Mike Kleinert

Associate Professor, Live Cycle Assessment and Biorefinery Technology

E-mailMike.Kleinert@uib.no
Visitor Address
Allégaten 41

Realfagbygget

5007 Bergen
Postal Address
Postboks 7803

5020 Bergen

My main research concentrates on the various aspects of the integrated biorefinery concept and the valorisation of different biomass feedstocks towards liquid and solid bioenergy carriers as well as value-added platform chemicals. Hence, woody biomass such as SRF or forestric residues, but also agricultural or industrial residues such as straw or lignin are among the source materials which can lead to value-added products in the scope of liquid transportation fuels, phenolic building blocks or novel solid bio-fuels.

Thermochemical transformation routes such as pyrolysis, solvolysis, liquefaction, torrefaction and hydrothermal carbonisation are the core techniques elucidated to match the different biomass sources and appropriate conversion/pre-treatment strategies to form the required products effectively and efficiently.

In close cooperation with the group of Professor Tanja Barth we conduct research comparing renewable, biomass-based fuels and chemicals with conventional, fossil-based motor fuels and platform chemicals to develop compatible biogenic alternatives. Both chemistry and process development are central research fields.

Another field of interest is directed towards the assessment of sustainability. The method of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and it's applications with respect to chemistry, fuels and also other energy carriers and systems in general are currently part of my teaching.

ENERGI102: Life Cycle Assessment / Livsløpsanalyse

Studentene skal forstå hva livsløpsanalyse er og kunne bruke slik metodikk til aktuelle problemstillinger innen energifeltet. Forelesningene gir oversikt over både produkt-relatert livsløpsanalyse inkludert livsløpskostnader, miljøpåvirkning og ressursbruk, samt livsløpsanalyse som inkluderer indirekte konsekvenser med spesiell relevans for reguleringer og politikkutforming. Øvelsene inkluderer praktisk bruk av tilgjengelige datasett og programvare. Semesteroppgave vil normalt inkludere gjennomføring av livsløpsanalyse med slikt verktøy.

KJBIOREF: Biorefinery Technology and Applications

1. Basics of a biorefinery technology
2. History of biorefinery and comparison with conventional petroleum refinery
3. Classification and definition of biorefineries
4. Industrial aspects
5. Co-production of industrial platform chemicals and innovative energy carriers from biomass
6. Validation criteria of sustainability of a biorefinery
7. Selected examples
8. Consequences for wood industry in Scandinavia
9. Current development on EU-basis, research activities

Academic article

Show author(s) (2017). Production of monomeric phenols by formic acid assisted hydrous liquefaction of lignin. Biomass & Bioenergy. 298-309.
Show author(s) (2017). Organosolv extraction of softwood combined with lignin-to-liquid-solvolysis as a semi-continuous percolation reactor. Biomass & Bioenergy. 147-155.

Show author(s) (2016). The effect of solvent and input material pretreatment on product yield and composition of bio-oils from lignin solvolysis. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 208-216.

Show author(s) (2012). Reactivity and reaction pathways in thermochemical treatment of selected lignin-like model compounds under hydrogen rich conditions. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 37-44.

Show author(s) (2011). DEVELOPING SOLVOLYTIC CONVERSION OF LIGNIN-TO-LIQUID (LtL) FUEL COMPONENTS: OPTIMIZATION OF QUALITY AND PROCESS FACTORS. Cellulose Chemistry and Technology. 3-12.

Show author(s) (2010). Glyco-SAMs by 'Dual Click': Thiourea-Bridged Glyco-OEG Azides for Cycloaddition on Surfaces. Synthesis (Stuttgart). 828-836.

Show author(s) (2009). Optimizing solvolysis conditions for integrated depolymerisation and hydrodeoxygenation of lignin to produce liquid biofuel. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 108-117.

Show author(s) (2008). Towards a lignincellulosic biorefinery: Direct one-step conversion of lignin to hydrogen-enriched biofuel. Energy & Fuels. 1371-1379.
Show author(s) (2008). Phenols from lignin. Chemical Engineering & Technology. 736-745.
Show author(s) (2008). Motor fuels from biomass pyrolysis. Chemical Engineering & Technology. 773-781.
Show author(s) (2008). Chemical Structures Present in Biofuel Obtained from Lignin. Energy & Fuels. 4240-4244.
Show author(s) (2008). A modular approach for the construction and modification of glyco-SAMs utilizing 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. Organic and biomolecular chemistry. 2118-2132.

Show author(s) (2004). Glyco-SAMs as Glycocalyx Mimetics: Synthesis of L-Fucose and D-Mannose-terminated Building Blocks. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 3931-3940.

Show author(s) (2003). Synthetic studies toward the disorazoles: synthesis of a masked northern half of disorazole D1 and a cyclopropane analog of the masked northern half of disorazole A1. Tetrahedron. 6967-6977.

Lecture

Show author(s) (2019). Recovering furfural from the aqueous waste stream in ArbacoreTM brown pellets production.

Show author(s) (2013). Synergies in the utilisation of lignocellulose: Lignin valorisation for platform chemicals.

Academic lecture

Show author(s) (2015). Stirred and unstirred lignin solvolysis with formic acid in aqueous or ethanolic solvents at 5-L scale.
Show author(s) (2015). Production of Phenolic Compounds by Formic Acid-Assisted Hydrous Liquefaction of Lignin.

Show author(s) (2014). Theory and practice of cellulose ether production.

Show author(s) (2012). Thermochemical valorisation in a wood based biorefinery.

Show author(s) (2011). Reaction Pathways for Lignin Model Compounds under LtL-Conditions.
Show author(s) (2011). Production of phenols and fuel components from residual lignin: A state of the art report on the LtL concept.

Show author(s) (2010). The Chemistry of the Lignin to Liquid (LtL) Conversion process.
Show author(s) (2010). Mechanistic Studies of the Lignin to Liquid (LtL) Conversion Process.

Show author(s) (2009). Developing solvolytic conversion of lignin to liquid (LtL) fuel components: Optimisation of quality and process factors.
Show author(s) (2009). Developing solvolytic conversion of lignin to liquid (LtL) fuel components: Optimisation of quality and process economical factors.
Show author(s) (2009). Carbonisation of biomass using a hydrothermal approach: State-of-the-art and recent developments.

Show author(s) (2008). Turning Biowaste into value-added products - The solvolytic approach.
Show author(s) (2008). Facile one-step conversion of lignin into bio-fuel components.
Show author(s) (2008). Determining the best reaction conditions for yields and composition of "oil" from lignin in a new solvolytic pyrolysis technique.

Show author(s) (2007). Production of biofuel and phenols from lignin by hydrous pyrolysis.

Poster

Show author(s) (2017). COMPARING APPROACHES FOR LIGNIN VALORISATION BY FORMIC ACID ASSISTED SOLVOLYSIS – WHAT IS THE BEST OPTION ? .

Show author(s) (2011). Mass Spectrometry Approaches to Analysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass Conversion supported by modern Data Analysis.
Show author(s) (2011). Comparing Hydrogen Donors for Solvolytic Lignin Hydrodeoxygenation.

Show author(s) (2008). Solvolytic approach of biomass pyrolysis - The lignin-to-liquid process.
Show author(s) (2008). One-step Conversion of lignin to oxygen-depleted bio-fuels and phenols.
Show author(s) (2008). Novel solvolytic approach of biomass pyrolysis.

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Fields of competence