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Project acronym: EuroBioRef

Project Title: EUROpean multilevel integrated BIOREFinery design for sustainable biomass

processing

Instrument: Large Scale Collaborative Project

Thematic Priority: FP7-ENERGY.2009.3.3.1

Grant Agreement: 241718

Start Date of Project: 01/03/10

Duration: 48 Months

SP10 – Exploitation, dissemination, communication, standardisation and training activities

WP10.3 – Training activities

Deliverable report

Due Date of Deliverable: M36 - 28/02/2013 Actual Submission Date: M36 - 06/02/2013

Deliverable Identification Deliverable Number: D10.3.1

Deliverable Title:

General report for the following items

1- Training course plan and seminars (CERTH) 2- Evaluation forms for the training sessions, forms consolidation and assessment (ALMA) 3- Report on the training events occurred (UWM) 4- Report on the summer courses (CIRCC/CERTH)

Responsible Beneficiary: CERTH (for Training course plan and seminars)

Contributing Beneficiaries: CNRS-UCCS, CRES, HTAS, PDC-GMBH, ECOINT, EUBIA, TUDO, FEUP, RWTH, CIRCC, SOABE, ALMA, UWM

To be Submitted to the EC: Yes

History

Version Author Modification Date V1 Angeliki LEMONIDOU First draft with partners contributions 17/01/2013

V2 Michele ARESTA Updates 31/01/2013

Approval

Name Organization Date Visa

Deliverable Responsible Angeliki LEMONIDOU CERTH 17/01/2013 OK

Work Package Leader Angeliki LEMONIDOU CERTH 17/01/2013 OK

Sub-Project Leader Michele ARESTA CIRCC 31/01/2013 OK

Coordinator Franck DUMEIGNIL CNRS-UCCS 05/02/2013 OK

Dissemination level

PU Public X

PP Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services)*

RE Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services)*

CO Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission Services) * In case of dissemination level of PP/RE, the persons (or group of personnes) agreed to have an access to the document are: Not applicable

Proprietary rights statement This document contains information, which is proprietary to the EuroBioRef consortium. Neither this document, nor the information contained herein, shall be used,

duplicated or communicated by any means to any third party, in whole or in parts, except prior written consent of the EuroBioRef consortium.

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Content

Content .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Executive summary ................................................................................................................................. 3

Description of the deliverable objective and content .......................................................................... 3 Deviation from objectives and corrective actions ................................................................................ 6 Impact of the results ............................................................................................................................ 6 Publishable information ....................................................................................................................... 6 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................... 6

ANNEX I – Short course on Reactive molecular separations 1-Short course on Reactive molecular separations .............................................................................................................................................. 7 ANNEX II - Workshop on biomass cultivation, December 10, 2012, Poland ........................................ 10

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Executive summary

Description of the deliverable objective and content

The main objective of the training activities is to promote Sustainable Biorefinery Sciences and Technologies through Training, Education, and Mobility. The specific objectives are : To instruct and train all the people involved with production and usage of biorefineries including

industrials, students or research people To organize staff training in order to transfer the necessary technological knowledge To spread specific knowledge form experts in EUROBIOREF to young scientists and exchange of

good practice among the high level partners involved in different domains. To provide personal and distance-learning training to extend Science & Technology understanding

of the Biorefinery concept, and in parallel, promote S&T cohesion within the European Research Area and so increase skills across Europe.

Training activities The organization of training will consist of the following activities: 1. Lectures and training needs 2. Creating lectures for Universities courses and training material for the various types of users. This material will be updated for each new product 3. Organizations of workshops and training schools 4. Implementing at the users site 5. Evaluation of the training The activities accomplished in each of the tasks are summarized below while the detailed technical content is presented in Annexes I and II.

Training course plan and seminars A list of training events/seminars/courses scheduled to take place during the course of EuroBioRef has been already being drafted and included in the respective deliverable of the first year. During the third year two major events/courses have been accomplished

Training events completed In the second half of the third year one short course and one workshop were organized.

1. Short Course on Reactive Molecular Separations This three days event, on this specific topic, was organized by Technical University of Dortmund (TUDO) from 13 to 15 November 2012 at the premises of TUDO University. Reactive separation processes combine the reaction and separation steps in one unit operation and thus help to simplify complex production processes as those employed in biorefineries. This course aimed to convey current state of the art in the area of reactive separation processes using modelling tools. Five applicants participated to this course from three eurobioref partners (2 from CIRCC, 2 from PDC and 1 from University of Porto). The programme included in total 18h lectures on the fundamentals of thermodynamics on reactive separation, principles of modelling in separations and applications on the design of reactive distillation columns, absorption columns with the use of ASPEN plus simulator. The Lectures were delivered by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andrzej Górak (TUDO) with support of Carlos Rugerio (TUDO). Detailed information on the program of the course and the participants are given in ANNEX I

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2. Workshop on Biomass cultivation for the production of chemicals and fuels

On 10

th of December 2012 UWM together with CRES, SOABE & DTI organised a workshop “Biomass

cultivation for the production of chemicals and fuels”. The event was run in UWM’s units: Łężany Palace (lectures) and Didactic and Research Station in Łężany (demonstration). Forty eight (48) persons participated in the event (9 persons from Eurobioref project and 39 persons from outside) from various interest group: farmers, local businessmen, local policy makers, specialist from agricultural extension centres, scientists, students and PhD students.

Summary of the presentations and the conclusions/outcomes of the event Workshop consisted of theoretical and practical parts. In the first part eight lectures were given. In demonstration part, participants had opportunity to observe one stage harvest of biomass and willow chips loading on a lorries. Theoretical session was opened by Vice rector for of UWM prof. Jerzy Przyborowski and prof. Mariusz Stolarski, which presented EuroBioRef project. Next lecturer, Prof. Janusz Gołaszewski presented research connected with renewable energy run within UWM’s Centre for Renewable Energy Research. Further lecturers presented topics about crops production for biorefinery purposes in Southern Europe and in Africa (dr. Myrsini Christou (CRES), Mr. Charles Themistocle (SOABE)). Another topics on perennial lignocellulosic crops production for energy purposes were presented by prof. Stefan Szczukowski and prof. Józef Tworkowski (UWM). Dr. Michał Krzyżaniak presented movie produced within the project titled “Cultivation of crambe (Crambe abyssinica)” – movie in attachment. At the end of the session Mr. Mieczysław Sowul (IHAR Bartążek) presented new grass variety produced by his company for energy use (Photo 1-8). This was followed by a discussion, in which several persons participated (Photo 9, 10). After the theoretical session participants were taken to Didactic and Research Station in Łężany, were short rotation willow crops plantation is localized. Prof. Stolarski presented plantation of seven willow clones cultivated in EuroBioRef project. At the plantation participants took part in willow harvesting demonstration. The plants were harvested with Claas Jaguar combine harvester which simultaneously cut and chipped willow biomass (Photo 11-14). Afterwards willow chips were transported by tractors with trailers to storage site and reloaded to lorries, adjusted for biomass transport (Photo 15). The workshop participants observed also this part of demonstration (Photo 16). After transport, fresh willow chips (moisture content approx. 50%) were loaded on two lorries with capacity 20 tonnes each. Chips in quantity of 40 tonnes were directly delivered to Borregaard in Norway on 12

th of December 2012 for

further tests. Stage of harvesting and chips loading were documented in photos. After the end of demonstration All participants came back to the palace, were took part in final discussion and were invited for diner organized by UWM. During workshop coffee breaks, 5 posters about research experience with energy crops were presented. The posters were prepared by employees of Department of Plant Breeding and Seed Production of UWM (Photo 17-21). The workshop was very useful for promotion of EuroBioRef project, lignocellulosic and oil crops production and harvesting. The participants stressed in the discussion that this type of biomass production is very important for further agro-energy development and for whole bioenergy sector development including biorefineries. The agenda of the event and some photos are presented in ANNEX II

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Other types of activities related with training and accomplishments of master or PhD theses are listed below

Type of training activity No of

activities

Lectures in universities and schools on biorefinery-related subjects

Prof. Alírio Rodrigues “SMBR and PermSMBR technologies (explored within the

EuroBioref project) to TUDelft students

Franck Dumeignil “Global Presentation of the Team ‘Valorisation of Alkanes and of Chemicals from Biomass’” Invited Conference in the frame of MRP ”Happy Hour”, Ghent Bio-Economy project, Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, 14 August, Ghent (Belgium) (2012). Dumeignil Franck."Biomasses, chimie et bioraffineries du futur” Invited conference at CNRS headquarters in Paris, with EuroBioRef film projection an debate with high school students (Two classes), within the frame of the Sustainable Development Week , 2 April, Paris (France) (2012) Dumeignil Franck.“Biomasses, chimie et bioraffineries du futur” Invited conference at the Engineers School 'Ecole Centrale de Lille', 13 March, Villeneuve d’Ascq (France) (2012).

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Master courses

Franck Dumeignil ‘Catalysis for Producing Key Chemical Intermediates’, Module 'Chemistry of Biomass', 3rd year of Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille. 20h. (September-December 2012) Franck Dumeignil 'Impact des carburants Bilan environnemental des différentes filières énergétiques pour les applications mobiles, amélioration des carburants et biocarburants 'CEE' (Chemistry Energy Environment). 16h. (September-December 2012)

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PhD Thesis

1. Aurora Caldarelli, entitled “New reactants and improved catalysts for maleic anhydride synthesis”, PhD in Industrial Chemistry XXIV, University of Bologna, Advisor: Fabrizio Cavani. In this thesis, Chapter 6 entitled “The gas-phase oxidative dehydration of 1-butanol into maleic anhydride: a preliminary investigation” is related with Eurobioref activities

Defense date 15th March 2012.

2. Anna Matzen, entitled “Immobilisation of metathesis catalysts on mesoporous

materials for the conversion of bio sourced fatty compounds” Joint PhD Lille 1 University (France) – RWTH Aachen (Germany) Co-advisors: R. Gauvin – W. Holderich Defense date: 20

th of December, 2012

3. Lishil SILVESTER PhD Thesis ‘Synthesis of higher alcoves from ethanol over

hydroxyapatites-based catalysts’. Advisor : Franck Dumeignil Date of defense (27-02-2013)

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4. Paul Vignon PhD Thesis ‘ Ruthenium-Based Homogeneous & Heterogeneous

Catalysts for the Metathesis of Olefins issued from Renewable Resources’. Advisor : Franck Dumeignil Date of defense (22-02-2013) 5. Carsten Liebig PhD Thesis ' Indirect Ammoxidation of Glycerol into Acrylonitrile

via the Intermediate Acrolein Advisor : Franck Dumeignil

Date of Defense:10-10-2012

Assessment of the training sessions, (ALMA) The assessment of the training during the short course on Reactive Molecular separations is in progress and data are not yet available to be included in this deliverable. Basically, participants will be asked how satisfied they were with:

The content of the main presentations: Participants found that the presentations were mainly instructive, stimulating and well addressing the topic.

The performance of the speakers: Respondents almost unanimously rated as “excellent” the performance of the speakers in terms of expertise, clarity, and accuracy of speech and of slides readability.

The overall logistics: The vast majority of participants found that the event was well organised, with a good price/quality ratio, excellent punctuality and a substantial information package.

Deviation from objectives and corrective actions

There are no negative deviations from the planned work and the tasks are running ahead of schedule.

Impact of the results

It is expected that by the completion of the training plans/courses/workshops and other events that are

foreseen to take place in the frame of EuroBioRef, the objectives of the workpackage will have been

achieved. The training activities will promote Sustainable Biorefinery Sciences and technologies

through training, education, and mobility. Academia and industry inside and outside the project will be

trained and educated on cutting edge technologies on aspects of biorefinery chains investigated within

the project. The training events will also serve as dissemination activity for the EuroBioRef activities.

Publishable information

All the activities within this WP can be published on the website or presented in relevant events.

Conclusion

WP10.3 proceeds smoothly ahead schedule. Training events have already been accomplished and

several have been planned. Based on the above, the progress of this WP is very satisfactory.

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ANNEX I – Short course on Reactive molecular separations 1-Short course on Reactive molecular separations

The objectives/content/topics of the training event that was organised late 2012 is presented here in detail.

Event number Date and location of event

Event title REACTIVE MOLECULAR SEPARATIONS

Event type SHORT COURSE

Organizing Partners TUDO

Objectives (1/2 page) Reactive separation processes combine the reaction and separation steps in one unit operation and thus help to simplify complex production processes. In this way, investment and operation costs can be substantially reduced. In particular, because of versatile couplings and restricted operating windows in such processes, it is necessary to develop appropriate modelling approaches. This course aims to convey current state of the art in the area of reactive separation processes. First, the students will be confronted with theoretical fundamentals. Based on this, the development of various modelling approaches will be presented. Last but not least, selected reactive separation processes will be treated in view of their modelling aspects in the practical applications. In the frame of a computer exercise, modelling a simulation of reactive separation processes will be treated based on some typical practical examples.

Targeted participants Graduate master and PhD students working in the project and associated in a group defined by the Consortium.

Participants number

Content of event/preliminary schedule

Day 1 Fundamentals (Introduction, VLE) - lecture Modelling (EQ and NEQ model) - lecture Day 2 VLE, design of depropaniser (introduction of ASPEN PLUS) - tutorial Comparison of EQ and NEQ model - tutorial Day 3 Reactive distillation - lecture Design of a vacuum column - tutorial

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Agenda

Tuesday, November 13th, 2012

Time Location

09:00 11:00 Lecture: Introduction G2 – 6.20 11:15 12:30 Lecture: Thermodynamic Fundamentals G2 – 6.20 12:30 13:30 Lunch Calla 13:30 15:00 Lecture: Modelling (Equilibrium Modell) G2 – 6.20 15:15 16:45 Lecture: Modelling (Non-Equilibrium Modell) G2 – 6.20 17:30 19:00 Guided Tour through Dortmund 19:00 Dinner

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

Time Location

09:00 10:30 Tutorial: Introduction to ASPEN Plus PC-Pool I 10:45 12:15 Tutorial: Design of a Depropaniser (ASPEN Plus) PC-Pool I 12:15 13:00 Lunch Calla

13:00 14:30 Tutorial: Comparison between Equilibrium Modell and Non-Equilibrium Modell (ASPEN Plus)

PC-Pool I

14:45 16:15 Tutorial: Design of a Vacuum Column (ASPEN Plus)

PC-Pool I

Afterwards: Lab tour – Laboratory of Fluid Separations

Thursday, November 15th, 2012

Time Location

09:00 10:30 Lecture: Reactive Distillation G2 – 6.20 10:45 12:15 Lecture: Reactive Absorption G2 – 6.20 12:00 12:45 Lunch Calla 12:45 14:15 Tutorial: Reactive Distillation (ASPEN Plus) PC-Pool III 14:30 16:00 Tutorial: Reactive Distillation (ASPEN Plus) PC-Pool III

Lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andrzej Górak (TUDO) with support of Carlos Rugerio (TUDO)

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Participants list: Attendance List (EuroBioRef Short Course, 13-15 November 2012, Dortmund)

Last Name

First Name

Institution Dept./Chair/etc.

Angelini Antonella University of Bari Department of Chemistry

Borges Pedro Process Design Center (PDC)

./.

Fasciano Stefania University of Bari Department of Chemistry

Hinderink Peter Process Design Center (PDC)

./.

Pereira Carla University of Porto Department of Engineering (FEUP), Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering

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ANNEX II - Workshop on biomass cultivation, December 10, 2012, Poland

Agenda

7.45-8.15 Guest arrival to UWM in Olsztyn

8.15-9.15 Travel from UWM in Olsztyn to Agricultural and Research Station in Łężany

9.15-9.30 Welcome by the host (Rector of UWM)

9.30-9.40 Renewable Energy Research Center presentation (J. Gołaszewski, UWM)

9.40-9.50 EuroBioRef project presentation (M. Stolarski, UWM)

9.50-10.15 Energy crops cultivation in Greece (M. Christou, CRES)

10.15-10.40 Crop rotation in Madagascar (C. Themistocle, SOABE)

10.40-10.50 Coffee break - Organised by UWM for all participants

10.50-11.05 Willow cultivation technology (S. Szczukowski, UWM)

11.05-11.20 Examples and characteristics of perennial energy crops cultivated in Poland (J.

Tworkowski, UWM)

11.20-11.35 Experiences with Crambe cultivation in Poland (movie) (M. Krzyżaniak, UWM)

11.35-11.40 New energy grass - Bamar variety (M. Sowul, IHAR Bartążek)

11.40-11.50 Discussion – All participants

11.55-12.10 Coffee break - Organised by UWM for all participants

12.10-12.25 Departure to willow plantation

12.25-14.25 Demonstration of the EuroBioRef plantation, willow one stage harvesting,

logistics and transport (M. Stolarski, M. Krzyżaniak UWM)

14.25-14.40 Departure to Łężany Palace

14.40-15.00 Discussion panel (representative of the Energy Agency of Warminsko-Mazurskie

Voivodeship Ltd in Olsztyn, farmers, local businessmen, local authorities and policy makers,

specialist from agricultural extension centres, students and PhD students)

15.00-17.00 Diner organised by UWM for all participants

17.00-18.00 Departure to UWM in Olsztyn

Persons responsible for the workshop: Mariusz Stolarski, Michał Krzyżaniak (UWM)

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List of participants

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Photos

Photo 1. Vice rector Prof. Jerzy Przyborowski during opening speech

Photo. 2 Prof. Mariusz Stolarski presenting EuroBioRef project

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Photo 3. Prof. Janusz Gołaszewski during his presentation

Photo 4. Dr. Myrsini Christou presents experiences with crop cultivation in Greece

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Photo 5. Mr. Charles Themistocle presents crop rotation in Madagascar

Photo 6. Prof. Stefan Szczukowski during the presentation about willow cultivation

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Photo 7. Prof. Józef Tworkowski during his lecture

Photo 8. Mr. Mieczysław Sowul presents new energy grass variety

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Photo 9. Workshop participants during discussion

Photo 10. Workshop participants during discussion

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Photo 11. Demonstration of one stage harvest

Photo 12. Demonstration of one stage harvest

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Photo 13. Workshop participants during harvest demonstration

Photo 14. Overview of EuroBioRef willow plantation during harvesting

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Photo 15. Willow chips loading on a lorries

Photo 16. Workshop participants during biomass loading demonstration

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Photo 17. Poster 1

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Photo 18. Poster 2

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Photo 19. Poster 3

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Photo 20. Poster 4

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Photo 21. Poster 5