NEWS

Science & Technology Week 2018

November 19-23, 2018

A new edition of the Science & Technology Week 2017 took place at Department of Chemical Engineering - FEUP.

LSRE-LCM researchers together with LEPABE and CEFT organized a series of visits to the laboratories under the motto “Technological advances in emerging areas of Chemical, Environmental and Biotechnology Engineering”.

The event was mainly attended by MIEQ, MIEA and MIB students and also by some high school students and teachers.

More information about this event at: http://noticias.up.pt/u-porto-de-portas-abertas-na-semana-da-ciencia-e-da-tecnologia-2018/ and https://web.fe.up.pt/~deqwww/sct2018/

Pedro Gomes PhD Thesis Defense

October 19, 2018

LSRE-LCM congratulates Pedro Sousa Ferreira Gomes for his PhD thesis defense on October 19^th, 2018 at FEUP.

Pedro Gomes finished his Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled ''Proteins Separation by Expanded Bed Chromatography Technology'', supervised by Prof. Alírio Rodrigues and co-supervised by Prof. José Miguel Loureiro.

We wish Pedro success for the beginning of the new professional stage!

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

PUBLICATIONS

Carneiro M.A., Silva T.A., Teixeira P.J.S., Boaventura R.A.R., Botelho C.M.S., Pintor A.M.A.. New insights on antimony removal and recovery from water and wastewater using iron-coated cork granulates: Desorption on batch and fixed-bed column systems. Chemical Engineering Science, 296, 120207, 2024

Domingues P.S., Sousa H.P., Oliveira N.S., Ribeiro A.M., Ferreira A.. Determination of the biochemical methane potential of swine hydrolyzate. Renewable Energy, 235, 121287, 2024

Matos J., Santos R.J., Dias M.M., Lopes J.C.B.. Chaos and mixing in NETmix. AIChE Journal, 70, e18461, 2024

Batool S., Schubert J.S., Ayala P., Saito H., Sampaio M.J., Da Silva E.S., Silva C.G., Faria J.L., Eder D., Cherevan A.. A thiomolybdate cluster for visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution: comparison of homogeneous and heterogeneous approaches. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 8, 1225 - 1235, 2024

Restivo J., Orge C.A., Soares O.S.G.P., Pereira M.F.R.. A review of current and prospective catalytic routes for the management of PFAs contamination in water. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12, 112859, 2024

APPROVED PROJECTS

SWMOF - Water capture from atmospheric humidity using ecological MOFs and integration with intelligent water distribution systems. Reference: Water4All/0003/2022. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Water4All - Water4All Partnership (co-funded by Horizon Europe). Starting Date: 2024/04/01. Duration: 36 months.

ReWateR - Recovery of Wastewater Resources in Agriculture. Reference: 82343. Funded by: “La Caixa” Foundation, INCF - Incoming Fellowship 2023. Starting Date: 2024/04/01. Duration: 36 months.

ERA-ARE - A new ERA for Environmental Risk Assessment: Chirality as a tool towards environmentally safe pharmaceuticals. Reference: ERC - 101039270. Funded by: European Comission, Horizon Europe | ERC | STARTING GRANTS. Starting Date: 2023/12/31. Duration: 60 months.

NEWater - Unconventional, natural and low-energy solutions for managing water sources. Reference: Water4All/0002/2022. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Water4All - Water4All Partnership (co-funded by Horizon Europe). Starting Date: 2023/12/01. Duration: 36 months.

RESURGENCE - Industrial Water Circularity: Reuse, resource recovery and energy efficiency for greener digitised EU process. Reference: 101138097. Funded by: European Comission, Horizonte Europa | Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space. Starting Date: 2023/12/01. Duration: 48 months.

THESIS DEFENSES

Cláudia Cristina Ferreira de Almeida
Liquid and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Processes for the Valorisation of Natural Products

Pedro Monteiro Walgode
A new continuous process for dihydroxyacetone production through glycerol catalytic oxidation

Rafael Osório Marques Dias
Gas-phase Simulated Moving Bed for methane upgrade

Ana Sofia Guedes Gorito dos Santos
Removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from water in continuous catalytic systems

Júlia Cristiê Kessler
Supercritical CO2 extraction and continuous production of Moringa oleifera microcapsules: A scalable approach for natural-based cosmetic formulations

Lucas Zafanelli
Green Hydrogen Recovery from Natural Gas Grids by Adsorption Processes