Waste Streams Property Characterisation in Biorefinery Systems Engineering Using an Ontology Approach

The aim of this work is to advance the currently available repositories for a waste biorefinery by adding a new layer of detail within the ontology concerning stream chemical and properties characterisation. The work offers a systematic approach to the collection, classification, repositories and ontology building for organic waste streams, and includes the necessary methodologies and workflows for expanding the current repository. The work consists of a detailed literature review and industrial data collection for the classification of the streams according to processing technologies. A detailed repository of models to describe all the properties of the involved streams is included as well.