LGP2 - Biomass, biomaterial, biorefinery, green chemistry, nanocellulose, fibre, printed electronics, packaging - Grenoble INP - PAGORA

Research topics

• New chemical processes for the delignification of plant material.
• New recovering secondary products in biomaterials, bioenergy and bioproducts.
• Process modeling and optimization.

• Increased operations unit manufacturing paper (refining, filtration, pressing and drying).
• Fluid mechanics, rheology, transport phenomena.

• Characterization of heterogeneous fibrous materials
• Behavior modeling thermo-hygro-mechanical materials
• Effect of manufacturing unit operations on material properties and wear properties of materials

• Physical processes (calendering, coating, plasma treatment), physico-chemical and chemical (green processes).
• Barrier properties, new functional materials.

• Control of the printing.
• Implementation of materials for printing of electronic components.
• Formulation of complex fluids with rheological properties controlled.

• Modeling and process control.
• Flotation, flotation reagent.
• Biological processes for treatment of pulp and paper effluent.