Research Topic 1: Sustainable Biorefinery with Process Design and Systems-level Analysis
Research Goal (연구 목표): 미활용 바이오매스 유래 전 공정 모사 및 모니터링 플랫폼 기술 개발
Our group's research goal is to create a systematic method for sustainable energy process systems design by incorporating various theories and techniques of process systems engineering area and developing a sustainable (economic, low environmental impact, low waste, efficient operation, correct raw material) process flowsheet that can convert the raw materials to the desired products. Its applications that we have been focusing on are synthesis of biomass-to-fuels/Chemicals and CO2&H2-to-fuels/chemicals.
Research Contents & Representative Research Achievements (연구 내용 및 대표 연구 성과)
- 2nd (cellulosic) and 3rd (algal) generation biomass resources to produce biofuels and bioproducts
- Simulation models to design biorefineries producing high-value building blocks for sustainability
- Analysis methods to identify critical factors on economic and environmental aspects in the production process
▪ Organic waste biorefinery
- Food Waste Valorization to Green Energy Vehicles: Sustainability Assessment (Energy and Environmental Science, 2021, IF=39.714, Outside back cover )
- Net-Zero Emissions in Aviation: Transforming Food Waste into SAF (전남대-Pf. Jaewon Byun, ‘25.08.~)
- Climate variability and food waste treatment: Analysis for bioenergy sustainability (Renew. Sust. Energ. Rev., 2022, IF=16.799)
▪Biorefinery
- Sustainable development of biorefineries- integrated assessment method for co-production pathways (Energy and Environmental Science, 2020, IF=39.714, Outside back cover)
