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 www.eq.uc.pt POLO II - R. Sílvio Lima, Pólo II, 3030-790 Coimbra - PORTUGAL Telephone: +351-239798700; Fax: +351-239798703 Group on Environment, Reaction and Separation Engineering
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. Chemical Reaction Environment Engineering Separation Processes 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.
Key points of our research: - 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 Processes Development Operating Conditions Optimization Laboratory Scale GERSE Spin-off Full-Scale Application ADVENTECH
Focus area Catalytic processes Advanced oxidation processes Membrane processes Adsorption and ion-exchange Solid waste management Focus area, applied methodologies and main fields application Methodologies Process development and design Modelling and simulation Treatment and utilization of industrial by-products
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 Novel Reactors Reverse Flow Reactors Membrane Reactors Structured Reactors Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactors Multiphase Reactors Gas-Liquid-Solid, G-L-S Trickle-Bed Reactors, TBR Slurry Reactors Buble Column Reactors Multifunctional Reactors Auto-Cyclic Reactor, ACR Heterogeneous Catalysis Catalyst Preparation and Characterization Catalyst Screening REACTION ENGINEERING Temperature Runaway ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING Wrong Way Behaviour Thermal Unstabilities Critical Conditions Wet Oxidation Multiplicity Behaviour Advanced Oxidation Processes Ozonation Fenton Process Photo and Electro Assisted Processes Catalyst Screening Catalyst Preparation / Analysis of natural materials Environmental Catalysis Process Integration Catalyst Characterization
SEPARATION ENGINEERING Sorption Processes Adsorption Ion-Exchange Parametric pumping Cyclic Adsorption DT Cyclic Ion-exchange - DpH Adsorbent screening Equilibria Design and Optimization Heat and mass transfer-kinetics Hydrodynamics conditions Membrane Processes Ultrafiltration Nanofiltration Reverse Osmosis Integration of processes Ion-Exchange /Adsorpion Nanofiltration Membrane biological reactors - MBR s Mathematical Modeling ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING Membrane selection DESIGN Transport parameters evaluation Recovery of valuable metals and products Landfill leachate treatment Liquid effluent treatments Membrane characterization Valorization of agroindustrial by-products Bioaugmentation Water reuse
Solid Waste Management Characterization Physical/ chemical Chemical speciation modelling Leaching behavior Treatment Stabilization Solidification/Stabilization (S/S) Composting Regulatory compliance Valorization Ceramic materials Soil conditioner Soil Remediation PCB contamination WASTE MANAGEMENT AND SOIL REMEDIATION ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING Treatment Characterization Solid Wastes Valorization/ Recycling Environmental impact assessment LCA in-situ/ ex-situ remediation Site assessment Soil Remediation Kinetic modelling Electrokinetic (nzvi)
SIMULATION STUDIES Two Dimension One Dimension Transient Heterogeneous Fixed-Bed Models Steady State Pseudo Homogeneous Intraparticle Convection Method of Lines MOL Orthogonal Collocation Finite Differences PDEs Numerical Methods ODEs AEs Method Charactheristics GEAR LSODI PDECOL Software Codes FORSIM PDASAC DDASAC FLUENT Euler-Euler Turbulence models Volume of Fluid CFD Navier-Stokes Equations k-ε models
EXPERIMENTAL TESTS Advanced Oxidation Processes AOPs Textile Dyes Phenolic Compounds Formal dehyde Simulated Effluents Acrylic Acid Polyvinyl Alcohool Ethylene glicol
Real Wastewaters Mureda Alimentacion Olive Mill Elderberry juice Adegas Cooperativas Cantanhede, Azureira Terralis Wineries Destiliries EXPERIMENTAL TESTS Advanced Oxidation Processes AOPs Textile Industry Agro-Food Industry Rosários 4 Soprecor; MASilva Cork Formaldehyde Industry Bresfor Mureda Rice Alimentacion Industry landfill leachate Municipal Landfill Coimbra Vegetable Pharmaceutical Processing Industry Detergents Hovione Inquiba
Chromium compounds Phenolic Compounds EXPERIMENTAL TESTS Chemical and physical treatments Heavy metals Simulated Effluents Chloride/Sulfate Industrial water Nitrate solutions Pulp Industry Real Effluents Electroplating Industry Soporcel Celbi Mahle Crojaf
EXPERIMENTAL TESTS CTCV IPN Waste management and Soil Remediation Physical/chemical characterization Chemical speciation Leaching behavior Inorganic wastes/ Biowastes SIA Derovo AAC Composting ESAC Physical/chemical characterization Ex-situ remediation Phytotoxicity Valorsul Solidification/ stabilization Valorization/ recycling CTCV Maxit Group Oxidation/ Reduction treatment Soil remediation Kinetic models In-situ remediation
LABORATORIAL INSTALATIONS Ozonation Nitrates Treatment Wet Oxidation Reaction Engineering Fenton Process VOCs Treatment
LABORATORIAL INSTALATIONS T Ultrafiltration a) Parametric pumping Separation Engineering Ion-Exchange Nanofiltration
LABORATORIAL INSTALATIONS Characterization Treatment Solid Wastes LCA Recycling
Fixed-Bed Reactors FBR Multiphase Reactors RESEARCH PROJECTS 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 Catalytic Treatment of Liquid Effluents FCT-PRAXIS/CEG/2603; 1997-2000 Trickle-Bed Reactor for Treatment of Liquid Effluents by Catalytic Wet Oxidation, FCT- POCI/QUE/59895/2004; 2005-2008 REMOVALS - Reduction, modification and valorisation of sludges (Project EU), FP6/018525-Sixth Framework Programme, 2006-2009 Multifunctional Reactors Heterogeneous Catalysis Separation Processes E-Learning Tools Process Integration Reverse Flow Reactors, FCT-Praxis/CEG/2602, 1997-2000 Gas-Solid Fixed-Bed Reactors with Structured Packing, FCT-POCTI/QUE/34334/2000; 2000-2003 Ceramic Supports for Industrial Catalyst FCT-PRAXIS/TPAR/2060; 1997-2000 Combined membrane and ion-exchange processes for recovery and re-use of metals, POCTI/EQU/58149/2004, 2005-2008 LABVIRTUAL -Laboratórios Virtuais de Processos Químicos POSC 743/4.2/C/REG, 2006-2007 Olive Mill Wastewaters depuration by integrated chemical processes PTDC/EQU-ERQ/113308/2009 Integration of Chemical and Biological Processes QREN
Publications 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 Heterogeneous Catalysis 1 Msc 5 29 34 Environment 5 10 47 76 Chemical Reaction 6 9 44 66 Separation Processes 3 38 48 Others 2
Publications 35 60 30 50 25 40 20 15 10 Papers Chapters PhD Thesis Msc Thesis 30 20 Papers Chapters PhD Thesis 5 10 0 0
Publications 45 90 40 80 35 70 30 60 25 50 20 15 10 Proceedings Papers Chapters PhD Thesis Msc Thesis 40 30 20 Proceedings Papers Chapters PhD Thesis 5 10 0 0
Mureda Alimentacion ValorSul ADVENTECH Centro Tecnológico da Cerâmica e do Vidro Coimbra École Pol. Montréal Montréal, Canadá ISEC - DEQB I.P. de Coimbra Instituto Pedro Nunes GERSE COOPERATION Cooperation Maxit FEUP - LSRE Univ. Porto Univ. Ljubljana Ljubljana, Eslovénia Cosval Rosários 4 Univ. Rovira I Virgili Tarragona, Spain Adegas Cooperativas Cantanhede Univ. Barcelona Azureira Barcelone, Spain Aachen University Bresfor Terralis Germany Abo Akademi Finland Mahle Crojaf SIA Inquiba Driftal-GDP Hovione Soprecor ERSUC MASilva
Group on Environment, Reaction and Separation Engineering A P R E S E N T A Ç Ã O
Future Research Scopes REACTION ENGINEERING SCALING-UP Tests Process Integration SEPARATION ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING. Indoor and Outdoor air quality. Speciation Geo-chemistry SUSTAINABLE ENERGY. Mineral sequestration of CO 2. Recovery of added value-products (e.g. heavy metals, aminoacids) ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING WELLNESS ENGINEERING. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Health Impact Analysis (HIA).