University of Padua

University of Padua (UNIPD) founded in 1222, is one of Europe’s oldest universities. As a multi-disciplinary institute of higher education, the University aims to provide its students with professional training and a solid cultural background. UNIPD hosts over 70,000 students (over 7,000 international students), 2,200 lecturers and researchers and over 2,400 technicians and administration employees.

UNIPD offers a vast range of degree programs, covering the fields of Engineering, Science, Agriculture and Forestry, Healthcare and Medical Science, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine and Animal Welfare, Economics, Finance and Business Management, Statistics, Sociology, Psychology, Education and Training, Law, Cultural Heritage, Humanistic Studies, International Relations and Sport Sciences. 

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Role in the project

In the TEAPOTS project, the University of Padua plays a key role in remote sensing, analysing feedstocks and the products of pyrolysis and composting processes, supporting the technology providers in the process optimisation and the preparation of pilot tests, and performing an environmental assessment of TEAPOTS’ solutions. More specifically, as the leader of WP2, UNIPD contributes to mapping the potentially available biomass in both real and virtual pilots, identifying the best feedstock recipes for pyrolysis and the Compost Heat Recovery System (CHRS), and optimising the CHRS process.

UNIPD is also directly involved in:

• WP3 - Aiming at acquiring satellite data and defining models to estimate the available resources

• WP4 - Supporting the other partners in the arrangement and testing of the pilots, assessing the quality of pyrolysis and composting products (biochar and compost) and monitoring pyrolysis emissions

• WP5 - Supporting the development of a prediction system of biomass yields and contributing to the development of the decision support system

• WP6 - Performing life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to quantify the environmental profile of innovative technology and minimize its environmental impacts through sensitivity analysis.