Cláudio Rocha got his MSc in Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto in July 2016. He completed his Ph.D. degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering from FEUP with the thesis entitled Olive mill wastewater valorization through steam reforming reaction using a hybrid sorption-enhanced membrane reactor for high-purity hydrogen production, at LEPABE, FEUP, in September 2021. Since October 2021, she has been working as a postdoctoral researcher at the LSRE-LCM, FEUP, on the ProjectHyGreen&LowEmissions  Tackling Climate Change Impacts: the role of Green Hydrogen production, storage and use.

Cláudio Rocha has published 7 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has also several oral and poster communications in international conferences. Besides that, he is one of the editors of the Book of Abstracts of the 4th Symposium on Chemical and Biological Engineering.

His research is focused on the valorization of the Olive Oil Mill Wastewater (and other pollutants streams) through the Steam Reforming Reaction in hybrid multifunctional reactors.

Supervisors: Vítor Vilar

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Wastewater Valorization (Steam Reforming)
Process integration & intensification (Multifunctional Reactors)
CO2 capture and H2 purification (CO2 Sorption and H2 perm-selective membranes)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

C. Rocha, M.A. Soria, L.M. Madeira. Olive mill wastewater valorization through steam reforming using hybrid multifunctional reactors for high-purity H2 production. Chemical Engineering Journal, 430, 132651, 2022 C. Rocha, M.A. Soria, L.M. Madeira. Doping of hydrotalcite-based sorbents with different interlayer anions for CO2 capture. Separation and Purification Technology, 235, 116140, 2020 C. Rocha, M.A. Soria, L.M. Madeira. Steam reforming of olive oil mill wastewater with in situ hydrogen and carbon dioxide separation - Thermodynamic analysis. Fuel, 207, 449-460, 2017

SELECTED PROJECTS

HyGreen&LowEmissions - Tackling Climate Change Impacts: the role of Green Hydrogen production, storage and use, together with low emissions energy systems. Reference: NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000077. Funded by: CCDR-N - Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte, P2020|Norte2020 - Projetos Integrados ICDT. Starting Date: 2021/04/01. Duration: 24 months.
Cláudio Rocha
Post-Doctoral Researcher
csrocha@fe.up.pt