Dr. sc. ing. Aivars Žūriņš

Scientific interests and competences

Thermochemical conversion of biomass: pyrolysis, carbonisation, carbon material doping. Biorefinery, biofuels.

Additional information

  • Leader of the Thermochemical Process Group at LSIWC
  • Development of commercial technologies for char production in 12 Latvian and Estonian enterprises
  • 2000-2012 Director of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry
  • Member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences
  • Member of the Latvian Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences

The most important projects

The most important publications

  • Synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon catalyst from hydrothermally carbonized wood chips for oxygen reduction

    Catalysis Communications, 2023, 184, 106797, doi: 10.1016/j.catcom.2023.106797

  • Influence of chemical activation temperatures on nitrogen-doped carbon material structure, pore size distribution and oxygen reduction reaction activity

    Catalysts, 2021, 11(12), 1460, doi: 10.3390/catal11121460

  • Evolution of 1,6-anhydrosugars in the pyrolysis of biomass with phosphoric acid and P-containing activated carbon

    Catalysis Today, 2021, 367, 51-57, doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2020.09.032

  • Study of levoglucosenone obtained in analytical pyrolysis and screw-type reactor, separation and distillation

    Wood Science and Technology, 2020, 54(2), 383-400, doi: 10.1007/s00226-020-01164-7

Aivars Žūriņš
Dr. sc. ing. Aivars Žūriņš
Biorefinery Laboratory
Member of the Scientific Council
Leading Researcher
Project Manager
aivarsz@edi.lv
Education
1998.- Inženierzinātņu doktora grāds par darbu ”Ekoloģiski pieņemama kokogļu ražošanas tehnoloģija un tās realizācija praksē”
1979. - Inženieris ķīmiķis-tehnologs, Rīgas Politehniskais institūts, Ķīmijas fakultāte