DEMO PLANT TASK FORCE

People involved in the development of the B-PLAS DEMO PLANT from the department of Chemistry, Environmental Science and Industrial Chemistry of UNIBO. A blend of expertise from Analytical and Organic Chemistry, to Biology and Environmental Science disciplines.

CRISTIAN TORRI, PhD

CRISTIAN TORRI, PhD

Senior Assistant Professor



B-PLAS mission

Design, build and operate a demonstration plant of 1000 ton/y sludge and continuous production of PHA enriched bacteria

Executive B-PLAS DEMO project preparation and plant construction

Project Coordinator of B-PLAS DEMO Plant

ALISAR KIWAN, PhD

ALISAR KIWAN, PhD

Research Fellow




B-PLAS mission

Hydrothermal Treatments (HT) of digested sludge for the solubilisation of organics 

Chemical analysis of HT products and COD monitoring

Anaerobic fermentation tests for optimizing volatile fatty acids (VFA) yields

ELEONORA TORRICELLI, MSC

ELEONORA TORRICELLI, MSC

Research Fellow




B-PLAS mission

Improvement of the aerobic reactor 

Monitoring of bacterial composition, growth and adaptations to feast and famine regime

Chemical analysis of volatile fatty acids (VFA) and COD analysis


 

GIORGIA PAGLIANO, PHD

GIORGIA PAGLIANO, PHD

Research Fellow

B-PLAS mission

Monitoring of PHA accumulation test

Cultivation and adaptation of Mixed Microbial Cultures (MMC) under stress oparating conditions

Engineering of the biological process

daniele fabbri, phd

daniele fabbri, phd

Associate Professor


B-PLAS mission

Development of analytical methods for process monitoring

ivano vassura, phd

ivano vassura, phd

Associate Professor




B-PLAS mission

Waste management and environmental monitoring

Monitoring the environmental emission of the B-PLAS Plant

chiara samorì, phd

chiara samorì, phd

Senior Assistant Professor



B-PLAS mission

Improvement of Green Extraction Methodologies

Sustainable extraction of high purity Poly-Hydroxy-Alkanoates (PHA) from aerobic bacteria

daniele pirini, msc

daniele pirini, msc

Research Fellow



B-PLAS mission

Improvement of Green Extraction Methodologies

Selective extraction of VFA from anaerobic broth

Paola Galletti, phd

Paola Galletti, phd

Associate Professor

B-PLAS mission

Improvement of Green extraction Methodologies

Green chemistry of organic compounds from renewable resources in eco-friendly solvents

emilio tagliavini

emilio tagliavini

Full Professor


B-PLAS mission

Advisor on green chemistry approaches applied to B-PLAS processes