Short CV
Aikaterini Mountraki received her diploma in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2009. In 2011 she received her MSc in «Computational Engineering» from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). She has participated in the FP7 European project "BIOCORE". Today, Aikaterini is a member of the Marie Curie Action "RENESENG" as an associate researcher in the French CIMV enterprise and as a PhD candidate in NTUA under the supervision of Professor Antonis Kokossis. She is fluent in Greek, English, French and German.
Objective
Modeling and synthesis of the future biorefinery: an integrated systems approach to enhance the purification of C5 and C6 using organosolv technology and heterogeneous mixtures of lignocellulosic and seaweed feedstocks.
Current Status
Development of simulation models in AspenOne for the 1st generation ethanol production (feedstock: sugarcane), for the process of CIMV (feedstock: wheat straw, sugarcane bagasse) as well as for different valorization paths of the C5, C6 sugars and lignin. It has also been developed a model for heat integration in GAMS.
Future 6-months Plan
The main future plan for the next 6 months is to develop a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model in order to systematize the selection of different valorization paths as well as their integration in an existing industrial site. A parallel plan is also the simulation in AspenOne of other processes who might be interested to be integrated with the process of CIMV as well as the accuracy amelioration of the existing models.
Secondments
Planned secondment:
• WUR, 2 months, Empirical models in relation to lignin streams that are important for the CIMV process
• NTUA, 2 months, Develop models and integration tools in relation to the organosolv processes installed at CIMV
• BPF, 1 month, Model and include process operations installed at PBF
Publications - Conferences
Mountraki A.D., Benjelloun- Mlayah B., Kokossis A.C. (2015), Simulation of integrated 1G bio-ethanol production and 2G multi-product biorefinery, 10th Panhellenic Chemical Engineering Scientific Conference, Patra 4-6 June 2015, Greece.
A. D. Mountraki, K. R. Koutsospyros, B. Benjelloun Mlayah, A. C. Kokossis, Selection of Biorefinery Routes: The Case of Xylitol and its Integration with an Organosolv Process, 20 December 2016
Annex
Fellow
ESR 8.1 |
Host institution
CIMV - PhD enrolment: Y (NTUA) |
Duration
36 months |
Start date
M6 |
| Project title : The design of the modular lignocellulosic biorefinery. Work packages : WP3, WP5. Supervisor name: Prof M Delmas (CIMV) or someone with the same level of expertise and /or experience |
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Objectives:
- To produce a paradigm for the modular biorefinery, namely one that can is adjusted based on the occasional feedstock portfolios, regional priorities, preferences and local constraints
- To develop a tool to systematize and automate analysis offering advice to investors and selecting the process engineering options appropriate to the occasion
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Tasks and methodology:
- Task 1 Modularize the biorefinery.
- Task 2 Define the scope and purpose of a decision support environment.
- Task 3 Validate models and technology.
- Task 4 Develop technology to integrate and select modular units.
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| Results: Decision support tools to advise for the products and production paths appropriate to install, Decision support tools for the biorefinery technology (e.g. choice of processing technologies and the integrated schemes to select) as a function of different feedstocks and market constraints, Modular representation of the lingo-cellulosic biorefinery useful to analyse and scale-up options |
| Dissemination: 3 conference proceedings, Participation in 2-3 international conferences (PSE, waste management conferences, Journal for Cleaner Technology), 2-3 journal manuscript in (e.g. Biomass and Bioenergy, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res) |
Planned secondment:
- WUR, 2 months, Empirical models in relation to lignin streams that are important for the CIMV process
- NTUA, 2 months, Develop models and integration tools in relation to the organosolv processes installed at CIMV
- BPF, 1 month, Model and include process operations installed at PBF
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