Department of Chemical and BiomolecularEngineering

University of Cantabria (SPAIN)

OCTOBER 2014

PI: Ángel Irabien

RESEARCH GROUP: DePRORESEARCH GROUP: DePRO

http://www.unican.es/Departamentos/ingquimica/Investigacion/20100208.htm

PROCESS INTENSIFICATIONPROCESS INTENSIFICATION

PROCESS INTEGRATIONPROCESS INTEGRATION

METRICS FOR SUSTAINABILITYASSESSMENT

METRICS FOR SUSTAINABILITYASSESSMENT

Distribution

Resource extractionprocessing

Design

Manufacturing and Retail

Use

Collection

Re-use, Recycling, Energy discovery, Disposal

DePRO Main fields of interest

Website: http://www.unican.es/Departamentos/ingquimica/Investigacion/20100208.htm

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Index

-ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY (ENV SUS): Dr. Ignacio Fernández-Olmo

-LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA): Dr. Rubén Aldaco

-SUSTAINABLE AND INNOVATIVE MEMBRABNE TECHNOLOGIES (MEMB): Dr. Aurora Garea, Dr.

Clara Casado

-CARBON CAPTURE AND VALORIZATION (CO2): Dr. Antonio Domínguez-Ramos, Dr. Manuel

Alvarez-Guerra

-PROCESS AND ENERGY ENGINEERING (CAPE): Prof. Angel Irabien, Prof. Ignacio Eguiluz

2. Research

1. Introduction: about us

3. Analytical Facilities

Prof. Ángel Irabien Gulías

Prof. L.I. Eguiluz Morán

Dra. Aurora Garea Vázquez

Dr. Ignacio Fernandez-Olmo

Dr. Rubén Aldaco García

1. Who are we?

Dr. Roberto Arce Recio

Dra. Cristina Lasa Diaz

Dra. Olga Oliván Martinez

Dra. Clara Casado

Coterillo

Dr. Manuel Alvarez-

Guerra

2. Where are we?

E.T.S Ingenieros Industriales y TelecomunicaciónAvda. Los Castros s/n 39005 Santander (Cantabria)

Spain

Dr. Antonio Dominguez Ramos

Enrique Alvarez-Guerra

Dr. Axel Arruti Fernández

Dr. Julián Diaz Ortiz

Dr. Jose Antonio Fernández

PhD. Students:

Andrés del Castillo

Martín

Ana Fernández Barquín

Lucía Gomez Coma

Ana Hernández Pellón

German Santos Bregel

Isabel García Herrero

María Margallo Blanco

Javier Pinedo Alonso

Esther Santos

Santamaria

Technicians:

Elena Manteca Rivera

Beatriz Arce Pascual

1. Introduction: about us

Assessment of heavy metal levels in ambient air by

means of tools based on multivariate analysis

Supervisor: Prof. Ignacio Fernández-Olmo

PhD. Germán Santos

Atmospheric pollution due to the presence of particulate matter (PM) in ambient air remains one of the environmental issues of concern in urban areas, especially because of the adverse health effects associated with some of its constituents such as heavy metals. In this respect, the European Union (EU) through the Air Quality Framework Directive has set air quality targets for some trace metals in particulate matter. However, the analytical procedures for the determination of heavy metals in PM are expensive and time-consuming. According to EU Directives, since the heavy metal levels do not exceed the lower assessment threshold in some studied sites of Cantabria (Northern Spain), objective estimation techniques can be used as an alternative to experimental determination. These techniques can be interpreted as mathematical methods to calculate concentrations from values measured at other locations and/or times. In this regard, multivariate regression techniques are widely used in the literature to estimate the concentration of air pollutants.The aim of this work is to estimate PM-bound metal levels in some urban areas in Cantabria by means of statistical models based on multivariate analysis techniques. These estimations can be used for air quality assessment as an alternative to experimental measurements.

Microwave-assisted

digestion

ICP/MS

AnalysisSampling

INPUTS:Heavy metal

measurements

ESTIMATIONS: Heavy metal

levels

Multivariate

analysis

2. Research: ENV

SUS

Life cycle assessment of packaging waste

incineration in Spain and Portugal: a multi

input/output allocation model

Supervisors: Dr. Rubén Aldaco, Prof. Angel Irabien

PhD. María Margallo

Waste generation in Europe has increased in recent years, amounting to more than 2 billion tons in 2010. Most common waste treatments are landfilling, incineration and recycling. However, despite landfilling is still the most common practice, waste incineration has increased in the last years.The main advantages of incineration are the reduction of mass and volume of residues and the recovery of energy. However, incineration had gained a bad reputation owing to the environmental impact. To assess the advantages and disadvantages and the environmental impacts a life cycle perspective is required. Within the framework of FENIX project it is proposed a multi input-output allocation model that describe the Spanish and Portuguese waste incineration landscape.

TransportTransport ProductionProduction

PackagingPackagingUseUse

Life Cycle Assessment

(LCA)

“Collection and assessment of inputs, outputs and potencial environemtnal impacts of a product system along its life cycle ” (ISO 14040:2006)

Waste treatment

Waste treatment

Raw material extraction

Raw material extractionFrom cradle

To

grave

LANDFILL

STEEL PRODUCTION

Scrap

Ash

Inert material

Inert material

THERMAL

AND FLUE GASES

TREATMENT WITH

ENERGY RECOVERY

Slag

Electric Energy

Natural gas/gasoil

Urea/NH3

CaO/Ca(OH)2

Activated carbon

Air

Water

Packaging waste

Electric energy

Heavy metals

Organic compounds

Nitrogen compounds

SOx, S2O

HCl

HF

Water

Energy

ASH SOLIDIFICATION

MAGNETIC SEPARATION

CO2, CO, CH4

MAIN INPUT

ANCILLARY MATERIALS

EMISSIONS TO AIR

MAIN PRODUCT

SOLID RESIDUES

2. Research: LCA

Valorization of bovine whey proteins by means of

ionic liquid-based systems

Supervisor: Prof. Angel Irabien

PhD. Enrique Alvarez-Guerra

E. Alvarez-Guerra, A. Irabien, Extraction of lactoferrin with hydrophobic ionic liquids. Sep. Purif. Technol. 98 (2012) 432–440.

Recent Publication:

Bovine whey is a by-product from cheese manufacture that is considered an industrial wastewater pollutant, but it contains high added value compounds such as lactoferrin (LF), a bovine whey proteins with important nutraceutical properties.

Traditional methods to obtain whey proteins are time and cost consuming, so they constitute the major bottleneck of the technical and economic viability of protein valorization processes.

The aim of this work is the development of a valorization process that overcome the constraints of traditional methods. For this purpose, the advantages of liquid-liquid extraction techniques are combined with the interesting properties of the ionic liquids. Whey proteins can be recovered at the liquid-liquid interface when specific ionic liquid/salt systems are used.

Aqueous ionic liquid-rich phase

Protein recovered at L-L interface

Aqueous salt-rich phase

2. Research: MEMB

New membrane materials for CO2 separation

Dr. Clara Casado-Coterillo

The performance of gas separation membranes is usually studied by their permeability (production) and selectivity (separation factor). In this light, the research starts from commercially available polymers or polymer membranes of high free volume, i.e. high permeability, that fall on the upperbound established by Prof. Robeson in 2008 and improve their selectivity by the introduction of materials that are proved good adsorbents or absorbents for CO2, such as molecular sieves (zeo-types or inorganic particles), ionic liquids and/or polymerizable ionic liquids in a polymer that is already highly permeable to this gas.

Figure. Robeson’s upperbound

2. Research: MEMB

Membrane configuration is a key factor to improve the area and to reduce cost and volume. Hollow fiber configuration seems to satisfy these requirements being able to treat high CO2 volume and present elevated area/volume ratio, good operating flexibility and handling in the manufacturing of modules. These factors affect the efficiency of the membrane in the separation process and facilitate the scaling up of the permeation unit.

My research focuses on the change of geometry from flat configuration to hollow fiber membranes. Those materials which overcome the existent material capacity in the CO2/N2 separation, will be used in the generation of hollow fibers, whose separation and transport properties will be measured, in the same way, to analyze the geometry change effect.

Research: MEMB

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Preparation and characterization of flat and hollow

fiber membranes for CO2 separation

Supervisors: Dr. Clara Casado Coterillo and Prof. Ángel Irabien PhD: Ana Fernández Barquín

Non-dispersive absorption with ionic

liquids

Supervisors: Prof. Ángel Irabien, Dr. Aurora Garea

PhD. Lucía Gómez ComaPost-combustion system based on amines is used conventionally for carbon dioxide separation. However ionic liquids (ILs) have emerged as new attractive solvents because of their zero emission solvent feature.

The aim of this work is to describe the temperature effect on the carbon dioxide mass transfer coefficient when applying an IL with high CO2 solubility: 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate [emim][Ac]. Polypropylene membrane contactors are used to achieve this issue. The overall mass transfer coefficient and the process efficiency are experimentally calculated and discussed in terms of CO2 recovery. Furthermore, the chemical reaction between [emim][Ac] and CO2 is being studied.

2. Research: MEMB

CO2 separation using Supported Ionic Liquid

membranes (SILMs)

Supervisors: Prof. Ángel Irabien and Dr. Jonathan Albo

PhD. Esther Santos

J.Albo, E.Santos, L.A.Neves, S.P.Simeonov, C.A.M.Afonso, J.G.Crespo,A. Irabien, Separation performance study of CO2 through Supported Magnetic Ionic Liquid Membranes(SMILMs). Sep. Purif. Technol. 97(2012) 26-33.

E. Santos, J. Albo, C. I. Daniel, C.A.M. Portugal, J.G. Crespo, A. Irabien, Permeability modulation of Supported Magnetic Ionic Liquid Membranes (SMILMs) by an external magnetic field. J. Membr. Sci. 430(2013) 56–61.

E.Santos, J.Albo, A. Rosatella, C.A.M.Afonso, A. Irabien, Magnetic Ionic Liquids (MILs) for Supported Magnetic Ionic Liquid Membranes (SMILMs). I&ECR (Under review)

Recent Publications:

New more energy-efficient and cost-effective strategies are

needed for CO2 removal from gas streams. Among various

membranes for CO2 separation, Supported Ionic Liquid

Membranes (SILMs) show

higher selectivity compared to polymeric membranes.

Nevertheless, the application of SILMs in gas separation still

remains some challenges. The main objective of our work is

to investigate new absorbents with higher capacity and

selectivity for CO2 capture.

2. Research: CO2

The conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemical products appears as a more interesting option than carbon storage, since it allows the recycling of CO2 into added-value products.

One of the most interesting is formate because it is a raw material used at several industries and it is a promising candidate fuel for low-temperature fuel-cells. The performance of continuous electro-reduction processes for CO2 valorization into formate is currently being studied using tin, both in the form of Sn plate cathode or Sn nanopowder deposited on a gas diffusion electrode (GDE).

CO2 valorization to formate: electroreduction in aqueous media

Supervisors: Prof. Angel Irabien , Dr. Manuel Alvarez-GuerraMaster Student: Andrés Del Castillo

Anode: 2OH- ½ O2 + H2O + 2e-

Cathode: 2e- +H++CO2 HCOO-

2. Research: CO2

Supervisors: Prof. Ángel Irabien, Dr. Manuel Alvarez-Guerra

PhD. Mª Isabel García

Carbon dioxide is one of the main contributors to greenhouse effect, so avoiding CO2 emissions by its capture and subsequent storage, or even better, subsequent valorization into valuable products, has attracted much attention. Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) is an environmentally friendly valuable chemical of great interest, used as alkylating agent, intermediate in the production of higher carbonates and potential gasoline additive due to its high oxygen content.

The aim of this work is to assess the technical feasibility of CO2 valorization into DMC by means of electrosynthesis using CO2 and methanol, in the presence of ionic liquid [bmim][Br] and with potassium methoxide as cocatalyst. A filter press cell with anodic and cationic compartments separated by a Nafion cation-exchange membrane is used, and Pt/Nb plates are selected as electrodes. The proposed approach avoids the conventional addition of alkylating agents such as carcinogenic CH3I, and unlike previous work that used an undivided cell, our experimental set-up involves a filter-press type cell configuration to allow continuous operation.

CO2 valorization to carbonates: electrosynthesis

of dimethyl carbonate from methanol in the

presence of ionic liquid [bmim][Br]

ANOLYTE

CathodePt/ Nb

AnodePt/ Nb

Membrane

Frame FrameGasket GasketsGasketGaskets

Referenceelectrode

CATHOLYTE

GasketGasket

Filter presscell

2. Research: CO2

Analysis of Environmental parameters : Ecotoxicity, TOC, BOD, COD,

…

Sample preparation techniques: Digestion/Extraction, Clean-up,

Concentration, Lyophilization, Filtration.

3. Analytical Facilities

Liquid chromatography:

HPLC with photodiode array detector series 1100 Agilent

Ionic Chromatographs DX-120 and ICS-5000 Dionex

3. Analytical Facilities

High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS):

High Resolution GC/MS DFS Thermo Fisher Scientific

Gas Chromatography:

Gas Chromatograph GCMS-QP2010 Ultra Shimadzu

Gas chromatograph GC 6890 Agilent

Spectroscopic techniques:

Spectrophotometer UV/vis DR-5000 Hach Lange

Emission spectrometer Plasma 400 Perkin Elmer

Atomic absorption spectrometer 3100 Perkin Elmer

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry 7500

Agilent

Solid characterization:

Thermobalance DTG-60H Shimadzu

B.E.T. equipment for determination of the surface

area and pore size Asap 2000 Micromeritics

3. Analytical Facilities

Chemical laboratory:

Analysis of ammonia nitrogen, pH, conductivity,

laboratory drying ovens and furnaces, magnetic stirrers,

ultrasound bath, water purification systems…

Related Projects:

Title: Sostenibilidad de la producción: intensificación e integración de procesos en la industria química y transformadora.Participant entities: UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIADuration, since 2006 to 2011Main researcher: Angel Irabien

Title: Programa de Calidad del Aire y Control del Cambio Climático en CantabriaParticipant entities: UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIADuration, since 04/2006 to 07/2007.Main researcher: Ignacio Fernández  Title: Actuaciones para el diagnóstico y mejora de la calidad del aire en la Comunidad Autónoma de CantabriaParticipant entities: UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIADuration, since 04/2008 to 12/2010.Main researcher: Ignacio Fernández

Recent Publications:

S. Ruiz, A. Arruti, I. Fernández-Olmo, J.A. Irabien, Contribution of point sources to trace metal levels in urban areas surrounded by industrial activities in the Cantabria Region (Northern Spain), Procedia Environmental Sciences,4 (2011) 76-86.

2. Research: ENV

SUS

Conferences:

“Estimation of ambient air levels of regulated heavy metals by means of Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR)”, G. Santos and I. Fernández-Olmo. HARMO 15 Conference, 15th International Conference on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes. 6-9 May 2013 (Madrid). Poster presentation.

Related Projects:

Title: Herramientas para la evaluación de la concentración y depósito de metales pesados y compuestos orgánicos persistentes (COPs) en aire ambiente a escala local/regional.Participant entities: UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIADuration, since 01/01/2011 to 02/01/2014Main researcher: Ignacio Fernández-Olmo

2. Research: ENV

SUS

Related Projects:

Title: FENIX-Giving Packaging a New Life Participant entities: Esci-GiGa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain), PE International (Germany), Sociedade Ponto Verde (Portugal), Ecoembres (Spain), Universidad de Cantabria (Spain), Universidad San Jorge, Centro Tecnológico de Miranda de Ebro, Escola d'Engineyeria d'Igualada (Spain), Instituto Tecnológico Metalmecánico (Spain) , Instituto Tecnológico del Mueble (Spain) , Madera, Embalaje y Afines (Spain), Instituto Tecnológico del Plástico (AIMPLAS), Universidad de Santiago (Spain), Instituto Andaluz de Tecnología (Spain), Cátedra Ecoembes de Medio Ambiente de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain), Universidad de Tras- os-Montes e Alto Douro (Portugal), LNEG - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia (Portugal), CCIAM - Climate Change Research Group (Portugal), Universidad Católica Portuguesa (Portugal)Duration, since 01/01/2010 to 31/12/2012Main researcher: Rubén Aldaco 

Recent Publications:

García V., Margallo M., Aldaco R., Urtiaga A., Irabien A. Environmental Sustainability Assessment of an innovative Cr (III) passivation process. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2013. Accepted paper Margallo M., Aldaco R., Bala A., Fullana P., Irabien A. Best Available Techniques in Municipal Solid Waste Incineration: State of the Art in Spain and Portugal Chemical Engineering Transactions 2012, 29, pp. 1345-1350.

Margallo M., Aldaco R., Bala A., Fullana P., Irabien A. Implementation of the Selective Collection in Small Villages of less than 50 Inhabitants in Cantabria Region (Spain): Preliminary Viability Study. Chemical Engineering Transactions 2010, 21, pp. 733-738.

2. Research: LCA

Recent Publications:

Related Projects:

Title: Ultrapurification of Wet Chemicals to Electronic Grade Based on Membranes TechnologyParticipant entities: UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIADuration, since 01/10/2010 to 30/09/2013Main researcher: Aurora Garea 

R. Abejón, A. Garea, A. Irabien. Optimum design of reverse osmosis systems for hydrogen peroxide ultrapurification. AIChE Journal, 58 (2012) 3718-3730.

R. Abejón, A. Garea, A. Irabien. Minimization of energy consumption for chemicals ultrapurification processes. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 29 (2012) 1549-1554.

R. Abejón, A. Garea, A. Irabien. Integrated countercurrent reverse osmosis cascades for hydrogen peroxide ultrapurification. Computers and Chemical Engineering, 41 (2012) 67-76.

R. Abejón, A. Garea, A. Irabien. Analysis, modelling and simulation of hydrogen peroxide ultrapurification by multistage reverse osmosis. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 90 (2012) 442-452

R. Abejón, A. Garea, A. Irabien. Multiobjective optimization of membrane processes for chemicals ultrapurification. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 30 (2012) 542-546.

2. Research: MEMB

Related Projects:

Congresses & Conferences:

E. Alvarez-Guerra, A. Irabien, Lactoferrin concentration by means of ionic liquid-based three phase partitioning (ILTPP), ECCE9 2013, The Hague (Netherlands) 21st- 25th April 2013. Oral presentation.

E. Alvarez-Guerra, A. Irabien, Selective extraction of lactoferrin with imidazolium-based ionic liquids, CHISA 2012 Prague (Czech Republic) 25th- 29th August 2012. Poster presentation.

E. Alvarez-Guerra, A. Irabien, Direct extraction of lactoferrin with ionic liquids, ANQUE-ICCE 2012 Sevilla (Spain) 24th- 27th June 2012. Oral presentation.

E. Alvarez-Guerra, A. Irabien, Transport of lactoferrin through bulk ionic liquid membranes, 12th

Mediterranean Congress of Chemical Engineering, Barcelona (Spain), 15th -18th November 2011. Poster presentation.

Title: Development of Novel Stimuli-Responsive Membranes Integrating Magnetic Ionic Liquids for Innovative Separation Processes (EUI2008-03857) MICINN (ERANET)Partners: Universidad de Cantabria (UC), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Universidade de Lisboa (UL)Duration: 15/09/2009 to 31/12/2012

2. Research: MEMB

Recent publicationsC. Casado-Coterillo, J. Soto, M. T. Jimaré, S. Valencia, A. Corma, C. Téllez, J. Coronas (2012) “Preparation and characterization of ITQ-29/polysulfone mixed matrix membranes for gas separation: effect of zeolite composition and particle size”, Chemical Engineering Science, 73, 116-122.

C. Casado, J. Castán, I. Gracia, M. Yus, V. Sebastián, P. López-Ram-d-Viu, S. Uriel, J. Coronas (2012) “L- and D-proline adsorption by chiral ordered mesoporous silica”, Langmuir, 28, 6638-6644.

J. M. Zamaro, N. C. Pérez, E. E. Miró, C. Casado, B. Seoane, C. Téllez, J. Coronas (2012) “CuO and CuO-CeO2 nanoparticle catalysts derived from HKUST-1 MOF for CO oxidation”, Chem. Eng. J., 195-196, 180-187

J. Gascón, F. Kapteijn, B. Zornoza, V. Sebastián, C. Casado, J. Coronas, Practical Approach to Zeolitic Membranes and Coatings: State of the Art, Opportunities, Barriers, and Future Perspectives, Chemistry of Materials, 24(15) 2829-2844.

S. Castarlenas, P. Gorgojo, C. Casado, S. Masheshwari, M. Tsapatsis, C. Téllez, J. Coronas (2013) “Melt compounding of swollen titanosilicate JDF-L1 with polysulfone to obtain mixed matrix membranes for H2/CH4 separation”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 52, 1901-1907.

B. Zornoza, C. Casado-Coterillo, A. Navajas (2012) “Advances in hydrogen separation and purification with membranes”, in: Renewable Hydrogen Technologies: Production, Purification, Storage, Applications and Safety (Eds.: L.M. Gandia, G. Arzamendi and P.M. Diéguez), IN PRESS. Elsevier: Amsterdam

2. Research: MEMB

Contributions to conferencesC. Casado-Coterillo, J. Albo, E. Santos, A. Irabien (2012) “Poly[VTBMA][Ac] based mixed matrix membrane for CO2 separation from a gas stream”, 12th International Conference on Inorganic Membranes, 9-13 Julio, Enschede, The Netherlands. Poster. Personal communication.

C. Casado-Coterillo, E. Santos Santamaria., J. Albo, A. Irabien, “Mixed matrix membranes from polymerizable ionic liquids”, 20th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, CHISA 2012, 25-29th August, Prague, Tcheck Republic, Poster.

A. Sánchez, B. Murillo, V. Sebastián, V., C. Casado, P: López-Ram-de-Viu, C. Téllez, J. Coronas (2012) “Conversion of glucose to methyl lactate with MCM-41 based catalysts”, 7th International Conference on Environmental Catalysis, 2-6th September, Lyon, Francia. Poster.

B. Murillo, C. Rubio, C. Casado, C. Tellez, J. Coronas (2012) “Layered titanosilicates and MOFs as catalysts for glucose conversion to lactic acid derivatives”, 7th International Conference on Environmental Catalysis, 2-6th September, Lyon, France. Poster. Paper submitted to Micropor. Mesopor. Mater.

C. Casado-Coterillo, L. Arce, J. Albo, A. Irabien, “Membranes for CO2/N2 separation based on green chemistry components: ETS-10, chitosan and ionic liquids”, 7th World Conference on Chemical Engineering, 18-22th August, Seoul, South Korea.

Related projects

Title: Synthesis, characterization and technological viability of new membranes for gas separation (RYC2011-08550)

Partners: MINECO - Ramón y Cajal Programme, Universidad de CantabriaDuration, financial aid: from Jan 2012 till Dec 2014Main Researcher: Clara Casado Coterillo

Title: Nuevas membranas selectivas para la separación de CO2 (CTQ2012-31229)Partners: TECNALIA, Universidad de Málaga, Universidad de CantabriaDuration: from Jan 2013 till Dec 2014Main Researcher: Clara Casado Coterillo

2. Research: MEMB

Albo J., Gómez L., Irabien A. Non-dispersive absorption of CO2 using membrane contactors and ionic liquids. International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE22). 2012. Maastricht (The Netherlands). Poster communication

Contributions to conferences

Related Projects:

Title: Desarrollo de un proceso de captura y reciclado de CO2 (ENE2010-14828)Participant entities: Universidad de Cantabria, Ministerio de Educación y CienciaDuration, since 01/2011 to 12/2013Main researcher: Angel Irabien Gulias

Title: Nuevas membranas selectivas para la separación de CO2 (CTQ2012-31229)Participant entities: TECNALIA, Universidad de Málaga, Universidad de CantabriaDuration, since 01/2013 to 12/2014Main Researcher: Clara Casado Coterillo

2. Research: MEMB

Related Projects:

Title: Development of Novel Stimuli-Responsive Membranes Integrating Magnetic Ionic Liquids for Innovative Separation Processes (EUI2008-03857) MICINN (ERANET)Partners: Universidad de Cantabria (UC), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Universidade de Lisboa (UL)Duration: 15/09/2009 to 31/12/2012

Title: Desarrollo de un proceso de captura y reciclado de CO2 (ENE2010-14828) MICINN (Convocatoria de Plan Nacional (Energía) 2009) Duration: 1/1/2011 to 31/12/2013

Main Congresses & Conferences: “Solubility of carbon dioxide in Magnetic ionic Liquids (MILs)”, Albo J., Santos E., Afonso C., Rosatella A., Irabien A., 2nd IMIL A Coruña (Spain), 20th-22nd July 2011. Oral presentation.

“High CO2 solubility in task-specific ionic liquids containing the acetate anion”, Santos E., Albo J., Irabien A., ANQUE-ICCE 2012 Sevilla (Spain) 24th- 27th June 2012. Oral presentation.

“CO2 capture based on absorption/desorption with [Emim][Ac] ionic liquid”, Santos E., Albo J., Irabien A.,CHISA 2012 Prague (Czech Republic), 25th- 29th August 2012. Oral presentation.

“Synthesis, characterization and potential applications of Magnetic Ionic Liquids (MILs)”, Santos E., Albo J., Daniel C.I., Portugal C.A.M., Afonso C.A.M.., Crespo J.G., Irabien A. ECCE9 2013 The Hague (Netherlands), 21st- 25th April 2013. Oral presentation.

2. Research: CO2

Communications:

“Continuous electrochemical reduction for the valorisation of CO2 into formate: influence of variables using tin cathode” M. Alvarez-Guerra, A. Del Castillo, A. Irabien. ANQUE-ICCE 2012 Sevilla (Spain) 24th- 27th June 2012. Oral presentation.

“CO2 valorisation: comparing Sn and Pb cathodes for continuous electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formate” . M. Alvarez-Guerra, A. Del Castillo, A. Irabien. CHISA 2012 Prague (Czech Republic), 25th- 29th August 2012. Oral presentation.

Related projetc:

Title: Desarrollo de un proceso de captura y reciclado de CO2 (ENE2010-14828).Partners: Universidad de Cantabria, Ministerio de Ciencia y EducaciónDuration: since 01/01/2012 to 02/12/2013Main researcher: Angel Irabien Gulías

2. Research: CO2

Title: Desarrollo de un proceso de captura y reciclado de CO2 (ENE2010-14828).

Partners: Universidad de Cantabria, Ministerio de Ciencia y Educación

Duration: since 01/01/2011 to 31/12/2013

Main researcher: Angel Irabien Gulias

Type of participation: FPI fellowship

Related Congress:

Related Projects:

“CO2 valorization to carbonates: electrosynthesis of dimethyl carbonate from

methanol in the presence of ionic liquid [bmim][Br]”, M.I. García-Herrero, M. Alvarez-

Guerra, A. Irabien. WCCE9 2013, 9th World Congress of Chemical Engineering. 18th-23rd

August 2013, Seoul (Korea). Abstract submitted.

2. Research: CO2

SOSPROCAN PEOPLE

DePRO groupDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular

Engineering

ETSIIyT, Avda. los Castros s/n

Santander, Cantabria. SPAIN

E-mail: irabienj@unican.es

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