Room: Poster Area
Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Time: 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Session code 5AV.2
Innovation in advanced processes for biofuels production: materials, mechanisms, and performances (part 1)
Upcycling Fruit Waste Into Biofuel
Short Introductive summary
Energy is the lifeblood of economic and social development, and its demand rises with increasing population growth, industrialization, and urbanization. The limited and uneven availability of fossil-based energy sources, along with their socioeconomic and environmental impacts, underscores the need to explore alternative and affordable energy sources. In this context, biofuels derived from non-edible and inexpensive feedstocks are becoming a global concern, with tropical fruit waste biomass being an excellent yet overlooked feedstock for decades. Therefore, the objective of this study is to produce and optimize biodiesel with oil obtained from mango processing waste using sulfuric acid catalyst.
Presenter
Jorge Mario MARCHETTI
Norwegian University of Life Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, NORWAY
Presenter's biography
I am a professor and the leader of the Reaction Engineering and Catalysis group at NMBU (Norway). My work focuses on the valorization of waste biomass. My work is also related to the development and application of catalysts, kinetics and processing modeling as well as techno-economic assessments.
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Co-authors:
Y.G. Keneni, Hawassa University, ETHIOPIA
S.N. Gebremariam, Hawassa University, ETHIOPIA
J.M. Marchetti, Norwegian University of Life Science, Aas, NORWAY
Session reference: 5AV.2.8