Processes and systems of industrial relevance
Study of new renewable catalysts and materials for energy. Stereoselective polymerizations. Synthesis and optimization of organometallic complexes for catalysis via High Throughput Experimentation. Microstructure characterization by high-field 13C NMR of olefin homopolymers and copolymers. Kinetics of polymerization reactions aiming at the quantitative determination of catalytic species and their relative kinetic constants. Catalyst optimization for processes of industrial relevance. Thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical processes in laboratory-scale reactors. Industrial scale-up: from laboratory to pilot scale and industrial reactors. In situ capture of CO2 / SO2 in fluidized bed reactors with calcareous sorbents. Adsorption of organic and metal pollutants in liquid phase and on non-traditional solids.