Biomass and Bioenergy

Petr Straka is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague in Czech Republic. He has his expertise in the development and testing of catalysts for the hydrotreating of triglycerides with the aim of the production of diesel fuel renewable bio-component. His work is also focused on the hydrotreating of straw bio-oil from ablative fast pyrolysis and consequent processing of the product in oil refinery. Now-a-days he is researching on possibilities of hydrocracking of Fischer-Tropsch wax in the neat form or in the mixture with petroleum vacuum gas oil.