The core of my research lies within the transition from fossil resources to green energy and materials. This means that as a researcher I explore conversion strategies for various biomass feedstocks (forestry- and food waste, microalgae etc.) into energy carrying biooils, biofuels and high value platform chemicals, focusing on developing sustainable processes with a minimal environmental footprint. Platform chemicals serve as substrates in both medicine, chemical synthesis and construction, and as a biomass advocate, I mean that anything can be made from biomass; one simply needs enough time in the lab. However, the transition from fossil- and petroleum-based resources and feedstocks into renewable replacements needs an overarching and holistic evaluation to determine both environmental-, economical- and social sustainability. Therefore, I include life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology as a measuring point for technological/environmental feasibility, as well as having created and currently teach the corresponding LCA-course at UiB.

Courses

ENERGI102 - Life Cycle Assessment - Emneansvarlig

KJEM290 - Scientific Communication in English - Emneansvarlig

SDG207/SDG607 - Energy Transition - Underviser

 

MSc and BSc projects

MSc and BSc projects are available. Please contact me if you are interested.

Forelesning

• Camilla Løhre (2019). Lignocellulosisk biomasse (trær) → Lignin → Bioolje. (ekstern lenke)
• Camilla Løhre (2012). Hva gjør en kjemiker på jobben?. (ekstern lenke)
• Camilla Løhre; Tanja Barth; Rune Brusletto (2017). Pellets instead of coal in thermal power plants. (ekstern lenke)
• Camilla Løhre (2020). Pellets fra trevirke erstatter kull. (ekstern lenke)
• Rune Brusletto; Gianluca Marcotullio; Mike Kleinert et al. (2019). Recovering furfural from the aqueous waste stream in ArbacoreTM brown pellets production. (ekstern lenke)
• Camilla Løhre (2017). Innsikt, metoder og kompetanse på veien fra olje til fornybare ressurser. (ekstern lenke)

Konferanseforedrag

• Camilla Løhre; Tanja Barth; Rune Brusletto (2020). Side-stream effluent from large scale steam explosion at blackpellet plant revealing high furfural-content and added product value. (ekstern lenke)
• Camilla Løhre; Solmaz Ghoreishi; Hilde Vik Halleraker et al. (2013). The Effect of Input Material on product yield and Composition of bio-oils from lignin solvolysis. (ekstern lenke)
• Stian Hersvik Hegdahl; Camilla Løhre; Solmaz Ghoreishi et al. (2022). 150x Upscaling of Batch Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Digested Wastewater Sludge with Water and Ethanol using an Experimental Design. (ekstern lenke)
• Camilla Løhre; Tanja Barth (2021). Optimizing composition of renewable aromatics from lignin in preparation for catalytic upgrading and fuel blending.. (ekstern lenke)
• Camilla Løhre; Solmaz Ghoreishi; Joakim Lindgaard Molnes et al. (2022). 150x Upscaling of Batch Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Digested Wastewater Sludge with Water and Ethanol using an Experimental Design. (ekstern lenke)
• Camilla Løhre (2022). Minimizing our CO2-footprint by sustainability- and life-cycle-assessment. (ekstern lenke)
• Mike Kleinert; Camilla Løhre; Bjarte Holmelid (2015). Production of Phenolic Compounds by Formic Acid-Assisted Hydrous Liquefaction of Lignin. (ekstern lenke)
• Stian Hersvik Hegdahl; Kristine Akervold; Usanee Kongjampee et al. (2022). Biogas Residues as Feedstock for Hydrothermal Conversion: Bio-Oil Yield Optimisation and Fate of Drugs. (ekstern lenke)
• Solmaz Ghoreishi; Dag Helge Hermundsgård; Camilla Løhre et al. (2021). Quantitative NMR analysis of the aqueous product streams from large pilot-scale steam explosion revealing high value-added platform chemicals. (ekstern lenke)
• Tanja Barth; Solmaz Ghoreishi; Mikel Oregui et al. (2017). Thermal Conversion of lignin residues for Production of bio-fuels and chemicalson a lignocellulosic biorefinery. (ekstern lenke)

Vitenskapelig artikkel

• Camilla Løhre; Mike Kleinert; Tanja Barth (2017). Organosolv extraction of softwood combined with lignin-to-liquid-solvolysis as a semi-continuous percolation reactor. (ekstern lenke)
• Solmaz Ghoreishi; Camilla Løhre; Dag Helge Hermundsgård et al. (2022). Identification and quantification of valuable platform chemicals in aqueous product streams from a preliminary study of a large pilot-scale steam explosion of woody biomass using quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. (ekstern lenke)
• Camilla Løhre; Hilde Vik Halleraker; Tanja Barth (2017). Composition of lignin-to-liquid solvolysis oils from lignin extracted in a semi-continuous organosolv process. (ekstern lenke)
• Camilla Løhre; Jarl Underhaug; Rune Brusletto et al. (2021). A Workup Protocol Combined with Direct Application of Quantitative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Aqueous Samples from Large-Scale Steam Explosion of Biomass. (ekstern lenke)
• Kristoffer Mega Herdlevær; Camilla Løhre; Egil Nodland et al. (2022). Comparison of calibration models for rapid prediction of lignin content in lignocellulosic biomass based on infrared and near-infrared spectroscopy. (ekstern lenke)
• Camilla Løhre; Tanja Barth; Mike Kleinert (2016). The effect of solvent and input material pretreatment on product yield and composition of bio-oils from lignin solvolysis. (ekstern lenke)
• Kristoffer Mega Herdlevær; Kasper Strandengen; Camilla Løhre et al. (2024). Determination of Sugar Concentrations in Aqueous Solution Using Multivariate Predictions Based on 1H-NMR Spectroscopy. (ekstern lenke)
• Camilla Løhre; Gro-Anita Aakre Laugerud; Wouter J. J. Huijgen et al. (2018). Lignin-to-liquid-solvolysis (LtL) of organosolv extracted lignin. (ekstern lenke)
• Stian Hersvik Hegdahl; Solmaz Ghoreishi; Camilla Løhre et al. (2023). Exploring hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of digested sewage sludge (DSS) at 5.3 L and 0.025 L bench scale using experimental design. (ekstern lenke)
• Stian Hersvik Hegdahl; Camilla Løhre; Tanja Barth (2022). Hydrothermal liquefaction of sewage sludge anaerobic digestate for bio-oil production: Screening the effects of temperature, residence time and KOH catalyst. (ekstern lenke)

Doktorgradsavhandling

• Camilla Løhre; Tanja Barth (2017). The effect of input material pretreatment on product yield and composition of bio-oils from LtL-solvolysis. A continuous process for organosolv fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass and solvolytic conversion of lignin. (ekstern lenke)

Konferanseposter

• Stian Hersvik Hegdahl; Camilla Løhre; Tanja Barth (2021). Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Digested Sewage Sludge to Produce Bio-Oil - Thermochemical conversion of digested sewage sludge in water or ethanol as an in-situ solvent system has been optimized at small and large scale. (ekstern lenke)
• Camilla Løhre; Tatjana Barth; Bjarte Holmelid (2012). The Effect of Reaction Conditions and Reaction Medium on the Output and Composition of Bio-Oils from Lignin Solvolysis. (ekstern lenke)
• Camilla Løhre; Tanja Barth; Rune Brusletto (2017). Arbacore pellets replacing coal in thermal power plants. (ekstern lenke)
• Tanja Barth; Mikel Oregui; Camilla Løhre et al. (2017). COMPARING APPROACHES FOR LIGNIN VALORISATION BY FORMIC ACID ASSISTED SOLVOLYSIS – WHAT IS THE BEST OPTION ?. (ekstern lenke)
• Camilla Løhre; Tanja Barth (2015). Development of the continuous process of solvolytic conversion of lignin to bio-oil – Lignosolv. (ekstern lenke)
• Camilla Løhre; Tatjana Barth; Bjarte Holmelid (2012). The Effect of Reaction Conditions on Composition and Quality of Bio-Oils from Lignin Solvolysis. (ekstern lenke)

Forskningsrapport

• Camilla Løhre; Tanja Barth (2018). Composition of the liquid fraction originating from steam explosion of wood chips from various species. (ekstern lenke)
• Camilla Løhre; Tanja Barth (2017). Distillation and Total Organic Carbon measurement of condensates from steam explosion of wood chips. (ekstern lenke)
• Solmaz Ghoreishi; Camilla Løhre; Heidi Marina Hammer Mayhew et al. (2020). Chemical analysis of condensate and pressed water from steam explosion of chlorine containing wood. (ekstern lenke)
• Solmaz Ghoreishi; Camilla Løhre; Tanja Barth (2020). NMR analysis of effluents/condensates and filtrates from steam explosion and multivariate data analysis of the generation of furfural and some other valuable organic components: yields and concentrations. (ekstern lenke)

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