Kütustelabor

KÜTUSTELABOR

Kontakt:
Timo Kikas
Tel.: +372 731 3163
e-mail: timo.kikas@emu.ee

Postiaadress:
Biomajandustehnoloogiate õppetool
Metsanduse ja inseneeria instituut
Eesti Maaülikool
Fr. R. Kreutzwaldi 56 
51006 Tartu

Teadusteemad:

• Bioetanooli tootmistehnoloogiad sh erinevate biomassi eeltöötlusmeetodite uurimine
• Biomassi efektiivsem kasutamine erinevate biokütuste tootmiseks
• Puidu ja paberitööstuse jääkide kasutamine biokütuste tootmiseks
• Mikrovetikate kultiveerimine ja selleks vajalike fotobioreaktorite disain ja ehitamine
• Biosensorite ja sensorrivide uurimine erinevates veeproovides kiirete biokeemilise hapnikutarbe (BHT) analüüside teostamiseks
• Nanomaterialide ja nanokomposiitide uurimine kasutamiseks vee puhastuses, energia ja biomeditsiinilistes rakendustes

Olulisemad publikatsioonid: (viimased 5 aastat)

Rocha-Meneses, Lisandra; Zannerni, Rawan; Inayat, Abrar; Abdallah, Mohamed; Shanableh, Abdallah; Ghenai, Chaouki; Kamil, Mohammed; Kikas, Timo (2022). Current progress in anaerobic digestion reactors and parameters optimization. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. DOI: 10.1007/s13399-021-02224-z.

Hasanov, Isa; Shanmugam, Sabarathinam; Kikas, Timo (2022). Extraction and isolation of lignin from ash tree (Fraxinus exselsior) with protic ionic liquids (PILs). Chemosphere, 290, 133297. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133297.

Doddapaneni, Tharaka Rama Krishna C.; Ahmad; Fiaz; Valgepea, Kaspar; Kikas, Timo (2022). Integrated thermochemical and biochemical processes for the production of biofuels and biochemicals. In: Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals (67−105). Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-89855-3.00025-X.

Krishna C. Doddapaneni, Tharaka Rama; Kikas, Timo (2021). Chapter 39 - Thermochemical and biochemical treatment strategies for resource recovery from agri-food industry wastes. In: Bhat, Rajeev (Ed.). Valorization of Agri-Food Wastes and By-Products. Recent Trends, Innovations and Sustainability Challenges (787−807). Academic Press. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-824044-1.00007-6.

Cahyanti, Margareta Novian; Doddapaneni, Tharaka Rama Krishna C.; Madissoo, Marten; Pärn, Linnar; Virro, Indrek; Kikas, Timo (2021). Torrefaction of Agricultural and Wood Waste: Comparative Analysis of Selected Fuel Characteristics. Energies, 14 (10), 2774. DOI: 10.3390/en14102774.

Aghmashhadi, O.Y.; Rocha-Meneses, L.; Bonturi, N.; Orupõld, K.; Asadpour, G.; Garmaroody, E.R.; Zabihzadeh, M.; Kikas, T. Effect of Ink and Pretreatment Conditions on Bioethanol and Biomethane Yields from Waste Banknote Paper. Polymers 2021, 13, 239. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13020239.

Rooni, V.; Sjulander, N.; Cristobal-Sarramian, A.; Raud, M.; Rocha-Meneses, Lisandra; Kikas, T. (2021). The efficiency of nitrogen explosion pretreatment on common aspen – Populus tremula: N2- VS steam explosion. Energy, Art No 119741. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2020.119741.

Aghmashhadi, Omid Yazdani; Asadpour, Ghasem; Garmaroody, Esmaeil Rasooly; Zabihzadeh, Majid; Rocha-Meneses, Lisandra; Kikas, Timo (2020). The Effect of Deinking Process on Bioethanol Production from Waste Banknote Paper. Processes, 8 (12), 1563. DOI: 10.3390/pr8121563.

Podkuiko, Lara; Kasemets, Mari-Liis; Lips, Inga; Kikas, Timo (2020). Cultivation of Algae Polyculture in Municipal Wastewater with CO2 Supply. Environmental and Climate Technologies , 24 (3), 188−200. DOI: 10.2478/rtuect-2020-0096.

Pitman, Kätlin; Nerut, Jaak; Raud, Merlin; Kikas, Timo (2020). Characterisation of Electrochemical Sensor-Array for Utilisation in Construction of BOD Bioelectronic Tongue. Environmental and Climate Technologies , 24 (3), 39−54. DOI: 10.2478/rtuect-2020-0084.

Doddapaneni, Tharaka Rama Krishna Chowdary; Kikas, Timo (2020). Integrating Biomass Pyrolysis with Microbial Conversion Processes to Produce Biofuels and Biochemicals. In: Fang, Zhen; Smith, Richard L.; Xu, Lujiang (Ed.). Production of Biofuels and Chemicals with Pyrolysis (1−447). Singapore: Springer Singapore. (Biofuels and Biorefineries; 10).10.1007/978-981-15-2732-6_9

Raud, M.; Orupõld, K.; Rocha-Meneses, L.; Rooni, V.; Träss, O.; Kikas, T (2020). Biomass Pretreatment with the Szego Mill™ for Bioethanol and Biogas Production. Processes, 8, 1327.10.3390/pr8101327.

Sjulander, Nikki; Kikas, Timo (2020). Origin, Impact and Control of Lignocellulosic Inhibitors in Bioethanol Production—A Review. Energies, 13 (18), 4751.10.3390/en13184751

Hasanov, Isa; Raud, Merlin; Kikas, Timo (2020). The Role of Ionic Liquids in the Lignin Separation from Lignocellulosic Biomass. Energies, 13 (4864), 1−24.10.3390/en13184864

Raud, Merlin; Kikas, Timo (2020). Perennial Grasses as a Substrate for Bioethanol Production. Environmental and Climate Technologies , 24 (2), 32−40.10.2478/rtuect-2020-0052

Rocha-Meneses, Lisandra; Harris, Peter; Tait, Stephan; Antille, Diogenes L.; Kikas, Timo; McCabe, Bernadette K. (2020). Bioresource recovery in the Australian red meat processing industry: a technical review of strategies for increased circularity. 2020 ASABE Annual International Virtual Meeting, July 13-15, 2020. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), 3−30.10.13031/aim.202000690

Rocha-Meneses, Lisandra; A. Ferreira, Jorge; Mushtaq, Maryam; Karimi, Sajjad; Orupõld, Kaja; Kikas, Timo (2020). Genetic modification of cereal plants: A strategy to enhance bioethanol yields from agricultural waste. Industrial Crops and Products, 150 (C), 112408.10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.112408

Cahyanti, Margareta Novian; Doddapaneni, Tharaka Rama Krishna C.; Kikas, Timo (2020). Biomass torrefaction: An overview on process parameters, economic and environmental aspects and recent advancements. Bioresource Technology, 122737.10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122737

Rocha-Meneses, Lisandra; Otor, Oghenetejiri Frances; Bonturi, Nemailla; Orupõld, Kaja; Kikas, Timo (2020). Bioenergy Yields from Sequential Bioethanol and Biomethane Production: An Optimized Process Flow. Sustainability, 12 (1), 272.10.3390/su12010272

Rauwel, Erwan; Al-Arag; Siham; Salehi, Hamideh; Amorim, Carlos O.; Cuisinier, Frédéric; Guha, Mihu; S. Rosario, Maria; Rauwel, Protima (2020). Assessing Cobalt Metal Nanoparticles uptake by Cancer Cells using Live Raman Spectroscopy. International Journal of Nanomedicine, 15, 7051−7062.10.2147/IJN.S258060

Rauwel, Protima; Rauwel, Erwan (2019). Towards the extraction of radioactive Cesium-137 from water via graphene/CNT and nanostructured Prussian blue hybrid nanocomposites: A Review. Nanomaterials, 9 (6), 682.10.3390/nano9050682

Rauwel, Protima; Ducroquet, Frédérique; Galeckas, Augustinas; Rauwel, Erwan (2019). Selective photocurrent generation in HfO2 and carbon nanotube hybrid nanocomposites under Ultra-Violet and visible photoexcitations. Materials Letters, 1.10.1016/j.matlet.2019.03.030

Raud, M.; Kikas, T.; Sippula, O.; Shurpali, N. J. (2019). Potentials and challenges in lignocellulosic biofuel production technology Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 111, 44−56.10.1016/j.rser.2019.05.020.

Raud, M.; Krennhuber, K.; Jäger, A.; Kikas, T. (2019). Nitrogen explosive decompression pre-treatment: an alternative to steam explosion. Energy, 177, 175−182.10.1016/j.energy.2019.04.071.

Rocha-Meneses, Lisandra; Raud, Merlin; Orupõld, Kaja; Kikas, Timo (2019). Potential of bioethanol production-waste for methane recovery. Energy, 173, 133−139.10.1016/j.energy.2019.02.073.

Rocha-Meneses, Lisandra; Ferreira, Jorge A; Bonturi, Nemailla; Orupõld, Kaja; Kikas, Timo (2019). Enhancing Bioenergy Yields from Sequential Bioethanol and Biomethane Production by Means of Solid–Liquid Separation of the Substrates. Energies, 12 (19), 3683.10.3390/en12193683.

Rocha-Meneses, Lisandra; Bergamo, Thaísa Fernandes; Kikas, Timo (2019). Potential of cereal-based agricultural residues available for bioenergy production. Data in Brief, 23, 103829.10.1016/j.dib.2019.103829.

Rocha-Meneses, Lisandra; Silva, Jose Carlos; Cota, Sandra; Kikas, Timo (2019). Thermodynamic, Environmental and Economic Simulation of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) for Waste Heat Recovery: Terceira Island Case Study. Environmental and Climate Technologies, 23 (2), 347−365.10.2478/rtuect-2019-0073.

Raud, Merlin; Rooni, Vahur; Kikas, Timo; (2018). Explosive decompression pretreatment - nitrogen or flue gas? European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings, 2018: 26th European Biomass Conference, 14-17 May 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark. ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, 973 −978.10.5071/26thEUBCE2018-3CO.7.1.

Raud, Merlin; Rooni, Vahur; Kikas, Timo (2018). The Efficiency of Nitrogen and Flue Gas as Operating Gases in Explosive Decompression Pretreatment. Energies, 11 (2074).10.3390/en11082074.

Rocha-Meneses, Lisandra; Ivanova, Anastasia; Atouguia, Guilherme; Ávila, Isaac; Raud, Merlin; Orupõld, Kaja; Kikas, Timo (2019). The effect of flue gas explosive decompression pretreatment on methane recovery from bioethanol production waste. Industrial Crops And Products, 127, 66−72.10.1016/j.indcrop.2018.10.057.

Raud, Merlin; Kikas, Timo; Sippula, Olli; Shurpali, Narasinha (2018). Potential and challenges in lignocellulosic biofuel production technology. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Developments Beyond 2030. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection, 2, 115−120.

Podkuiko, L.; Olt, J.; Kikas, T. (2017). Growth of Scenedesmus obliquus under artificial flue gas with a high sulphur concentration neutralized with oil shale ash. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 66(2), 151−158.10.3176/proc.2017.2.03.

Rooni, Vahur; Raud, Merlin; Kikas, Timo (2017). The Freezing Pre-Treatment of Lignocellulosic Material: A Cheap Alternative for Nordic Countries. Energy, 139, 1−7.10.1016/j.energy.2017.07.146.

Raud, Merlin; Mitt, Marion; Oja, Tõnu; Olt, Jüri; Orupõld, Kaja; Kikas, Timo (2017). Utilization potential of urban greening waste: Tartu case-study. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 21, 96−101.10.1016/j.ufug.2016.11.014.

Pitman, Kätlin; Raud, Merlin; Scotti, Gianmario; Jokinen, Ville P.; Franssila, Sami; Nerut, Jaak; Lust, Enn; Kikas, Timo (2017). Electrochemical Characterization of the Microfabricated Electrochemical Sensor-Array system. Electroanalysis, 29, 249−258.10.1002/elan.201600559.

Pitman, K.; Nerut, J.; Lust, E.; Franssila, S.; Raud, M.; Kikas, T. (2017). Electrooxidation of Hexacyanoferrate(II) Anions and Electroreduction of Oxygen in the Microfabricated Electrochemical Sensor-Array System. ECS Transactions, 77(11), 1771−1782.10.1149/07711.1771ecst.

Rocha-Meneses, Lisandra; Raud, Merlin; Orupõld, Kaja; Kikas, Timo (2017). Second-generation bioethanol production: A review of  strategies for waste valorisation. Agronomy Research, 15(3), 830−847.

Rooni, Vahur; Raud, Merlin; Kikas, Timo (2017). Technical solutions used in different pretreatments of lignocellulosic biomass: a review. Agronomy Research, 15(3), 848−858.

Õppetöö:

Spetsialistide ettevalmistamine, kes orienteeruvad biokütuste valdkonnas ja kel on teadmised erinevate biokütuste tüüpidest, nende tootmistehnoloogiatest ja valdkonnaga seotud seadusandlusest. Viiakse läbi õppetööd järgmistes õppeainetes:
TE.0940 Tööstuslikud protsessid ja seadmed bioenergeetikas,
TE.0941 Biokütuste iseloomustus: seadusandlus ja analüüs,
TE.0942 Biomass energia allikana,
TE.0943 Biokütused,
TE.0466 Kütused ja määrded.

Analüüsid:

Kütuste laboris on võimalik teostada alljärgnevaid analüüse (Analüüsid ei ole Eesti Akrediteerimiskeskuses akrediteeritud):

Intellektuaalne omand:
 

Sisemise valgusallikaga topeltseinaga silindriline pöörlev fotobioreaktor

Lämmastiklõhkamismeetod biomassi rakustruktuuri lõhkumiseks

Lignotselluloossest biomassist etanooli tootmise integreeritud läbivooluline seade