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Environment, Reaction and Separation Engineering
CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM ENGENHARIA DOS PROCESSOS
QUÍMICOS E DOS PRODUTOS DA FLORESTA (CIEPQPF) Department of Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Sciences and Technology
University of Coimbra POLO II - R. Sílvio Lima, Pólo II, 3030-790 Coimbra - PORTUGAL
Telephone: +351-239798700; Fax: +351-239798703
www.eq.uc.pt
OUTLINE
• Objectives
• Team
• Research Domains
• Laboratorial Installations
• Research Projects
• Publications
• Cooperation
• Research Future Scopes
OBJECTIVES
The research activities of GERSE focus on the development of
experimental and modeling studies in two main areas: Chemical
Reaction Engineering and Separation Processes. Most of the studies
are directed to the pollution prevention and control in the ambit of
Environment Engineering.
The main objective of the research devoted to environmental protection
is to develop alternative strategies to conventional treatments of liquid
and gas effluents, as well as the valorization of solid residues for
environmental sustainability.
Chemical
Reaction
Separation
Processes Environment
Engineering
Processes Development
Laboratory
Scale
Full-Scale
Application
Operating Conditions Optimization
- Integration of conventional and advanced processes in order to obtain
the best efficiency/cost ratio to fulfill environmental legislation.
- Recovery of valuable metals and products
- Valorization/recycling of solid wastes
GERSE ADVENTECH
Spin-off
Key points of our research:
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Treatment and utilization
of industrial by-products
Modelling and simulation
Process development
and design
Methodologies
Focus area, applied methodologies and main fields application
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Team
Scientific staff
Rosa M. Quinta-Ferreira (coordinator)
Licínio M. Gando-Ferreira
Margarida M. J. Quina
Maria João Anunciação Moreira
Luís Miguel Castro
Ana Cristina Almeida Costa
Msc students
Ana Carolina
Ana Sofia Simões
Carina Ramos
Elsa Neto
Lucy Henriques
Marta Nunes
Post-doc investigators
Rodrigo J.G. Lopes
Rui C. Martins
PhD students
Ana Sofia Fajardo
André F. Rossi
Daniela V.R. Lopes
Isabel Castelo-Branco
Micaela Soares
Nuno Amaral-Silva
Sandra Maria Loureiro Fernandes
Sérgio Castro-Silva
Fixed-Bed Reactors FBR
Structured Reactors
Reverse Flow Reactors
Membrane Reactors
Novel Reactors
Circulating Fluidized Bed
Reactors
REACTION ENGINEERING
Wrong Way Behaviour
Multiplicity
Behaviour
Critical Conditions
Temperature
Runaway Thermal
Unstabilities
Multifunctional Reactors
Auto-Cyclic Reactor, ACR
Multiphase Reactors
Slurry Reactors
Gas-Liquid-Solid, G-L-S
Trickle-Bed Reactors, TBR
Buble Column Reactors
ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING
Wet Oxidation
Fenton Process Ozonation
Advanced Oxidation
Processes
Process Integration Photo and Electro
Assisted Processes
Catalyst Screening
Catalyst
Characterization
Catalyst
Preparation /
Analysis of natural materials
Environmental
Catalysis
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Catalyst Preparation and
Characterization
Catalyst Screening
Sorption Processes
Ion-Exchange
Parametric pumping
Cyclic Adsorption – DT
Cyclic Ion-exchange - DpH
Adsorption
Adsorbent screening
Heat and mass
transfer-Kinetics
Hydrodynamics conditions
Equilibria Design and
Optimization
SEPARATION ENGINEERING
Membrane Processes
Ultrafiltration
Nanofiltration
Reverse Osmosis
Membrane selection
DESIGN
Transport parameters
evaluation
Membrane
characterization Mathematical
Modeling
Integration of processes
Ion-Exchange /Adsorpion
Nanofiltration
Membrane biological
reactors - MBR’s
ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING
Landfill leachate
treatment
Valorization of agro-
industrial by-products
Recovery of valuable metals and products
Water reuse
Liquid effluent
treatments Bioaugmentation
ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING
Characterization
Valorization/
Recycling Treatment
Solid
Wastes
Environmental impact assessment
LCA
Solid Waste Management
Physical/ chemical
Characterization
Chemical speciation modelling
Leaching behavior
Treatment
Stabilization
Solidification/Stabilization (S/S)
Composting
Regulatory compliance
Valorization Ceramic materials
Soil conditioner
Soil Remediation
PCB contamination
Site assessment
Electrokinetic
(nZVI)
in-situ/
ex-situ
remediation
Soil
Remediation
Kinetic modelling
WASTE MANAGEMENT AND SOIL REMEDIATION
Two
Dimension
One
Dimension
Transient Steady
State
Intraparticle
Convection
Pseudo
Homogeneous
Heterogeneous
Fixed-Bed
Models
Method
of Lines
MOL
Orthogonal
Collocation
Finite
Differences
Method
Charactheristics
AEs
ODEs
PDEs
Numerical
Methods
GEAR
LSODI
FORSIM
DDASAC
PDASAC
PDECOL
Software
Codes
FLUENT
Turbulence models
k-ε models
Navier-Stokes Equations
Volume of Fluid
Euler-Euler
CFD
SIMULATION STUDIES
Phenolic
Compounds
Polyvinyl
Alcohool
Acrylic
Acid
Ethylene
glicol
Textile
Dyes
Formal
dehyde
Simulated
Effluents
EXPERIMENTAL TESTS
Advanced Oxidation Processes
AOPs
Agro-Food
Industry
Formaldehyde
Industry
Wineries
Destiliries
Textile
Industry
Olive
Mill
landfill
leachate
Vegetable
Processing
Elderberry
juice
Rice
Industry
Detergents
Pharmaceutical
Industry
Cork
EXPERIMENTAL TESTS
Advanced Oxidation Processes
AOPs Real
Wastewaters
Rosários 4 Mureda
Alimentacion
Adegas Cooperativas
Cantanhede ,
Azureira
Terralis
Bresfor
Mureda
Alimentacion
Soprecor;
MASilva
Municipal Landfill
Coimbra
Inquiba
Hovione
Phenolic
Compounds
Industrial
water
Chloride/Sulfate
Nitrate
solutions
Chromium
compounds
Heavy
metals
Simulated
Effluents
EXPERIMENTAL TESTS
Chemical and physical
treatments
Pulp Industry Electroplating
Industry
Mahle
Crojaf
Soporcel
Celbi
Real
Effluents
EXPERIMENTAL TESTS
Valorization/
recycling
Chemical
speciation
Composting
Physical/chemical
characterization
Solidification/
stabilization
Leaching
behavior
Phytotoxicity
Inorganic wastes/
Biowastes
Valorsul
CTCV
IPN
CTCV
Maxit Group
Kinetic
models
Ex-situ
remediation
In-situ
remediation
Physical/chemical
characterization
Oxidation/
Reduction
treatment
Soil
remediation
ESAC
SIA
Derovo
AAC
Waste management and Soil
Remediation
LABORATORIAL INSTALATIONS
Wet Oxidation
Fenton
Process
VOCs
Treatment
Nitrates
Treatment
Ozonation Reaction
Engineering
LABORATORIAL INSTALATIONS
Ultrafiltration
Nanofiltration
Ion-Exchange
Parametric
pumping
Separation
Engineering
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LABORATORIAL INSTALATIONS
Characterization
Recycling Treatment Solid
Wastes
LCA
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Trickle-Bed Reactor for Treatment of Liquid Effluents by Catalytic Wet Oxidation,
FCT- POCI/QUE/59895/2004; 2005-2008
Influence of Intraparticle Convection on the Project of Fixed-Bed Reactors,
JNICT-PMCT/CEN/939/9; 1990-1993
Intraparticle Convection on Fixed-bed Reactor
JNICT-PBIC/C/CEN/1185/9; 1992-1995
Ceramic Supports for Industrial Catalyst
FCT-PRAXIS/TPAR/2060; 1997-2000
Gas-Solid Fixed-Bed Reactors with Structured Packing,
FCT-POCTI/QUE/34334/2000; 2000-2003
Reverse Flow Reactors, FCT-Praxis/CEG/2602, 1997-2000
Catalytic Treatment of Liquid Effluents
FCT-PRAXIS/CEG/2603; 1997-2000
Combined membrane and ion-exchange processes for recovery and re-use of metals,
POCTI/EQU/58149/2004, 2005-2008
REMOVALS - Reduction, modification and valorisation of sludges (Project EU),
FP6/018525-Sixth Framework Programme, 2006-2009
LABVIRTUAL -Laboratórios Virtuais de Processos Químicos
POSC 743/4.2/C/REG, 2006-2007
Multifunctional Reactors
Multiphase Reactors
Fixed-Bed Reactors FBR
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Separation Processes
E-Learning Tools
Olive Mill Wastewaters depuration by integrated chemical processes PTDC/EQU-ERQ/113308/2009 Process Integration
Integration of Chemical and Biological Processes QREN
Thesis Chapters in
Books
Papers in
International
Journals
Papers in
Conference
Proceeding
Fixed-Bed Reactor 2 PhD, 1 Msc 2 11 24
AOPs 3 PhD 3 33 42
Separation Processes 1 PhD 3 28 39
Solid Waste 1 PhD 2 14 21
CFD 1 PhD 5 17 19
2 Others
48 38 3 Separation Processes
66 44 9 6 Chemical Reaction
76 47 10 5 Environment
Publications
Heterogeneous
Catalysis 1 Msc 5 29 34
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ISEC - DEQB
I.P. de Coimbra
GERSE
COOPERATION
Driftal-GDP
Bresfor
Cosval
Adegas Cooperativas Cantanhede
Azureira
Terralis
Rosários 4
Mureda
Alimentacion
ValorSul
Maxit
Mahle Crojaf SIA
ERSUC
Driftal-GDP
Bresfor
Cosval
Adegas Cooperativas Cantanhede
Azureira
Terralis
Rosários 4
Mureda
Alimentacion
ValorSul
Maxit
Mahle Crojaf SIA
ERSUC
Inquiba
Hovione Soprecor MASilva
ADVENTECH
Cooperation
Univ. Rovira I Virgili
Tarragona, Spain
Univ. Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Eslovénia
École Pol. Montréal
Montréal, Canadá
Univ. Barcelona
Barcelone, Spain
Centro Tecnológico
da Cerâmica e do Vidro
Coimbra
Aachen University
Germany
FEUP - LSRE
Univ. Porto
Instituto Pedro Nunes
Abo Akademi
Finland
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Environment, Reaction and Separation Engineering
SEPARATION
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENT
ENGINEERING
REACTION
ENGINEERING
Process Integration
SCALING-UP
Tests
Future Research Scopes
WELLNESS ENGINEERING
. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
. Health Impact Analysis (HIA).
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING
. Indoor and Outdoor air quality
. Speciation Geo-chemistry
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
. Mineral sequestration of CO2
. Recovery of added value-products
(e.g. heavy metals, aminoacids)