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Research Teams and Lines

Projects (from 2013)

Project: Development of new sustainable gel-type materials  from lignocellulose with ionic liquids (CELLUGELS)
Reference: 2022-T1/IND-23950
Sponsor: Comunidad de Madrid
Duration: from 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2028
Main Researcher: Pedro Verdía Barbará
Number of researchers: 2

Project: Circular economy applied to fruit stone wastes from canned fruit and juice manufacturing: a food biorefinery strategy
Reference: TED2021-129917B-I00.
Sponsor: MICINN
Duration: from 01/09/2022 to 31/10/2024
Main Researcher: Francisco Rodríguez Somolinos and Rubén Miranda Carreño
Number of researchers: 17

Project: Aqueous biphasic extraction for the recovery and reuse of ionic liquids of downstream biorefinery processes
Reference: PID2021-124231OB-I00.
Sponsor: MICINN
Duration: from 01/09/2022 to 31/10/2025
Main Researcher: Julián García González
Number of researchers: 5

Project: Integrated biorefinery of wood and fruit stones: scale-up, bioproduct formulation, and techno-economic analysis
Reference: PID2020-113570RB-I00.
Sponsor: MICINN
Duration: from 01/10/2021 to 31/10/2024
Main Researcher: Mª Mercedes Oliet Palá and Juan Carlos Domínguez Toribio
Number of researchers: 8

Project: Technologies for improving the sustainability of processes and products based on lignocellulosic biomass
Reference: P2018/EMT-4348 (SUSTEC-CM)
Sponsor: Comunidad de Madrid
Duration: from 01/01/2019 to 31/12/2022
Main Researcher: Francisco Rodríguez Somolinos
Number of researchers: 35 de 5 grupos de investigación

Project: Extractive distillation of aromatic hydrocarbons from reforming and pyrolysis gasolines using a binary mixture of ionic liquids as mass separation agent
Reference: CTQ2017-85340-R.
Sponsor: MICINN
Duration: from 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2020
Main Researcher: Julián García González
Number of researchers: 6

Project: Valorization of lignocellulosic fractions obtained by biorefining of wood species using Ionosolv and Organosolv processes
Reference: CTQ2017-88623R
Sponsor: MICINN
Duration: from 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2020
Main Researcher: Mercedes Oliet Palá and María Virginia Alonso Rubio
Number of researchers: 8

Project: Design of a process for the extraction of aromatic hydrocarbons from pyrolysis gasoline using a binary mixture of ionic liquids
Reference: CTQ2014-53655-R
Sponsor: MICINN
Duration: from 01/01/2015 to 31/12/2017
Main Researcher: Julián García González
Number of researchers: 6

Project: Research Group Support
Reference: GR3/14.
Sponsor: UCM
Main Researcher: Francisco Rodríguez Somolinos
Number of researchers: 15

Project: Use of ionic liquids as an alternative to organic solvents in processes and products
Reference: S2013/MAE-2800 (LIQUORGAS)
Sponsor: Comunidad de Madrid<
Duration: from 01/10/2014 to 31/12/2018
Main Researcher: Francisco Rodríguez Somolinos
Number of researchers: 40 de 5 grupos de investigación

Project: Increasing the sulfur removal efficiency of exhaust gas desulfurization units in thermal power plants by injecting oxygen into different stages of the desulfurization process
Reference: Art. 83 115-2014
Sponsor: PRAXAIR
Duration: from 11/01/2014 to 10/12/2014
Main Researcher: Francisco Rodríguez Somolinos
Number of researchers: 6

Project: Sustainable wood processing to obtain hydrolyzable cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin and other biocompounds
Reference: CTQ2013-42006-R
Sponsor: MICINN
Duration: from 01/01/2014 to 31/12/2016
Main Researcher: Mª Mercedes Oliet Palá and Mª Virginia Alonso Rubio
Number of researchers: 7

Project: Liquid-liquid extraction of aromatics from reforming and pyrolysis gasolines with binary ionic liquid mixtures and solvent regeneration
Reference: CTQ2011-23533
Sponsor: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Duration: from 01/01/2012 to 31/12/2014
Main Researcher: Julián García González
Number of researchers: 8

Project: Program for the creation and consolidation of research groups. Call for proposals 2010
Reference: GR35/10-A.
Sponsor: UCM and BSCH
Duration: 2011
Main Researcher: Francisco Rodríguez Somolinos
Number of researchers: 12

Project: A nanoscale artificial nose to easily detect volatile biomarkers at early stages of Lung cancer and related genetic modifications
Reference: FP7-HEALTH-2010-258868-2
Sponsor: VII Frame Program of EU
Duration: from 01/04/2011 to 31/03/2015
Main Researcher: José Santiago Torrecilla Velasco
Number of researchers: 4

Project: Dissolution of wood in ionic liquids with selective recovery of cellulose and lignin
Reference: CTQ2010-15742
Sponsor: MICINN
Duration: from 01/01/2011 to 31/12/2013
Main Researcher: Mª Mercedes Oliet Palá
Number of researchers: 8

Project: Use of ionic liquids as an alternative to organic solvents in advanced separation processes
Sponsor: Comunidad de Madrid
Duration: from 01/01/2010 to 31/12/2013
Main Researcher: Francisco Rodríguez Somolinos
Number of researchers: 28 de 3 grupos de investigación