Call: +34 876555485
Email: vmercader@unizar.es
Address: Lab 4.2.10 c/Mariano Esquillor SN Edificio I+D+i, I3A, 50018, Zaragoza (Spain)
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ABOUT ME
BSc (2018) and MSc (2020) in Chemical Engineering at University of Zaragoza (Spain), and LUT University (Finland). There, I also prepared my master’s Thesis working for VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland in the Renewable Energy Processes team in issues related to CO2 adsorption from air. Back in Spain, I was hired as a research engineer in the Thermochemical Processes Group of UNIZAR in the reduction of NOx emissions from ammonia combustion. Since 2021, I am preparing my PhD Thesis in the field of energy valorization of biogas and renewable hydrogen by intensification with advanced materials and multifunctional reactors in the Catalysis and Reactor Engineering Group (CREG) of UNIZAR. I participated in an international collaboration as visitor researcher in the Large Scale Energy Storage group of TU Delft (The Netherlands).
Currently working in the H4BIOMET project.
Additional Education: Certificate of Higher Education in Industrial Chemistry (2013), MSc (2022) in Occupational Risk Prevention at International University of La Rioja.
Patents:
ES2725999A1 & WO2019186312A1 – Thermoplastic polymer body with a surface structure, process for its manufacture and household appliance comprising the thermoplastic polymer body.
Conquest and Prizes:
Best contribution at the congress “IV Jornada del I3A – XII Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores e Investigadoras”, June 2023.
Part of the team winner of the entrepreneur conquest Innounita 2022 at Spanish level and at European Innounita program, December 2022. Cofounder of Agrofood4ZeroWaste project.
Finalist in the 2022 young researchers’ awards of European Gas Technology Conference (EGATEC), May 2022. https://www.gerg.eu/the-2022-young-researchers-awards/
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0395-0143
Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57259122800
PUBLICATIONS
2026
Uriel, Olga; Mercader Plou, Víctor; Durán Sánchez, Paúl; Francés Pérez, Eva; Peña Llorente, José Ángel; Herguido, Javier
vol. 14, 2026.
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title = {From Biogas to SNG in a Fixed Bed Reactor by Alternating Adsorption/Methanation Stages with Multifunctional Solids},
author = {Uriel, Olga and Mercader Plou, Víctor and Durán Sánchez, Paúl and Francés Pérez, Eva and Peña Llorente, José Ángel and Herguido, Javier},
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Uriel, Olga; Mercader Plou, Víctor; Durán Sánchez, Paúl; Francés Pérez, Eva; Peña Llorente, José Ángel; Herguido, Javier
vol. 14, 2026.
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Becerril Ferrer, Miguel Angel; Mercader Plou, Victor Daniel; Durán Sánchez, Paúl; Francés Pérez, Eva; Herguido, Javier; Peña Llorente, José Ángel
vol. 14, 2026.
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title = {Influence of operating pressure and H2S presence on the stability and performance of commercial catalysts for CO2 methanation},
author = {Becerril Ferrer, Miguel Angel and Mercader Plou, Victor Daniel and Durán Sánchez, Paúl and Francés Pérez, Eva and Herguido, Javier and Peña Llorente, José Ángel},
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Oliver Marco, Melania; Herguido, Javier; Peña, José Ángel; Durán, Paul; Mercader Plou, Víctor Daniel; Francés, Eva
Process intensification of the Sabatier reaction for CO2 methanation with 13X zeolite Proceedings
vol. 14, 2026.
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title = {Process intensification of the Sabatier reaction for CO2 methanation with 13X zeolite},
author = {Oliver Marco, Melania and Herguido, Javier and Peña, José Ángel and Durán, Paul and Mercader Plou, Víctor Daniel and Francés, Eva},
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Aragüés-Aldea, Pablo; López, Natalia; Durán, Paúl; Mercader, Víctor Daniel; Francés, Eva; Peña, José Ángel; Herguido, Javier
Intensification of biogas upgrading through side distribution in a Packed Bed Membrane Reactor (PBMR) Proceedings
vol. 14, 2026.
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title = {Intensification of biogas upgrading through side distribution in a Packed Bed Membrane Reactor (PBMR)},
author = {Pablo Aragüés-Aldea and López, Natalia and Durán, Paúl and Mercader, Víctor Daniel and Francés, Eva and Peña, José Ángel and Herguido, Javier},
url = {https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/jji3a/article/view/13261},
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