Faculty of Engineering

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Research group

Spanish

CERES Agribusiness & Engineering

Academic Unit: Faculty of Engineering

Colombian Ministry of Science

B

Call

894 GrupLAC

OECD

Area

Engineering and technology

Subarea

Chemical engineering

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Strategic Focus

The CERES Group has the mission of generating and applying scientific and technological knowledge that contributes to improving the well-being of people through the design of processes and development of high value-added products as a result of the sustainable use of biodiversity and natural resources in agroindustrial processes.

Research Lines and/or Areas

Design of conceptual and detailed engineering of agroindustrial processes.
Extraction and evaluation of compounds of interests from biomass of plant origin.
Rational use of energy and energy efficiency.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

Rolando De Jesús Barrera Zapata, PhD

PhD in Engineering

Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.

Coordinator's Email

rolando.barrera@udea.edu.co

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

Joint work with other research groups from Universidad de Antioquia and other higher education institutions (Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid).

Highlighted Projects

Use of the orange peel residue to obtain high added-value products.
Use and evaluation of used tires waste: An environmentally and economically viable alternative.
Dynamic modeling and techno-economic analysis of clavulanic acid production using alternative cultivation procedures of Streptomyces clavuligerus.
Integration strategies of wood planted in Colombia in thermochemical biorefinery concepts: Thermodynamic analysis and characterization of bioproducts.

Key Research Findings

Gasificación de madera torrefactada para la producción de biosingás de alta calidad (Gasification of torrefied wood for the production of high quality biosingas). In: Aplicaciones agroenergéticas con maderas cultivadas y oportunidades preliminares de mercado. Editorial Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín, 2019. ISBNe: 978-958-714-879-4
Process design and techno-economic analysis of a pineapple wine production plant under the context of the Choco-Colombia region. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol. 46, 2019, pp 277-282
Homotosolver. Colombian Ministry of the Interior, National Copyright Directorate, Logical-Software Support Registration Certificate. Book—Volume—Item: 13-62-222, August 10, 2017