A taylored-made programme, 19 videos available

Part I  of the curriculum offered an overview of biorefinery concepts (10 videos) and will include an on-site, commentated visit of state of the art pilot and industrial facilities. This introduction provided an ideal opportunity for a wide public, including PhD students, researchers and policy mak-ers to become acquainted with the fundamentals of biorefin-ing and to learn more about the current status quo, notably in Europe.

Part II  of the curriculum took the trainee further along the learning path, providing high level information on the underpinning tech-nologies. Starting with a series of lectures delivered by European experts (9 videos), this part of the course had been completed by in-depth 3-hour training modules. By choosing a maximum of two modules, trainees had the opportunity to come into closer contact with certain aspects of biorefining technologies and to discuss these technologies with course faculty members in a more intimate learning environment.

Watch the videos here :

http://www.international.inra.fr/research/science_in_motion/biorefining_european_summer_school

Detailed programme

• General introduction -Giving Value to the Sustainable Processing of Biomass – BIOREFINING – Prof.dr. Johan Sanders, WUR, The Netherlands

Aims
- Introduction on the principles of biorefining as driver for a future Biobased Economy
- Provide a general overview of the current status and developments within the field of biorefining
Set-up & Co-ordination
IEA Bioenergy Task 42 on Biorefining
Contact: René van Ree / Wageningen University and Research centre (WUR)
rene.vanree@wur.nl

Biorefinery concepts

Lignocellulosic Feedstock Biorefinery – Drs. Hans Reith, ECN, The Netherlands

Green Biorefinery – Dr. Edwin Keijsers, WUR, The Netherlands

Integration into Conventional Oil Refineries – Dr. Gabriella Fogassy, University of Lyon / CNRS, France    

Micro-algae / Seaweeds Biorefinery – Dr. Maria Barbosa, WUR, The Netherlands

Environmental biorefinery: from waste/wastewater to energy using anaerobic digestion – Dr. Philippe Steyer, INRA, Narbonne, France

Biofuel-driven Biorefinery Systems / LCAs – Dr. Gerfried Jungmeier, Joanneum Research, Austria


Biorefining, the Bioeconomy and business strategy

Biotechnology for a more sustainable production of chemicals - Dr. Sybe Hartmans DSM Biotechnology Center, The Netherlands

Cereal refining for the production of biofuels, biomolecules and biomaterials - Andreas Redl, Syral, France

Biorefinery in Practice / C5-sugar based Fuels and Chemicals – Dr. Ed de Jong, Avantium B.V., The Netherlands

• Bazancourt an integrated multiproduct biorefinery complex

Set-up & Co-ordination
Bioraffinerie recherches et innovation
Contact: Jean-Marie Chauvet (BRI)
jm.chauvet@bioraffinerie-innovation.fr

Aims
- Discover a working, advanced biorefinery complex and understand the industrial “metabolism” of the site
- See firsthand industrial equipment and relate this visual experience to technical information

Bazancourt: a major European biorefinery complex - Read more

- The Biorefinery site 
Cristanol
- R&D Activities
ARD Presentation
Futurol
CIMV

• Supplying and operating a lignocellulosic biorefinery

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique and FP7 BIOCORE
Contact: Michael O’Donohue, Michael.odonohue@insa-toulouse.fr

Aims:
•    Discover the different technical aspects of lignocellulosic biorefining:
o    biomass production and mobilization
o    biotechnologies
o    valorization routes for LC biomass components

Technologies and issues related to LC biomass production

Short rotation coppice: advanced feedstocks for biorefining - Dr. Catherine Bastien, INRA, Orléans, France

Tailoring plants for biofinery uses – Dr. Herman Höfte, INRA, Versailles, France

Assessing feedstock availability - Mr. Teuvo Paappanen, VTT, Finland

LC biomass to platform intermediates

Biomass pretreatment -Robert Bakker, WUR, The Netherlands

Enzyme technologies in lignocellulosic biorefining – Dr. Anu Koivula

Engineering microorganisms for lignocellulosic biorefining – Prof. Lisbeth Olsson, Chalmers University, Sweden

Focus on lignins and hemicelluloses

Lignin chemistry and applications – Michel Delmas, CIMV, France

Upgrading and valorization routes for hemicellulose streams – Dr. Luis Duarte, LNEG, Lisbon, Portugal
Other biorefining topics
 
Introduction to safety issues in the field of biorefining – Dr. Guy Marlair, INERIS

 

• In-depth view of underpinning technologies

Set-up & Co-ordination: Michael O’Donohue
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique and FP7 BIOCORE
michael.odonohue@insa-toulouse.fr

Aims:
Working with smaller groups, lecturers in day 4 provided a more in-depth view into selected state of the art technologies that are underpinning the development of biorefinieries.


Module 1 – Industrial biotechnology: state of the art strategies for the development of efficient biocatalysts

Lecturers: Claire Dumon, INRA-INSA LISBP Toulouse

Module 2 – Design and optimization of biorefinery processes

Lecturers: Antonis Kokossis, Athanassios Nikolakopoulos, NTUA Greece

Module 3 - Analytical techniques in biorefining

Lecturers: Stefan Willfor Åbo Akademi University and Richard Gosselink WUR The Netherlands

Module 4 – Multicriteria assessment of complex biorefinery systems and their products

Lecturers: Nils Rettenmeier Institut für Energie und  Umweltforschung Heidelberg GmbH (IFEU)
and Benoit Gabriel INRA Versailles-Grignon

The European training course is organised by the INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France), the SEVAB doctoral school (University of Toulouse) and partners of the european project Biocore (Biocommodity refinery.

		Dr Michael O’Donohue, coordinator of the project Biocore Deputy head of the division for Science and Process Engineering of Agricultural Product Dr Claire Dumon, INRA Toulouse
Graduate school (University of Toulouse)		Prof. Claude Maranges, Director of the SEVAB doctoral council, University of Toulouse
		Prof. Antonis Kokossis, Chair of Process Systems Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens
		Dr René van Ree Programme co-ordinator Biorefinery Wageningen University and Research centre (WUR) Agrotechnology and Food Sciences Group (AFSG) The Netherlands
	Task 42
		Prof. Christer Larsson, associate professor of biotechnology, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden
		Dr. Nils Rettenmaier, scientist with the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research,  Heidelberg GmbH

The Biorefining school supports

 
DSM The Netherlands  has attributed two grants to young phd students



Agreenium sponsored the movies of the main courses.