Since the foundation of the PEB research group by Prof. Dr. Alberto Wisniewski Jr, back in 2012, and its registration on National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq, and also on the Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels - ANP under the registration number 0650/2015, we have been focused in two research lines: on studying thermochemical process such as pyrolysis for the valorization of residues and waste biomasses; and organic geochemistry studies of crude oils. Currently Lab PEB is localized at the Regional Nucleus of Competence in Oil, Gas, and Biofuels - NUPEG-SE at the Federal University of Sergipe.
Our work focuses in a microscale and bench-scale pyrolysis processes looking for add-value to waste biomasses like invasive aquatic plants (water hyacinth), cattle manure, cottonseed oil dregs, and agroindustrial wastes such as cassava shooting systems, and green coconut shells among others.
On the other hand, the know-how of the lab is the advanced analytical chemistry capacities and our work focuses on a full chemical characterization of the products like bio-oils, biogas, biochar, and crude oils, applying Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry, Ion Mobility - Mass Spectrometry and Ultra High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry among others techniques. Since 2015 Lab PEB as also been a part of Center of Multi-user Chemistry Laboratories - CLQM at the Federal University of Sergipe.
In 2023 a startup company was created from Lab PEB members working in the field of biomass pyrolysis. The company called Bio Carbon Brazil is currently incubated at the Technological Park of Sergipe (SergipeTec). It has a focus in the bio-products from green coconut shells biomass as structured biochar for soil amendment.
The main scientific contributions of Lab PEB can be found on the scientific profile of their coordinator Prof. Dr. Alberto Wisniewski Jr.
Petroleum and Energy from Biomass Research Group - PEB
Federal University of Sergipe - Department of Chemistry
Av. Marcelo Déda Chagas, s/n - PEB-NUPEG, Sector C, Room 09
São Cristóvão-SE - CEP 49107 230