Call: +34 976761152
Email: qtmiguel@unizar.es
Address: Office 5.1.05 c/Mariano Esquillor SN Edificio I+D+i, I3A, 50018, Zaragoza (Spain)
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ABOUT ME
Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Zaragoza. My lines of research have been mostly related to fluidization, membranes and catalytic reactors. From my doctoral thesis, on the FCC fluidized bed catalytic cracking process, to my current research, on new reactors to obtain fuels from renewable energies (e-methanol and e-DME), I have investigated in a wide variety of fields and processes, mainly catalytic (oxidative coupling of methane, selective oxidation of hydrocarbons, total oxidation of contaminants, dehydrogenation of paraffins, transformation of methanol to hydrocarbons or olefins).
I have collaborated at the University of Zaragoza as Secretary and Director of the Department, Vice Dean and Director of the Secretariat of European Projects. I have served as an evaluator in various national and foreign agencies, in addition to being an associate editor of the Chemical Engineering Journal and a member of the PE8 (Product and Process Engineering) Panel of the ERC for Advanced Grants.
I am the co-author of 169 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 18 books or book chapters. H Index (WoK)= 38. Google Index: 48. Among my publications, membrane reactors and zeolite membranes (77 articles) and fluidized bed reactors (50 articles) have been the main themes.
Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2494-102X
Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7102690468
PUBLICATIONS
2024
Zapater, D.; Kulkarni, S. R.; Wery, F.; Cui, M.; Herguido, J.; Menendez, M.; Heynderickx, G. J.; Geem, K. M. Van; Gascon, J.; Castaño, P.
Multifunctional fluidized bed reactors for process intensification Journal Article
En: Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, vol. 105, pp. 101176, 2024, ISSN: 0360-1285.
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url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360128524000340},
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abstract = {Fluidized bed reactors (FBRs) are crucial in the chemical industry, serving essential roles in gasoline production, manufacturing materials, and waste treatment. However, traditional up-flow FBRs have limitations in applications where rapid kinetics, catalyst deactivation, sluggish mass/heat transfer processes, particle erosion or agglomeration (clustering) occur. This review investigates multifunctional FBRs that can function in multiple ways and intensify processes. These reactors can reduce reaction steps and costs, enhance heat and mass transfer, make processes more compact, couple different phenomena, improve energy efficiency, operate in extreme fluidized regimes, have augmented throughput, or solve problems inherited by traditional reactor configurations. They address constraints associated with conventional counterparts and contribute to favorable energy, fuels, and environmental footprints. These reactors can be classified as two-zone, vortex, and internal circulating FBRs, with each concept summarized, including their advantages, disadvantages, process applicability, intensification, visualization, and simulation work. This discussion also includes shared considerations for these reactor types, along with perspectives on future advancements and opportunities for enhancing their performance.},
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Fluidized bed reactors (FBRs) are crucial in the chemical industry, serving essential roles in gasoline production, manufacturing materials, and waste treatment. However, traditional up-flow FBRs have limitations in applications where rapid kinetics, catalyst deactivation, sluggish mass/heat transfer processes, particle erosion or agglomeration (clustering) occur. This review investigates multifunctional FBRs that can function in multiple ways and intensify processes. These reactors can reduce reaction steps and costs, enhance heat and mass transfer, make processes more compact, couple different phenomena, improve energy efficiency, operate in extreme fluidized regimes, have augmented throughput, or solve problems inherited by traditional reactor configurations. They address constraints associated with conventional counterparts and contribute to favorable energy, fuels, and environmental footprints. These reactors can be classified as two-zone, vortex, and internal circulating FBRs, with each concept summarized, including their advantages, disadvantages, process applicability, intensification, visualization, and simulation work. This discussion also includes shared considerations for these reactor types, along with perspectives on future advancements and opportunities for enhancing their performance.
Mur Mur, Carlota; Peña, José Ángel; Cacho, Fernando; Menéndez, Miguel
Producción de sílice precipitada mediante CO2 Proceedings
vol. 12, 2024.
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author = {Mur Mur, Carlota and Peña, José Ángel and Cacho, Fernando and Menéndez, Miguel},
url = {https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/jji3a/article/view/10686},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-07-01},
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Val Planells, María Edurne; Renda, Simona; Lasobras Laguna, Javier; Soler, Jaime; Herguido, Javier; Menéndez, Miguel
vol. 12, 2024.
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title = {Estudio de segregación de sólidos aptos para la reacción de síntesis de dimetil éter por hidrogenación de CO2 en lecho fluidizado asistida por adsorbente},
author = {Val Planells, María Edurne and Renda, Simona and Lasobras Laguna, Javier and Soler, Jaime and Herguido, Javier and Menéndez, Miguel},
url = {https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/jji3a/article/view/10679},
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García Mateo, Nerea; Lasobras Laguna, Javier; Romero Pascual, Enrique; Soler Herrero, Jaime; Herguido Huerta, Javier; Menéndez Sastre, Miguel
vol. 12, 2024.
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title = {Preparation and characterization of adsorbents in a CO2 hydrogenation process with a fluidized bed reactor for the synthesis of methanol},
author = {García Mateo, Nerea and Lasobras Laguna, Javier and Romero Pascual, Enrique and Soler Herrero, Jaime and Herguido Huerta, Javier and Menéndez Sastre, Miguel},
url = {https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/jji3a/article/view/10633},
year = {2024},
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Ruiz-Gutiérrez, A.; Lasobras, J.; Menéndez, M.
Lindane removal by catalytic hydrodechlorination Journal Article
En: Applied Catalysis O: Open, vol. 188, pp. 206948, 2024, ISSN: 2950-6484.
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title = {Lindane removal by catalytic hydrodechlorination},
author = {A. Ruiz-Gutiérrez and J. Lasobras and M. Menéndez},
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abstract = {Lindane is an organochlorine pesticide, that has caused contamination of soil, water and air. This paper studies catalytic hydrodechlorination as a possible solution to the lindane problem in water streams. Several catalysts were tested. The effects of mass transfer and temperature was studied for a Ni-based and a Pt-based catalysts. A Ni-supported and a Pt-supported catalyst gave good results, but the best catalyst was Pd supported on active carbon, which provided 99% conversion in a few minutes at room temperature. Additional tests allow to discard adsorption instead of a catalytic effect. The amount of hexachlorocyclohexane compounds remaining as adsorbed on the catalyst surface was negligible.},
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Lindane is an organochlorine pesticide, that has caused contamination of soil, water and air. This paper studies catalytic hydrodechlorination as a possible solution to the lindane problem in water streams. Several catalysts were tested. The effects of mass transfer and temperature was studied for a Ni-based and a Pt-based catalysts. A Ni-supported and a Pt-supported catalyst gave good results, but the best catalyst was Pd supported on active carbon, which provided 99% conversion in a few minutes at room temperature. Additional tests allow to discard adsorption instead of a catalytic effect. The amount of hexachlorocyclohexane compounds remaining as adsorbed on the catalyst surface was negligible.