, and enzyme production. In this paper, the first aspect is investigated, by addressing the main challenges for the logistics of agricultural residues. A logistic supply...journal article 2022
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Kos, Johan (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author), Peerlings, Bram (author), ben Salah, Nora (author), Lim, Nanette (author), Lammen, Wim (author), Stepchuk, I. (author), van der Sman, Elisabeth (author), Palmeros Parada, M.D.M. (author)This paper investigates green hydrogen and bio-based sustainable aviation fuels, including their production technology and feedstock, in combination with Clean Sky 2 propulsion technologies and novel hydrogen-powered propulsion technologies. The impact that these alternative aviation fuels and propulsion technologies can have on greenhouse...conference paper 2022
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Palmeros Parada, M.D.M. (author), van der Wielen, L.A.M. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Pashaei Kamali, F. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author), van der Putten, Wim H. (author)Aviation biofuels are promising to reduce carbon emissions in the aviation sector. However, emerging concerns over biofuels indicate a need for sustainability analyses that take into consideration the context around biofuel production. Here, we present a novel ex-ante sustainability analysis of production alternatives for aviation biofuel in...book chapter 2022
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Tsalidis, G.A. (author), Tourkodimitri, K. Panteleaki (author), Mitko, K. (author), Gzyl, G. (author), Skalny, A. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author), Xevgenos, Dimitris (author)Although the energy transition results in decreased use of coal for power production, hard coal extraction will continue due to its importance in steel production and coal mine wastewater will continue generating after mines closure. The coal mining sector produces wastewater which results in environmental burdens and often contains valuable...journal article 2022
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Aravind, P.V. (author), Champatan, Vipin (author), Gopi, Girigan (author), Vijay, V. (author), Pande, S. (author), van den Broeke, L.J.P. (author), Shreedhar, S. (author), Nandakishor, T. M. (author), Lindeboom, R.E.F. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)In the face of the rapidly dwindling carbon budgets, negative emission technologies are widely suggested as required to stabilize the Earth’s climate. However, finding cost-effective, socially acceptable, and politically achievable means to enable such technologies remains a challenge. We propose solutions based on negative emission technologies...journal article 2022
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Almeida Benalcazar, E.F. (author), Noorman, H.J. (author), Maciel Filho, Rubens (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)This study explores key success factors for ethanol production via fermentation of gas streams, by assessing the effects of eight process variables driving the fermentation performance on the production costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Three fermentation feedstocks are assessed: off-gases from the steel industry, lignocellulosic biomass...journal article 2022
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Almeida Benalcazar, E.F. (author), Noorman, H.J. (author), Filho, Rubens Maciel (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)This study describes a methodological framework designed for the systematic processing of experimental syngas fermentation data for its use by metabolic models at pseudo-steady state and at transient state. The developed approach allows the use of not only own experimental data but also from experiments reported in literature which employ a...book chapter 2022
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Palmeros Parada, M.D.M. (author), van der Putten, Wim (author), van der Wielen, L.A.M. (author), Osseweijer, P. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Pashaei Kamali, F. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)Biobased production has been promoted as an alternative to fossil-based production to mitigate climate change. However, emerging concerns over the sustainability of biobased products have shown that tensions can emerge between different objectives and concerns, like emission reduction targets and food security, and that these are dependent on...journal article 2021