Bioindustrial Technologies
CÉPROCQ ‘s expertise allows you to offer the methods best suited to your requests for extraction of high value-added compounds:
- Development of every step of a pilot-scale extraction process, from preparation of the raw material to forming and characterization of the extract;
- Comparative studies of different pilot-scale extraction methods (example: comparison of an oil from marine biomass extracted by Soxhlet and by supercritical fluids);
- Valorization of extraction residues to develop processes of conversion and transformation to zero residue (example: extraction of bioactive molecules from a residue resulting from extraction of an algal oil.)
Conferences
Since 2012, CÉPROCQ has had an NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in Agroforestry Extraction, directed by Yacine Boumghar, Director of CÉPROCQ. This Chair is a centre of convergence of knowledge of agroforestry extraction and an incubator of technological solutions to meet the needs of the community and industrial players.
In relation to the Chair, CÉPROCQ researchers are called on to make presentations and moderate many conferences.
Un procédé Organosolv à l’éthanol/eau catalysé au chlorure de fer pour la production de lignines, de cellulose et de dérivés de haute qualité
Presented at 71e Conférence canadienne sur le génie chimique (CCEC 2021), Montreal, 27 october 2021
Y. Boumghar, C. Bruel, N. El Mehdi, C. Levasseur
Extraction comparative des cannabinoïdes
Presented at 71e Conférence canadienne sur le génie chimique (CCEC 2021), Montreal, 26 october 2021
Y. Boumghar, N. El Mehdi, M. Sarrazin
Experimental and computer aided solubility quantification of diverse lignins and performance prediction
Ajao, O., Benali, M., & El Mehdi, N. (2021) The Royal Society of Chemistry. DOI: 10.1039/d0cc04228e
Acetone–Butanol–Ethanol Production from Eastern Canadian Yellow Birch and Screening of Isopropanol–Butanol–Ethanol-Producing Strains.
Benali, M., Ajao, O., El Mehdi, N., Restrepo, A. M., Fradj, N., & Boumghar, Y. (2019). Industrial Biotechnology, 15 (3), 188-201.
Recovery of sugars from lignocellulosic residues and their conversion into biobutanol and coproducts: ABE fermentation and perspectives on paradigm shift
Presented at the BIOFOR International Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2019
Olumoye Ajao, Andrea M. Restrepo, Naima El Mehdi, Marzouk Benali, Simon Bernabé, and Yacine Boumghar
Lignin Properties: Towards standardized methods, protocols and policies
Presented at the BIOFOR International Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2018
Olumoye Ajao, Jawad Jeaidi, Marzouk Benali, Andrea M. Restrepo, Naima El Mehdi, and Yacine Boumghar
Production du BIObutanol et d’acides organiques à partir du Bouleau jaune
Presented at the Colloque étudiant 2018 — Réalisons la transition vers la bioéconomie, Campus de l’UQTR à Drummondville, Canada, 2018
Andrea M. Restrepo, Olumoye Ajao, Naima El Mehdi, Simon Barnabé, and Yacine Boumghar
Lignin analytics: variability, challenges with the methods, and opportunities
Presented at the 8th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 2018
Marzouk Benali, Olumoye Ajao, Jawad Jeaidi, Andrea M. Restrepo, Naima El Mehdi, and Yacine Boumghar
Solubility and compatibility of various lignins in solvents and polymers: experimental and computer-based evaluation
Presented at the 8th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 2018
Olumoye Ajao, Jawad Jeaidi, Marzouk Benali, Naima El Mehdi, Andrea M. Restrepo, and Yacine Boumghar
Optical properties of lignins and their importance in lignin derivatives development
Presented at the First PAPTAC International Lignin Conference, Edmonton, Canada, 2018
Jawad Jeaidi, Olumoye Ajao, Marzouk Benali, Andrea M. Restrepo, Naima El Mehdi, and Yacine Boumghar
Quantification and Variability Analysis of Lignin Optical Properties for Colour-Dependent Industrial Applications
Molecules, vol. 23, no. 2, p. 377, Feb. 2018
O. Ajao, J. Jeaidi, M. Benali, A. M. Restrepo, N. El Mehdi, and Y. Boumghar
Mapping lignin properties as a strategy to develop its valorisation pathways
Presented at the International Bioenergy & Bioproducts Conference, Norfolk, USA, 2017
Olumoye Ajao, Jawad Jeaidi, Marzouk Benali, Andrea M. Restrepo, Naima El Mehdi, and Yacine Boumghar
Characterization of lignin from different sources: Variability of lignin color and its impacts on quality control of bio-based production processes
Presented at the BIOFOR International Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2017
Olumoye Ajao, Jawad Jeaidi, Andrea M. Restrepo, Marzouk Benali, and Yacine Boumghar
Effect of Process Conditions on Lignin Colour: a Carbon Black Case Study
Presented at the 7th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 2017, pp. 68–73
Olumoye Ajao, Jawad Jeaidi, Andrea M. Restrepo, Naima El Mehdi, Marzouk Benali, and Yacine Boumghar
Yellow birch transformation into butanol and organic acids in an integrated biorefinery platform
Presented at the 6th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 2015, pp. 255–259
Olumoye Ajao, Andrea M. Restrepo, Naima El Mehdi, Yacine Boumghar, and Marzouk Benali
Production of Butanol and Organic Acids in an Integrated Biorefinery Platform
Presented at the BiofuelNet Advanced Biofuels Symposium, Montreal, Canada, 2015
Olumoye Ajao, Andrea M. Restrepo, Naima El Mehdi, Yacine Boumghar, and Marzouk Benali
Benchmarking of Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment: Performance and Energy Requirements
International Forest Biorefinery Summit, Montréal, February 2015
C. Hertz, M. Benali, Y. Boumghar, J. Jeaidi
Anaerobic Fermentation of Sugar-rich Streams to Simultaneously Produce Biobutanol and Organic Bio-acids: Mixed Sugar Model and Yellow Birch-based Sugars Case Studies
International Forest Biorefinery Summit, Montréal, February 2015
A. M. Restrepo, N. El Mehdi, Y. Boumghar, M. Benali
Supercritical CO2 as an innovative and viable process
Colloque chimie verte et procédés durables (Colloquium on green chemistry and sustainable processes), Boucherville, October 2014
M. Sarrazin, Y. Boumghar
Fungal bioconversion of betulinol into betulinic acid
Colloque sur les champignons forestiers et autre PFNL : innovations et perspectives (Colloquium on forest mushrooms and other NTFPs: innovations and perspectives), La Pocatière, August 2014
S. Abdeladim, Y. Boumghar, M. Sarrazin, A. Vialle, N. El Mehdi
Micronization of Nordic Berries by Particle from gas saturated solution (PGSS) combined with drying
14th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Marseille, France, May 2014
Y. Boumghar, M. Benali
Extraction processes
Séminaire sur les végétaux (Seminar on plants), UQAC, Chicoutimi, April 2014
Y. Boumghar
Development of ecoextractions for valorization of yellow birch bark
Atelier des experts du réseau Trans-tech (Workshop of Réseau Trans-tech experts), Québec, April 2014
N. El Mehdi, M. Sarrazin, Y. Boumghar
Potential of yellow birch bark, extractable forest products: a promising avenue for the Québec forest industry
Trois-Rivières, February 2014
Y. Boumghar