Polimeri Europa S.p.a.

Eni S.p.a.

Enichem S.p.a

Ministero Dell'universita E Della Ricerca Scientifica E Tecnologica

Versalis S.p.a.

Rossella Bortolo

Daniele Bianchi

Roberto Tassinari

Giorgio Pirali

Giovanni Confalonieri

Giorgio Cassani

Dante Cidaria

Silvia Spera

Giorgio E Borgonovi

Adriana Vallesi

Thomas Paul Lockhart

Rino D'Aloisio

Lucilla Del Gaudio

Ezio A Battistel

Rodolfo Vignola

Alessandra Belloni

Carla Lazzari

Chiara Busto

Gianfranco Gugliemetti

Roberto Buzzoni

Alberto Cesana

Marco Ricci

Leonardo Dalloro

Roberta Miglio

Stefano Ramello

Lino Carnelli

Daniela Cucchetti

Gianfranco Guglielmetti

Mario Baldassarre

Daniele Moscotti

Sergio Soattini

Cristina Tonini

A method for concentrating, in order to favour the subsequent extraction process of intracellular lipids, a cell suspension containing a biomass of oleaginous yeasts fermented in fermentation broth under conditions that allow the intracellular accumulation of lipids, where the biomass contains significant quantities of mucilaginous material. The method includes:

Method for concentrating a cell suspension comprising a mucilaginous biomass of oleaginous yeasts

Process for the production of sugars from biomass including at least one polysaccharide which comprises putting a biomass in contact with an aqueous solution of at least one organic acid having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, preferably from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, the pH of said aqueous solution being ranging from 0.6 to 1.6, preferably ranging from 0.9 to 1.3. The sugars thus obtained can be advantageously used as carbon sources in fermentation processes for the production of alcohols (e.g., ethanol, butanol), diols (e.g., 1,3-propanediol, 1,3-butanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 2,3-butanediol), lipids, or other intermediates or products. Said alcohols, diols, lipids, or other intermediates or products, can be advantageously used in the chemical industry or in the formulation of fuels for motor vehicles. Said alcohols and said diols can also be advantageously used in the bio-butadiene production.

Process for the production of sugars from biomass

Process for the preparation of a water-in-oil or oil-in-water nanoemulsion wherein the dispersed phase is distributed in the dispersing phase in the form of droplets having a diameter ranging from 1 to 500 nm, comprising:

Process for the preparation of water-in-oil and oil-in-water nanoemulsions

Process for the production of lipids from biomass including at least one polysaccharide, which comprises fermentation of a biomass hydrolysate using an oleaginous microorganism and separation of oleaginous cellular biomass comprising lipids. An aqueous fraction obtained by reverse osmosis of a spent fermentation broth is recycled as a feed for growth of the oleaginous microorganism. The lipids thus obtained can be advantageously used in the production of biodiesel or green diesel which can be used as such, or in a mixture with other automotive fuels.

Process for the production of lipids from biomass

A process to activate a titanium silicalite catalyst for the oxidation of benzene to phenol is provided. The catalyst is activated in the reactor for the oxidation by feeding to a reactor containing the titanium silicalite catalyst, during a time of from 2 to 6 hours, at a temperature ranging from 20 to 120&#xb0; C., an aqueous solution of ammonium acid fluoride in a concentration ranging from 0.1% to 1% by weight; and hydrogen peroxide in a concentration ranging from 3% to 10% by weight; feeding water to the reactor at the end of the reaction; and drying or calcining the catalyst contained in the reactor to obtain the activated catalyst. The catalyst is represented by the formula:TiO.(1&#x2212;)SiO

Method to activate a catalyst for a continuous process for the preparation of phenol from benzene in a fixed bed reactor

Process for the preparation of a water-in-oil or oil-in-water nanoemulsion wherein the dispersed phase is distributed in the dispersing phase in the form of droplets having a diameter ranging from 1 to 500 nm, comprising: 1) the preparation of a homogeneous water/oil blend (I) characterized by an interface tension lower than 1 mN/m, comprising water in an amount of 30 to 70% by weight, at least two surface-active agents having a different HLB, selected from non-ionic, anionic, polymeric surface-active agents, said surface-active agents being present in such a quantity as to make the blend homogeneous; 2) the dilution of the blend (I) in a dispersing phase consisting of oil or water with the addition of a surface-active agent, selected from non-ionic, anionic, polymeric surface-active agents, the quantity of the dispersing phase and surface-active agent being such as to obtain a nanoemulsion having a HLB different from that of the blend (I).

The invention relates to a continuous process for the preparation of phenol by means of the direct oxidation of benzene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst based on titanium silicalite TS-1 comprising: (a) running the process in a fixed bed reactor containing the catalyst based on TS-1 at a temperature ranging from 80-120&#xb0; C. and at a pressure ranging from 3-15 atm; (b) feeding to the reactor a stream containing HO, benzene, sulfolane and water in a single or double phase, wherein the quantities of the single components are within the range of 0.2-6, 15-60, 30-80, 0.5-30 parts by weight, respectively, for every 100 units fed and whose total flow rate is calculated so that the residence time in the reactor (defined as the ratio between the quantity of catalyst by weight and the feeding flow rate) ranges from 0.3 to 2 min; (c) recovery of the products, by-products and solvent from the liquid stream leaving the reactor.

Continuous process for the preparation of phenol from benzene in a fixed bed reactor

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of phenol comprising the following phases:

Integrated process for the preparation of phenol from benzene with recycling of the by-products

Process for the recovery of phenol and biphenols

The invention relates to a process for the hydroxylation of aromatic hydrocarbons by direct oxidation with hydrogen peroxide. The process is carried out in the presence of a catalyst comprising:

Process for the hydroxylation of aromatic hydrocarbons

A process is described for the preparation of hydrogen peroxide by the reaction of carbon monoxide, oxygen and water in an organic solvent immiscible with water, in the presence of a catalytic complex soluble in the organic solvent, deriving from the combination of a palladium salt, a non-coordinating organic or inorganic acid and a ligand capable of binding itself to the palladium atom, characterized in that said ligand is a mono or polydentate nitrogenated compound.

Process for the preparation of hydrogen peroxide

The Antibiotic Complex AB-023 and its components: Antibiotic AB-023a and ibiotic AB-023b are disclosed, which are obtained by the controlled aerobic culture of Streptomyces sp. NCIMB 40212 in an aqueous nutrient culture substrate. Antibiotics AB-023 display a biological activity against pathogen fungi which attack agricultural crops and man.

Fungicidal antibiotic producing Streptomyces sp. NCIMB 40212

Antibiotics AB-023 and process for preparing them

An Antibiotic Complex AB-023 and its components: Antibiotic AB-023a and Abiotic AB-023b are disclosed, which are obtained by the controlled aerobic culture of Streptomyces sp. NCIMB 40212 in an aqueous nutrient culture substrate. Antibiotic AB-023 displays a biological activity against pathogen fungi which attack agricultural crops and man.

Fungicidal antibiotic from Streptomyces NCIMB 40212

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