Grazia Cinardi
Research Areas:
🌿 Circular economy 🌿 Renewable energy 🌿Ecological transition of agro-industrial companies
About the mobility grant visit
Hosting Institution: Instituto De Investigación En Ingeniería De Aragón, Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Spain
September to December 2025
Project Title: Improving Environmental Sustainability of Agro-Industrial Companies and their Supply Chain Using Life Cycle Assessment: Strategies and Tools for Ecological Transition.
The following steps have been agreed upon for the development of this project:
1.Thermodynamic analysis of citrus waste drying methods.
2. Evaluation of environmental issues related to energy consumption, resources and transportation of biomass.
3. Evaluating the environmental sustainability of two scenarios:
a. Citrus waste drying and valorisation as dairy cattle feed.
b. Wet citrus waste composting for spreading in agricultural land.
Grazia Cinardi
Agriculture, Food and Environment at the University of Catania, Italy
Academic Background (BA and MA degrees):
Industrial engineer, University of Catania, 2019
Management engineer, University of Catania, 2021