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Section: Partnerships and Cooperations

International Initiatives

Inria International Labs

BIOCORE is involved in the Bionature project from Inria Chile – CIRIC (the Communication and Information Research and Innovation Center), in collaboration with four Chilean universities (Universidad de Chile, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, and Universidad de la Frontera). The Bionature project is devoted to natural resources management and the modeling and control of bioprocesses.

Inria Associate Teams

GREENCORE
  • Title: Modelling and control for energy producing bioprocesses

  • International Partner (Institution - Laboratory - Researcher):

    • Communication and information Research and Innovation Center (CHILI)

  • Duration: 01/2014 - 12/2016

  • See also: https://team.inria.fr/eagreencore/

  • The worldwide increasing energy needs together with the ongoing demand for CO2 neutral fuels represent a renewed strong driving force for the production of energy derived from biological resources. In this scenario, the culture of oleaginous microalgae for biofuel and the anaerobic digestion to turn wastes into methane may offer an appealing solution. The main objective of our proposal is to join our expertise and tools, regarding these bioprocesses, in order to implement models and control strategies aiming to manage and finally optimize these key bioprocesses of industrial importance. By joining our expertises and experimental set-up, we want to demonstrate that closed loop control laws can significantly increase the productivity, ensure the bioprocess stability and decrease the environmental footprint of these systems. This project gathers experts in control theory and optimization (BIOCORE, UTFSM) together with experts in bioprocesses (PUCV and UFRO) and software development (CIRIC).

Inria International Partners

Inria informal international partners

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Departamento de Matemática, Valparaíso, Chile

Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Matemáticas, Ñuñoa Santiago, Chile

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Microalgal Biotechnology Laboratory, Beer Sheva, Israel

Center for Environmental Technology and Engineering, Massey University , Palmerston North, New Zealand.