Alessandra Procentese

Dr. Alessandra Procentese

Department on Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno "UNISA", Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 4084 Fisciano - Salerno, Italy
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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 September 2015 in Bioresource Technology
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Alessandra ProcenteseAlessandra Procentese
Alessandra Procentese
EJErin Johnson
Erin Johnson
VOValerie Orr
Valerie Orr
ACAnna Garruto Campanile
Anna Garruto Campanile
JWJeffery A. Wood
Jeffery A. Wood
Lars RehmannLars Rehmann
Lars Rehmann

12 February 2018 in Biotechnology for Biofuels
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Alessandra ProcenteseAlessandra Procentese
Alessandra Procentese
FRFrancesca Raganati
Francesca Raganati
GOGiuseppe Olivieri
Giuseppe Olivieri
MRMaria Elena Russo
Maria Elena Russo
Lars RehmannLars Rehmann
Lars Rehmann
AMAntonio Marzocchella
Antonio Marzocchella
Waste biomass from agro-food industries are a reliable and readily exploitable resource. From the circular economy point of view, direct residues from these industries exploited for production of fuel/chemicals is a winning issue, because it reduces the environmental/cost impact and improves the eco-sustainability of productions. The present paper reports recent results of deep eutectic solvent (DES) pretreatment on a selected group of the agro-industrial food wastes (AFWs) produced in Europe. In particular, apple residues, potato peels, coffee silverskin, and brewer’s spent grains were pretreated with two DESs, (choline chloride–glycerol and choline chloride–ethylene glycol) for fermentable sugar production. Pretreated biomass was enzymatic digested by commercial enzymes to produce fermentable sugars. Operating conditions of the DES pretreatment were changed in wide intervals. The solid to solvent ratio ranged between 1:8 and 1:32, and the temperature between 60 and 150 °C. The DES reaction time was set at 3 h. Optimal operating conditions were: 3 h pretreatment with choline chloride–glycerol at 1:16 biomass to solvent ratio and 115 °C. Moreover, to assess the expected European amount of fermentable sugars from the investigated AFWs, a market analysis was carried out. The overall sugar production was about 217 kt yr−1, whose main fraction was from the hydrolysis of BSGs pretreated with choline chloride–glycerol DES at the optimal conditions. The reported results boost deep investigation on lignocellulosic biomass using DES. This investigated new class of solvents is easy to prepare, biodegradable and cheaper than ionic liquid. Moreover, they reported good results in terms of sugars’ release at mild operating conditions (time, temperature and pressure).

1 March 2019 in Process Safety and Environmental Protection
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ENEng Kein New
Eng Kein New
TWTa Yeong Wu
Ta Yeong Wu
CLCornelius Basil Tien Loong Lee
Cornelius Basil Tien Loong Lee
ZPZi Yet Poon
Zi Yet Poon
YLYu-Loong Loow
Yu-Loong Loow
Abdul Wahab MohammadAbdul Wahab Mohammad
Abdul Wahab Mohammad

1 November 2017 in Bioresource Technology
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Alessandra ProcenteseAlessandra Procentese
Alessandra Procentese
FRFrancesca Raganati
Francesca Raganati
GOGiuseppe Olivieri
Giuseppe Olivieri
MRMaria Elena Russo
Maria Elena Russo
Lars RehmannLars Rehmann
Lars Rehmann
AMAntonio Marzocchella
Antonio Marzocchella

1 January 2017 in Biomass and Bioenergy
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Alessandra ProcenteseAlessandra Procentese
Alessandra Procentese
FRFrancesca Raganati
Francesca Raganati
GOGiuseppe Olivieri
Giuseppe Olivieri
Maria Elena RussoMaria Elena Russo
Maria Elena Russo
AMAntonio Marzocchella
Antonio Marzocchella

1 June 2013 in Bioresource Technology
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FRF. Raganati
F. Raganati
Giuseppe OlivieriGiuseppe Olivieri
Giuseppe Olivieri
Alessandra ProcenteseAlessandra Procentese
Alessandra Procentese
Maria Elena RussoMaria Elena Russo
Maria Elena Russo
PSP. Salatino
P. Salatino
AMAntonio Marzocchella
Antonio Marzocchella