NEWS
Ceremony of Professor Fernando Pereira as Full Professor
March 12, 2020
The swearing-in ceremony of Professor Fernando Pereira as Full Professor took place on March 12, 2020, in the presence of FEUP Director, Professor João Falcão e Cunha, and other colleagues from FEUP's direction and from the Chemical Engineering Department.
LSRE-LCM wishes Professor Fernando Pereira a long and successful tenure.
Retirement of Professor José Miguel Loureiro -Tribute by LSRE-LCM and DEQ
February 7, 2020
LSRE-LCM and Department of Chemical Engineering (DEQ) organized a tribute to Professor José Miguel Loureiro on the occasion of his retirement after 45 years at FEUP. Professor José Miguel Loureiro was a founding member of LSRE and later of the Associate Laboratory LSRE-LCM.
We wish him the long and happy retirement!
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
PUBLICATIONS
K.M. Eblagon, A.Malaika, K. Ptaszynska, M.F.R. Pereira, J.L. Figueiredo. Impact of thermal treatment of Nb2O5 on its performance in glucose dehydration to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in water. Nanomaterials, 10, 1685-1709, 2020
R.R. Marques, C. Malafaia, J.L. Faria, I. Menezes. Using online tools in participatory research with adolescents to promote civic engagement and environmental mobilization: the WaterCircle (WC) project. Environmental Education Research, 26, 1043-1059, 2020
C.A. Vega-Aguilar, M.F. Barreiro, A.E. Rodrigues. Catalytic wet peroxide oxidation of vanillic acid as a lignin model compound towards the renewable production of dicarboxylic acids. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 159, 115-125, 2020
R.V. Kumar, M.O. Barbosa, A.R Ribeiro, S. Morales-Torres, M.F.R. Pereira, A.M.T. Silva. Advanced oxidation technologies combined with direct contact membrane distillation for treatment of secondary municipal wastewater. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 140, 111-123, 2020
D.S.M. Constantino, R.P.V. Faria, A.M. Ribeiro, A. E. Rodrigues. Pervaporation and Sorption Enhanced Reactive Cyclic Processes: The Butyl Acrylate Case Study. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59, 2817-2827, 2020
L.O. Paulista, R.A.R. Boaventura, V.J.P. Vilar, A.L.N. Pinheiro, R.J.E. Martins. Enhancing methane yield from crude glycerol anaerobic digestion by coupling with ultrasound or A. niger/E. coli biodegradation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27, 1461–1474, 2020
M.P. Silva, A.M. Ribeiro, C.G. Silva, G. Narin, I.B.R. Nogueira, U-H. Lee, J.L. Faria, J.M. Loureiro, J-S. Chang, A.E. Rodrigues, A.F.P. Ferreira. Water vapor harvesting by a (P)TSA process with MIL-125(Ti)_NH2 as adsorbent. Separation and Purification Technology, 237, 116336, 2020
A.M.A. Pintor, B.R.C. Vieira, R.A.R. Boaventura, C.M.S. Botelho. Removal of antimony from water by iron-coated cork granulates. Separation and Purification Technology, 233, 116020, 2020
M.S.C.A. Brito, M.M.Dias, R.J.Santos, J.C.B.Lopes, C.P.Fonte. Fully resolved modelling and simulation of micromixing in confined impinging jets. Chemical Engineering Science, 211, 115299, 2020
APPROVED PROJECTS
NanoCatRed - Novel metallic NANOparticles on NANOstructured supports for oxyanion CATalytic REDuction in water.
Reference: NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-045925. Funded by: ANI – Agência Nacional de Investigação,
P2020|COMPETE - Projetos em Copromoção. Starting Date: 2020/06/01. Duration: 36 months.
LIMEX - Innovative Membrane Extraction of Lithium for Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling.
Reference: ERA-MIN/0004/2018. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia,
ERA-NET - European Research Area networks. Starting Date: 2019/09/01. Duration: 36 months.
Valor Natural - Natural Resources through the Extraction of High Added Value Ingredients for Applications in the Food Industry.
Reference: NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-024479. Funded by: ANI – Agência Nacional de Investigação,
P2020|COMPETE - Programas Mobilizadores. Starting Date: 2018/09/01. Duration: 36 months.
THESIS DEFENSES
Elson Dinis Gomes
Development of a continuous process for the production of vanillin and syringaldehyde from kraft black liquor
Development of a continuous process for the production of vanillin and syringaldehyde from kraft black liquor
Francesco Biancullo
Lab to Pilot-Scale Photocatalytic Treatment of Antibiotics, Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance Genes
Lab to Pilot-Scale Photocatalytic Treatment of Antibiotics, Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance Genes
Dânia Sofia Martins Constantino
Process Intensification for Butyl Acrylate Synthesis based on Sorption-Enhanced Reaction and Pervaporation-based Hybrid Processes
Process Intensification for Butyl Acrylate Synthesis based on Sorption-Enhanced Reaction and Pervaporation-based Hybrid Processes
Vanessa Filomena Duarte Martins
Light Olefin/Paraffin Separation By Cyclic Adsorption Processes
Light Olefin/Paraffin Separation By Cyclic Adsorption Processes
Marta Filipa Ferreira Pedrosa
Graphene-Based Catalytic Membranes for Water Treatment
Graphene-Based Catalytic Membranes for Water Treatment
Shi Qian
New Processes and Adsorbents for p-Xylene production
New Processes and Adsorbents for p-Xylene production
Batuira Martins da Costa Filho
Intensification of Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Processes using the NETmix mili-photoreactor for VOCs Oxidation at Gas Phase
Intensification of Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Processes using the NETmix mili-photoreactor for VOCs Oxidation at Gas Phase
Maria João Barbosa Regufe
CO₂ Capture from Flue Gases by Electric Swing Adsorption
CO₂ Capture from Flue Gases by Electric Swing Adsorption
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